Advanced Project Planning, Scheduling and Control

Why attend this Masterclass?

Schedule management is a vital skill for project and program success in a time-sensitive business environment. However, many organizations lack internal scheduling standards and qualified professionals to use schedule models effectively. This can lead to poor management decisions and delayed project outcomes.

To improve time-management in projects and programs, all organizational levels need to have adequate knowledge of scheduling, or “time-mathematics”, and collaborate with scheduling experts and stakeholders.

Salvo Global's 3-day Training Program will teach you all these aspects and more, using a practical and realistic approach. You will learn how to develop and manage project and program schedules and deal with delays. You will also learn how to measure and improve performance at individual, team, and organizational levels.

This 3-day interactive Masterclass is designed for Project Controls Manager, Project Planners & Schedulers, Project Controllers, Portfolio Specialists, Programme Directors/Managers, Project Planners & Schedulers, Risk Management Offices Staff, Project Management Office Staff, Project Team Members, Cost Managers, Cost Controllers & Engineers, Project Sponsors, Project Consultants, Project Specialists, Project Engineers, and Top Management. 

DAY 1 - Introduction and Key Concepts

• Introduction to Scheduling
• The role of scheduling discipline and its impacts on project performance & management
• Scheduling standards and related professional certifications
• Core concepts and elements of Scheduling
• Exercise: Development of a resource loaded schedule

DAY 2 - Scheduling Planning and Analysis

• “Rolling wave” schedule development:
• The schedule classification system from AACE International
• Duration estimation & Schedule analysis techniques
• Establishing the schedule baseline

• Exercise: Implementation of schedule analysis techniques
  

DAY 3 - Schedule Control and Recovery

• Updating the schedule
• Analysing, diagnosing and documenting schedule past variation and its causes
• Updating the project future & Analysing schedule future variation
• Earned Value Management based schedule performance analysis
• Assessing the risk and feasibility of current time-objectives
• Devising realistic and feasible delay recovery schedules
• Project and program schedule performance reporting to the various stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining a log of corrective and preventive actions
• Change control and updating the schedule baseline 
• Documenting and using a lessons learned registry
• Exercise: Implementation of schedule control