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Course Description
According to the PMBOK Guide, Project Schedule Management encompasses the processes necessary to ensure the timely completion of the project.
This course equips learners with the skills necessary for planning, defining activities, sequencing tasks, estimating durations, developing schedules, and controlling schedules, ensuring the timely completion of projects.
The course content is applicable to project management across various industries and sectors, enabling the application of Project Schedule Management across different project application areas.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, learners will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following Project Schedule Management processes:
- Plan Schedule Management. The process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule.
- Define Activities. The process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.
- Sequence Activities. The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities.
- Estimate Activity Durations. The process of estimating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources.
- Develop Schedule. The process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model for execution and monitoring and controlling.
- Control Schedule. The process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule and manage changes to the schedule baseline.
Key Concepts
The key concepts for Project Schedule Management include:
- Project scheduling provides a detailed plan that represents how and when the project will deliver the products, services, and results defined in the project scope.
- The project schedule is used as a tool for communication, managing stakeholder expectations, and a basis for performance reporting.
- When possible, the detailed project schedule should remain flexible throughout the project to adjust for knowledge gained, increased understanding of the risk, and value-added activities.
Who is the Training Aimed at?
This course is tailored for project management practitioners who wish to gain in-depth knowledge of the Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area.
Entry Requirements:
- Grade 12 or Equivalent, OR
- Basic Project Management Experience, OR
- Project Management for Beginners Course