Project Management: Planning, Scheduling & Controlling

Project Management: Planning, Scheduling & Controlling

OBJECTIVE:

Today's projects and the projects environment have become very complex and rapidly changing. This has made it very difficult to schedule, control, and get accurate information on a timely basis without the use of Project Management Software.

The objective of this workshop is to acquire the skills of planning, scheduling, and control of projects using one of the most powerful and widely used Project Management software available, namely PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER (P3).

By the end of the workshop, participants will gain thorough background in the concepts of planning and scheduling while learning P3. Scheduling techniques will be covered, using the three basic elements of project management: schedules, resources, and costs.

Course Outline:

At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define project elements
• Develop the project and coding structures
• Develop a project network with precedence relationships
• Perform schedule calculations
• Apply calendars and constraints to a schedule
• Customize the project layout
• Organize activity data
• Assign resources and costs to a project
• Define a target schedule
• Enter the appropriate statusing data to update a schedule
• Analyze resource use through resource profiles

Important Note:

To enhance the practical value of the workshop and to maximize the return from investment in this workshop, participants will work on the actual projects assigned to them by their organization. Therefore, all participants will be expected to bring their project files with all available and necessary information to the workshop.