Session 1: Project Scheduling Fundamentals

1. The role of a scheduling professional
2. Key definitions: activity, milestone, critical path, float, work breakdown structure (WBS)
3. Difference between scheduling and project planning

Session 2: Project Schedule Models

1. Schedule types: master schedule, summary schedule, and detailed schedule
2. Key scheduling documents (e.g., schedule management plan)
3. Gantt Charts, CPM (Critical Path Method), and PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique).

Session 3: Best Practices in Scheduling

1. Standards and guidelines from PMI’s Practice Standard for Scheduling
2. Ethics and professional conduct

Session 1: Scope and WBS Development

1. Defining the project scope
2. Work breakdown structure (WBS) and its role in scheduling

Session 2: Activity Definition and Sequencing

1. Techniques to define schedule activities
2. Decomposition and rolling wave planning
3. Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
4. Determining logical relationships (FS, SS, FF, SF)
5. Applying leads and lags
6. Types of constraints (mandatory vs. discretionary, internal vs. external)
7. Resource leveling and smoothing techniques

Activities and Assignments

1. Creating a WBS and activity list for oil pipeline construction project
2. Group exercise: Build a network diagram with given project data

Session 1: Communicating the Schedule

1. Reporting formats: Gantt charts, milestone charts, S-curves
2. Best practices for schedule reporting to stakeholders

Session 2: Progress Measurement Techniques

1. Tools for tracking and reporting progress
2. Schedule variance, performance indexes, and forecasting

Session 3: Stakeholder Engagement in Scheduling

1. Identifying stakeholders and their needs in relation to scheduling
2. Tailoring communication strategies based on stakeholder requirements

Session 4: Reporting Schedule Changes and Managing Schedule Updates

1. Communicating variances from baseline
2. Process for requesting and documenting schedule changes
3. Incorporating changes into the schedule while maintaining control
4. Analyzing Impacts of changes on overall project timeline

Activities

1.Create a sample project status report

2.Role-play: Present schedule updates to stakeholders

1. Exam Content Review
2. Test-Taking Strategies
3. Mock Exams and Practice Questions
4. Final Review and Wrap-Up