Project Scope and Schedule Management

Introduction:

This course provides participants with tools and techniques to help them determine and deliver products, services, and results that meet requirements, expectations, and deadlines. NOTE: This course will earn you 14 PDUs.

Objectives:

Course Outline:

1 – PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

  • Project Scope Management Overview
  • Project Scope Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
  • Project Time Management Overview
  • Project Time Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
  • Case Study Selection
  • Requirements, Scope, and Negotiations

2 – PLAN SCOPE AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

  • Plan Scope and Schedule Mgt. Overview
  • The Scope Management Plan
  • The Requirements Management Plan
  • The Schedule Management Plan

3 – COLLECT REQUIREMENTS

  • Collect Requirements Overview
  • Types of Requirements
  • Effective Product/Solution Requirements
  • Other Stakeholders and Requirements
  • Collect Requirements Techniques
  • Voice of the Customer
  • Requirements Traceability Matrix

4 – DEFINE SCOPE

  • Define Scope Overview
  • Project Scope Statement Sections
  • Create a Project Scope Statement

5 – CREATE WBS

  • Create WBS Overview
  • WBS by Deliverable
  • WBS by Phase
  • When to Subdivide a Work Package Further
  • Effective WBSs
  • General Process for Creating the WBS
  • Create a WBS

6 – DEFINE ACTIVITIES

  • Define Activities Overview
  • Practical Considerations for Defining Activities
  • Activities and Steps
  • Milestones
  • Create Activities and Milestones

7 – SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES

  • Develop Schedule Overview
  • Critical Path
  • Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
  • Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
  • Resolve Overallocations
  • Critical Chain
  • Schedule Compression Techniques

8 – ESTIMATE ACTIVITY RESOURCES

  • Estimate Activity Resources Overview
  • Resource Breakdown Structure
  • Estimate Activity Resources
  • Assign Resources to Activities

9 – ESTIMATE ACTIVITY DURATIONS

  • Estimate Activity Durations Overview
  • Expert Judgment
  • Ratio Estimating
  • Analogous Estimating
  • Parametric Estimating
  • Forecasting
  • Three Point Estimating and PERT Estimating
  • Reserves
  • Estimate Activity Durations

10 – DEVELOP SCHEDULE

  • Develop Schedule Overview
  • Critical Path
  • Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
  • Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
  • Resolve Overallocations
  • Critical Chain
  • Schedule Compression Techniques

11 – VALIDATE SCOPE

  • Validate Scope Overview
  • Verify Scope Best Practices
  • Create a Scope Validation Form

12 – CONTROL SCOPE AND SCHEDULE

  • Control Scope Overview
  • Control Schedule Overview
  • Control Scope Best Practices
  • Change Control Stakeholders
  • Determine Change Control Stakeholders
  • Change Control Process
  • Change Request Form

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$1,612.51

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