|
Provided by: Last Minute Training Scheduling and Cost Control 4 day course - Nexient |
 |
Training
Provided by Last Minute Training
Target Audience:
Project Managers or Business Professionals who want to focus on managing the constraints faced in any project; limits on time, human resources, materials, budget and specifications.
Learn How To:
Use the work breakdown structure to develop a network diagram
Calculate schedules using PERT/ CPM
Identify, assign, and tabulate resource requirements
Predict costs and work time using specific levels and estimate types
Plan for contingencies and anticipate variations
Predict future project performance based on historical data
Monitor changes and close out projects on time
|
|
||||||||||
Scheduling and Cost Control 4 day course - Nexient
Course Topics:
Essential Background
Overview of the project management life cycle
The triple constraints
Planning tools
Project requirements a review
The work breakdown structure a review
Challenges in scheduling and cost control
Estimating
Using estimates for scheduling and cost control
The basic rules of estimating
Levels of estimating and estimate types
Top-down vs. bottom-up
Order of magnitude
Budget
Definitive
Four estimating methodologies
Identifying controllable costs
Resource
Material
Direct
Indirect
Planning for risk with contingency
Building the project resource pool
Using resources to build estimates
The responsibility matrix
Time-controlled estimates
Resource-limited estimates
Scheduling
Network scheduling
Validating schedules
Arrow diagrams and precedence diagrams
Basic scheduling and network calculations
Advanced precedence relationships and the critical path
Alternative constraints
Gantt and milestone charts
The Baseline
Establishing baselines
Understanding types of baselines
Time-phased distribution of costs
Cumulative cost curves
Within the Project
The process of control
Identifying sources of change
Screening change
Updating the project plan
Communicating change
Evaluation and Forecasting
Causes of variances
Establishing the "data date" for evaluation
Controlling costs and schedule late in the project
Components of the project audit
Considerations in establishing a monitoring system
Earned value
Advanced earned-value forecasting tools
The Exit Strategy
Steps in completing the project
Scope verification
Contract closeout
Administrative closure
Essential Background
Overview of the project management life cycle
The triple constraints
Planning tools
Project requirements a review
The work breakdown structure a review
Challenges in scheduling and cost control
Estimating
Using estimates for scheduling and cost control
The basic rules of estimating
Levels of estimating and estimate types
Top-down vs. bottom-up
Order of magnitude
Budget
Definitive
Four estimating methodologies
Identifying controllable costs
Resource
Material
Direct
Indirect
Planning for risk with contingency
Building the project resource pool
Using resources to build estimates
The responsibility matrix
Time-controlled estimates
Resource-limited estimates
Scheduling
Network scheduling
Validating schedules
Arrow diagrams and precedence diagrams
Basic scheduling and network calculations
Advanced precedence relationships and the critical path
Alternative constraints
Gantt and milestone charts
The Baseline
Establishing baselines
Understanding types of baselines
Time-phased distribution of costs
Cumulative cost curves
Within the Project
The process of control
Identifying sources of change
Screening change
Updating the project plan
Communicating change
Evaluation and Forecasting
Causes of variances
Establishing the "data date" for evaluation
Controlling costs and schedule late in the project
Components of the project audit
Considerations in establishing a monitoring system
Earned value
Advanced earned-value forecasting tools
The Exit Strategy
Steps in completing the project
Scope verification
Contract closeout
Administrative closure
About The Training Provider: Last Minute Training
Last Minute Training - Last Minute Training Corp. works similar to last minute discounted travel. We sell training seminars at deep discounts on a last minute basis. If you want to save 30 - 60 off high quality training seminars and have the flexibility to attend with only a few days notice check out our website and see if the training you are looking for is on sale. While your there set up and free account...
