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Project Planning and Scheduling -- PM131

starting out on the right foot

The old saying, “plan your work and work your plan” is as true today as ever.  But how does planning get done in a fast-paced, changing business environment?  How do you create plans that are realistic and acceptable to the business or scientific stakeholders?  What techniques are absolutely essential to project success?

This workshop builds on the fundamental concepts of project management to give participants the opportunity to “deep dive” into project planning methods and techniques.  The result will be skills that can be used immediately to establish a solid planning foundation for your projects.

Topics

• Describing the concepts of a stakeholder and developing a basic stakeholder map
• Developing and using the work breakdown structure (WBS) to organize deliverables and work at manageable and understandable levels
• Developing a project activity network diagram
• Estimating work and costs
• Understanding the meaning of a project’s critical path
• Identifying and managing the critical path
• Developing a realistic, resource-constrained schedule from a work breakdown structure and activity network diagram
• Applying schedule analysis and acceleration techniques in response to specific risk events

Who Should Attend?

• New Project Managers
• Untrained Project Managers
• Team leaders performing project management activities
• Project managers on the job less than 3 years.
• Project managers working toward CAPM^® or PMP^® certification
• Individuals wishing to understand formal project management better

Prerequisites: Project Management Essentials