MDP269a - Project Time Management
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Course description
Understanding a project's schedule requirements and the time-phasing of project tasks is the backbone of effective project management. This course, compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition), focuses on the importance of developing an accurate, enforceable project schedule. Participants will be guided through project-schedule development theory and implementation by means of lectures, discussions, and a case study.

Who should attend
This course is primarily designed for project managers, team leaders, and professionals who need in-depth knowledge of how to adequately develop a schedule in today's competitive environment. Individuals taking this course should have at least two years of experience working on project teams.

What you will achieve

• The ability to identify the schedule requirements of any project
  


• The ability to develop an accurate project schedule, accounting for all project activities, resources needed to complete project activities, and availability of the resources
  


• The confidence to evaluate and communicate project trade-offs clearly to project sponsors, and the ability to forecast whether a project can be delivered on time and within budget
  

What you will learn

• The relationship between risk and schedule, including how to use schedule contingency
  


• Define Activity and Sequence Activity - determining all activities to complete project work and how they interrelate
  


• The proper use of Precedence Diagramming Methodology (PDM), Critical Path Methodology, (CPM) Critical Chain Scheduling, (CCM) and Gantt
  


• Charts
  


• Estimate Activity Durations and Resources- the manner in which duration, person effort, and resource availability affect each other, and how to solve resource over-allocation and resource conflicts through leveling
  
  Agenda
  Day One


• Course Introduction


• Introduction to Project Time Management


• Define Activities


• Sequence Activities


• Estimate Activity Resources
  
  Day Two


• Estimate Activity Durations


• Develop Schedule


• Control Schedule