Essential Skills for Project Scheduling and Planning

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Amsterdam

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Feb-17-2025

    Amsterdam

  • May-19-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-18-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-17-2025

    Amsterdam

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-23-2024

    Singapore

  • Feb-10-2025

    London

  • Feb-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Feb-17-2025

    Singapore

  • Feb-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Feb-17-2025

    Paris

  • Feb-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Feb-17-2025

    Barcelona

  • Mar-03-2025

    London

  • Mar-03-2025

    Dubai

  • May-19-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-19-2025

    Paris

  • May-19-2025

    Istanbul

  • May-19-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-19-2025

    Singapore

  • June-30-2025

    Dubai

  • June-30-2025

    London

  • Aug-11-2025

    Dubai

  • Aug-11-2025

    London

  • Aug-18-2025

    Barcelona

  • Aug-18-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-18-2025

    Istanbul

  • Aug-18-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-18-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Nov-17-2025

    Barcelona

  • Nov-17-2025

    Paris

  • Nov-17-2025

    Singapore

  • Nov-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-08-2025

    London

  • Dec-08-2025

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

Fundamentals of Project Planning

 

  • Introduction to project management
  • Introduction to project planning
  • How to execute a project plan?
  • Understanding the type of constraints to a project : “Time”, “Cost” and “Scope”
  • Delivery of a project

 

Fundamental of Project Scheduling

 

  • Understanding of the economic impacts and interest rates impact on a project due to delay
  • Understanding the concept of “Work Break-down Structures”
  • Training on preparation of “Gantt Charts”- for preparing project schedule
  • Understanding the concept of “Float”
  • Understanding the concept of Precedence diagram method(PDM)
  • Methodology of Building schedule

 

Scheduling of Network and Critical Way
 
  • Introduction to activity development
  • Training on network calculations
  • Understanding the concept of “Forward and Backward pass”
  • Introduction to “Lead and Lag” scheduling
  • Understanding the importance of (Project Evaluation and Review technique) (PERT)

 

Methodology of Advanced Planning Techniques and Project Control
 
  • Training on preparation of LSM (Line of balance schedule)
  • Understanding the system of project control
  • Understanding the analysis of earned value
  • Understanding the concept of earned value reporting
  • Methodology of the “Resource Allocation Algorithm” – for prioritising resources
  • Methodology for “Time and Cost trade-off”

 

Schedule and Reporting of Project Progress

 

  • Tracking and monitoring of the progress of a project
  • Methods for acceleration of a project schedule
  • “How does the project schedule fail or Crash?” – understanding and prevention methods
  • Understanding the concept of “Lean Project Management” – a systematic method for elimination of waste
  • Review of the course and “Question and Answer session”

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