PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Barcelona

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Jan-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Apr-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-13-2025

    Barcelona

Dates in Other Venues

  • Jan-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Jan-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-13-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Jan-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Jan-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-10-2025

    London

  • Mar-03-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-14-2025

    London

  • Apr-14-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • Apr-14-2025

    Singapore

  • May-12-2025

    Dubai

  • June-02-2025

    London

  • July-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-14-2025

    Paris

  • July-14-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-14-2025

    Singapore

  • Aug-11-2025

    London

  • Sep-01-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Oct-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-13-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-01-2025

    London

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to Project Scheduling

  • PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) ® examination content outline
  • Defining project scheduling and key related terms
  • Discussing the importance of scheduling in projects
  • Determining the roles and responsibilities of the scheduler
  • Understanding schedule model principles
  • Understanding the meaning and importance of schedule model

Schedule Model Management

  • Discussing the importance of schedule model management
  • Developing schedule data management plan
  • Understanding the components of schedule management plan
  • Discussing scheduling techniques:

  •          Rolling wave planning
  •          Agile technique
  •          Program evaluation and review technique
  •          Monte Carlo simulation

  • Discussing various tools for scheduling

Schedule Model Creation

  • Introduction to schedule model baseline development process and its steps
  • Defining project’s milestones and activities
  • Sequencing activities and milestones and determining relationships between them
  • Estimating resources and duration for each activity
  • Understanding the steps required for analyzing schedule outputs
  • Calculating float values: Total float and Free float
  • Approving the schedule

Schedule Model Maintenance, Analysis & Reporting

  • Discussing how to track the project process for successful execution
  • Collecting activity status and resource information and updated to update and review the progress
  • Exploring different scheduling methods for analyzing the schedule:

  •        Critical path method
  •        Precedence diagram method
  •        Critical chain method

  • Discussing schedule risk analysis and how to incorporate risk mitigation activities into the schedule
  • Discussing the importance of communicating and reporting schedule model

Schedule Components & Conformance Index

  • Exploring the components lists of scheduling and discussing how to use them
  • Classifying list of components and understand each of its components
  • Understanding the meaning of conformance index
  • Discussing the process of conformance assessment
  • Lessons Learned and Best Practices
  • Final Q&A and Course Wrap-Up

Course Video