PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®

Course Overview

Course Outline

• Lesson 1: Understanding Project Management Fundamentals

  • Identify Project Management Basics 

  • Examine Organisational Influences on Project Management 

  • Examine the Project Management Context
     

• Lesson 2: Identifying Project Management Processes

  • Examine the Project Life Cycle 

  • Recognize Process Groups
     

• Lesson 3: Describing Project Initiation

  • Describe Project Selection Methods and Processes 

  • Create a Project SOW 

  • Create a Project Charter 

  • Describe the Elements of a Project Management Plan 

  • Create a Scope Statement 

  • Identify Enterprise Environmental Factors
     

• Lesson 4: Preparing to Build a Schedule

  • Identify Scheduling Process Criteria

  • Examine Schedule Models

  • Examine Schedule Inputs 

  • Explore WBS Creation 

  • Perform a WBS Quality Check
     

• Lesson 5: Defining Activities

  • Explore Activity Definition 

  • Create a Milestone List 

  • Create an Activity List 

  • Identify Activity Attributes
     

• Lesson 6: Sequencing Activities

  • Describe the Process of Sequencing Project Activities 

  • Determine Activity Dependencies and Relationships

  • Apply Lag and Lead in Activity Sequence 

  • Create a Schedule Network Diagram
     

• Lesson 7: Estimating Activity Resources

  • Identify Activity Resources 

  • Determine Activity Resource Requirements 

  • Create a Resource Breakdown Structure
     

• Lesson 8: Estimating Activity Duration

  • Identify Activity Duration 

  • Determine Activity Duration
     

• Lesson 9: Developing a Schedule

  • Describe the Process of Developing a Project Schedule 

  • Draft a Project Schedule 

  • Identify the Critical Path 

  • Optimize the Project Schedule 

  • Establish a Schedule Baseline 

  • Create Schedule Data
     

• Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Schedules

  • Explore the Control Schedule Process 

  • Earned Value Analysis Methodology

  • Utilize an Integrated Change Control System 

  • Communicate the Project Status 

  • Monitor the Schedule 

  • Calculate Schedule Efficiency
     

• Lesson 11: Managing Risks and Behaviour in Scheduling

  • Define the Concept of Risk

  • Overcome Risks in Scheduling 

  • Describe Human Behavior in Project Scheduling
     

• Lesson 12: Exam Preparation

  • A full 170 question mock exam to be done by all participants

  • Explanation of the required qualifications for the PMI-SP® certification

  • Explanation of the application process and the necessary documents for the PMI-SP® application

Target Audience

• Schedule Strategy
• Schedule Planning and Development
• Schedule Monitoring and Control
• Schedule Close Out
• Stakeholder Communication Management