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The project planning and control qualification scheme supports publication of the Association for Project Management (APM) guide, ‘Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control - The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk.’ The book is the APM’s first comprehensive set of guidance and best practice for project planning and control and is applicable across all industries and sectors.
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Understanding of minimum standards and best practice
Guidance on how to comply with Works information requirements laid out in contracts
Learn lessons from a wide base of delivery organisations
Benefit from a broad perspective of experienced controls practitioners
Planning Managers
Planning Engineers
Project Control Managers
Project Control Engineers
Cost Engineers
Project Managers
Project Support Team Members
Business Case purpose and typical contents
Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Levelling and smoothing
Scope Management via Breakdown Structures
RACI matrices
Dependency Integration
Requirements Management Process
Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS)
Schedule Buffers
Works Information and Statement of Work
Dependency Management
Stakeholder Management
Presentation of a Schedule- Bar Charts, Line of Balance, Time Chainage
The Outputs and Benefits of Planning
Cost Estimating
Schedule Narrative Typical Contents
Type of Schedule
Planning and Scheduling – the differences and relationships
Baselines and Baselining Principles
Short-Term Planning
Schedule Review Considerations
Schedule Densities `
Schedule Templates (Fragnets)
(Planning) Handover and Closeout
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning
Activity Relationships
Baseline Maintenance, Re-Planning And Re-Programming
Performance Reporting - Variance Analysis and Performance Analysis Methods
Rolling Wave Planning
Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
Different ‘Levels’ of Schedule (and types)
Allowing for Risk
Time-Based and Activity Step (Tracker) Schedules
Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and Terminology
Schedule Design Considerations
Hierarchical Breakdown Structure Types, Characteristics, Relationships and Use
‘What Ifs’ (Scenario Planning)
Product Breakdown Structures (PBS)
Critical Path Analysis, Time Analysis and Floats
The Earned Value Analysis Calculation and Benefits
Work Packages
Cost Control
Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and the 100% Rule
Scheduling Constraints
Responsibility Assignment Matrices (RAM)
Risk Management in General and Quantitative Analysis in Particular
Organisation Breakdown Structures (OBS)
Duration Estimates
Forensic Analysis
Change Control
Record Keeping
Leads and Lags
Work Breakdown Structure Dictionaries
Schedule Resourcing