Project Planning, Scheduling

Day (1) Project Scope Planning and Definition (Fundamentals)

• Scope Planning

• Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

• Work Packages

• Statement of Work (SOW) - Technical Baseline

• Scope Execution Plan

• Triple Constraints - Time, Cost, Scope

• Project Quality Issues

• Project Risk Analysis

• Project Deliverables

• Resource Requirements

Day (2) Project Schedule Planning and Critical Path Method

• Precedence Network Diagramming

• Job Logic Relationship Chart

• Critical Path Analysis

• Project Float Analysis

• Lead and Lag Scheduling

• Activity Duration Estimation

• Milestone Charts

• Gantt Chart - Schedule Baseline

• Project Estimating Processes

• Production and Productivity Planning

 Resource Allocation and Resource Levelling

• Management of Resources

• Planning and Scheduling Limited Resources

• Resource Allocation Algorithms for Resource Prioritisation

• Solving Resource Contention

• Resource Levelling when Project Duration is Fixed

• The Brooks Method of Resource Allocation

• Increasing the Workforce

• Solving Interruptions to the Schedule

• Scheduling Overtime

Day (3) Accelerating the Project Schedule

• Circumstances Requiring Project Acceleration

• Time-Cost-Scope Trade-off

• Project Time Reduction

• Direct Project Costs

• Indirect Project Costs

• Options for Accelerating the Schedule

• Crashing the Schedule - How?

• Pre-Accelerated Schedule

• Developing a Crash Cost Table

• Acceleration in Practice

• The Optimal Acceleration Point

• Gantt Chart for Accelerated Schedule

• Network Activity Risk Profiles

• Additional Considerations

• Multiple Critical Paths

• Project Cost Reduction

Project Contingency Planning

• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

• Path Convergence Analysis

• Solving the Path Convergence Problem

• Network Risk Profile Types

• Normal Distribution

• PERT, Probability and Standard Deviation Formulae

• Calculating the Standard Deviation

• Standard Deviation for Critical Path

• Z-Values: The Probability of Project Completion at a Required Date

• True Critical Path

• Network Activity Risk Profiles

Day (4) Line of Balance Scheduling - The Planning of Recurring Activities

• Preparing a Line of Balance Schedule

• Velocity Diagrams and Linear Scheduling

• Velocity Diagram Production Rate Calculations

• Linear Sequence of Activities as a Series of Velocity Diagrams

• Balancing the Schedule

• Calculations for a Line of Balance Schedule

• Line of Balance Formulae

  • Target Units per Week

  • Determining Crew Size

  • Actual Rate of Output

  • Time to Complete One Activity

  • Elapsed Time for Recurring Activity

• The slope of Line from Activity Start to Activity Finish

• Balanced Project Schedule without Buffers (Finish-Start)

• Inserting Buffers

• Comparison of Unbalanced with Balanced Schedules

• Measuring Planned Progress on Schedule

• Velocity Diagram Reflecting Expected Conditions

• Actual Progress and Work Conditions

• Variable Conditions

Day (5) Project Execution Management, Control, and Reporting

• Progress Tracking and Monitoring

• Project Cost Management

• Earned Value Control Process

• Schedule Variances

• Cost Variances

• Progress Control Charts - Trend Analysis

• Schedule and Cost Variance Forecasting

• Labour Management and Cost Control

• Materials Management and Cost Control

• Earned Value Analysis

• Earned Value Reporting

Project Recovery Plan Development

• Project Variance Analysis and Quantification

• Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

• Cost Performance Index (CPI)

• Setting Schedule and Cost Control Limits

• Project Recovery Data Assessment

• Schedule and Cost Recovery Analysis

• Schedule and Cost Recovery Plan

• Project Recovery Baselines and Controls