Control The Project Schedule (Pmi - Pmp)

Project Management Professional Certification Program (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

Requirements

No special requirements or prerequisites are needed to take this course, but some extra reading about projects, project management, project life cycle, organizational project management, project scope, project schedule, project costs, project quality, project human resources and project communications will help.

Part of the Project Management Professional Certification Course (PMI-PMP)

Description

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 Schedule2. Tools and Techniques of Control Schedule 3. Monitoring Schedule Performance4. Outputs of Control Schedule5. Use Resource Leveling6. Use Resource Smoothing7. Crash the Schedule8. Use Fast Tracking9. Exercise: Controlling the Project ScheduleThat’s it! Now go ahead and push that “Take this course” button, and see you on the inside!

Overview

Section 1: Control the Project Schedule (PMI - PMP)

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 Program Overview (I)

Lecture 3 Program Overview (II)

Lecture 4 Course Guidelines

Lecture 5 Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping

Lecture 6 Inputs to Control Schedule

Lecture 7 Control Schedule: Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs

Lecture 8 Tools and Techniques of Control Schedule

Lecture 9 Monitoring Schedule Performance

Lecture 10 Outputs of Control Schedule

Lecture 11 Iteration Burndown Chart

Lecture 12 Use Resource Leveling

Lecture 13 Use Resource Smoothing

Lecture 14 Crash the Schedule

Lecture 15 Use Fast Tracking

Lecture 16 Exercise: Controlling the Project Schedule (I)

Lecture 17 Exercise: Controlling the Project Schedule (II)

Lecture 18 Course Project (optional)

Lecture 19 Control the Project Schedule (PMI - PMP)

Lecture 20 PMI Certification Info

Lecture 21 Bonus Lecture

Leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals and project workers with or without formal project management training will improve project management skills and knowledge and will be ready to stand for formal certification.