Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 15 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Sorin Dumitrascu
Rating
Course Overview
Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMI-PMP)
The Control the Project Schedule (PMI - PMP) is course 11 of 28 of the Project Management Professional Certification Program (PMI-PMP).
It's essential in successful project management to be able to monitor activities to discover and correct any schedule variances, evaluate the effective schedule changes on all project activities, and make adjustments as required to minimize risk on your project schedule.
In this course, you're going to learn how to apply useful techniques to control the project schedule to keep your project on track.
1. Inputs to Control Schedule
2. Tools and Techniques of Control Schedule
3. Monitoring Schedule Performance
4. Outputs of Control Schedule
5. Use Resource Leveling
6. Use Resource Smoothing
7. Crash the Schedule
8. Use Fast Tracking
9. Exercise: Controlling the Project Schedule
The importance of schedule control can't be overstated. Every project, no matter how well-planned, encounters unexpected roadblocks and delays. The skills you learn in this course will give you a powerful toolkit to navigate these challenges. You'll learn to analyze potential problems before they become crises, understand how delays ripple through your project, and develop creative solutions that protect your timeline and budget. This isn't just about staying on track; it's about empowering you to become a proactive problem-solver who can confidently guide a project through any obstacle.
That’s it! Now go ahead and push that “Take this course” button, and see you on the inside!
Course Content
- 1 section(s)
- 25 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Control the Project Schedule (PMI - PMP)
What You’ll Learn
- Identify inputs to the Control Schedule process
- Recognize tools and techniques used to control the schedule
- Perform earned value management calculations to assess a project's schedule performance
- Recognize examples of the outputs of the Control Schedule process
- Recognize if resource leveling is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario
- Recognize if resource smoothing is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario
- Recognize if crashing is the most appropriate schedule compression technique, given a scenario
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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SShiraz Amman
This course can be really good with some visuals. exercises are good which make this course somewhat a little useful. may be add some P6 examples from practical project would be good.
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AAdaora Ifeanyi
I wish he presented the examples on a board of some sort. it was difficult to follow as a beginner.
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BBongani Noel Mlambo
My hope is that this course will enhance my knowledge, understanding and improve my scheduling techniques. Thanks
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JJustice Welch
This course is really helpful in getting you started with learning how to control the project schedule. Sorin Dumitrascu is a great instructor and he breaks everything down in a way that is easy to understand. I would recommend this course to anyone who is looking to get started with learning how to control the project schedule.
