Project Management Training Track 2

Scheduling and Cost Control

Session Duration: 2 Days

Training scheduled on an as needed basis

The focus of this course is on managing the constraints Project Managers face in any project: limits on time, human resources, materials, budget, and specifications. Discover proven ways to work within identified constraints without letting predefined limits curtail creativity or innovation.

You will learn:

  • How to use the work breakdown structure to develop a network diagram
  • How to calculate schedules using PERT/CPM
  • How to identify, assign, and tabulate resource requirements
  • How to predict costs and work time using specific levels and estimate types
  • How to plan for contingencies and anticipate variations
  • How to predict future project performance based on historical data
  • How to monitor changes and close out projects on time

You will benefit by:

  • Learning a sound, logical framework for scheduling and controlling project activities
  • Understanding the techniques for estimating, forecasting, budgeting, monitoring, controlling, analyzing, and reporting costs and interpreting the meaning of earned-value data
  • Gaining a knowledge of how to develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as they put the tools of project management to work
  • Focusing on managing the constraints of any project: limits on time, human resources, materials, budget, and specifications

Recommendation: Please bring a calculator to class.

Audience:

Designed for Project Managers, this course requires that participants have completed The Fundamentals of Project Management and the Project Management Guide training.