Planning & Scheduling: Be The Professional From Scratch

Project Planning and Scheduling Management course, 558 Exam Questio&Answers, PSP & PMI SP. The Complete Course You need.

What you'll learn

Take the next step toward Your Career Goals, or change to the planning career.

Earn Your planning and scheduling professional (PSP) and PMI-SP Certification.

You will explain Planning and Scheduling Processes with Confidence

Think Different. Think Planning

Create, Review and Edit Project Plans and Schedules. Do the planning for your projects.

Stand out from the crowd by becoming a uniquely skilled professional planner.

Build a team buy-in for the plan you have created and assure it is achievable through your planning skills.

Understand the true value of TIME – the most valuable and finite commodity on Earth by planning right.

Work as a professional planning and scheduling engineer

Add value for yourself and your employer.

Create new job market opportunities for yourself to work in the planning field.

Requirements

A deep, driving desire to learn and a vigorous willpower to add to and enhance your planning and scheduling skills.

You have to be mentally prepared to listen carefully to absorb as much knowledge as possible.

Aspire to add a major skill that will not only enhance your career but every facet of your life as well.

Description

Planning and Scheduling is a major and vital activity when it comes to managing the project successfully. As per AACE International there is less than 2000 planning and scheduling professionals worldwide and the same number goes for scheduling professionals as per PMI standards!. Imagine that!!. It means that you rarely have met one. How about becoming one? We are from the top 2000  worldwide professional planners that are successfully managing more than 1 BILLION $ projects on hand today. In this course, we reveal how are we doing it.There are lots of project management, planning and scheduling books and courses out there. We have tried most, combined the best practices and methods into this course.To be recognized as a professional planner (PSP - Planning and Scheduling Professional) by AACE International or PMI (PMI-SP - Scheduling Professional) is given after a rigorous exam of 5 hours and 3.5 hours respectively. So, how about to become one of the few? - That's why this course came to life and to LOVE what you learn.SO>What is planning ? >What is Scheduling?>What makes the perfect plan?>What is the difference between planning and scheduling?>Is there even a difference between planning and scheduling?>When you say the plan, are you taking a project management plan, time plan, cost plan or what? >Is Planning and Scheduling a skill?This is all answered in this course and tailored to make you of the planning and scheduling professionals.This course is the Planning and Scheduling Definitive Guide.The skill and the knowledge of planning and scheduling are really way underappreciated and unrecognized. We have seen a lot throughout our career life that does not know what the planner should do? How to do? And how important is he or she to the success of the project? Finding a professional planner to handle out the project time, saves the company rights, allocate the costs right is something so hard. That’s why this course is created, to cover this huge knowledge gap and even to make you more confident when applying to a job as a planner or even if you are working in a different position or a project manager to know how the planner works? And how to pick the best ones from the market? - Planning and Scheduling is a vital skill.The contribution of a planner to projects is huge. It can totally affect the project's goals, believe it or not, a project could fail miserably if planned wrong. We have seen projects that took twice its planned time and cost because it has not been planned correctly. Imagine the frustration! Here comes the motto of “Fail to plan is planning to fail”. There should be a considerable effort in planning the project and then scheduling the project.I personally after graduation with a Bsc of engineering and before joining the workforce in construction section, I never knew what is a Planner? I even thought that it is not important and the most important thing is to make the right drawings and do it right on site, that’s it. I never knew that the efforts of all the project team might go different ways and every one might be working in a different direction if they are not planned correctly. I also never knew that to be a planner you have to study for it or it was just initiative. I always thought that all I have to do is to learn commercial software such as Primavera P6 and that’s it, I will be professional. I also never knew that there is a lot of knowledge, skill and, books about planning. I always thought what these books are going to write. I was exactly like many of you. The importance of perfect planning and scheduling to any project has valuable benefits to the project. I have seen how mega construction projects fail not due to poor construction methodology but due to no proper planning and scheduling. Learn in this course to produce a full construction project plan and schedule, and manage construction projects.Seeing all of that I was lucky enough to meet one of the professional planners in my first working years in the construction industry. I have decided that I would pursue the career of planning and started studying management and contract administration that took 3 years to complete 2 professional degrees and then to be certified from PMI as a Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) and AACE International as a Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) and read a lot of books. What initiated this course is this. I was really looking for some kind of help, a summary of all the books out there. I was looking for a guide. I wanted something to be special and include all the information that was scattered everywhere. Something that I could refer to, and because the professional planners are not much so this type of info is not anywhere. That’s why the course was created to fill this gap and help you to achieve what you want. If you ever think that planning is JUST using software, then this course is exactly what you want. It is to show you that the last thing you want is the software. The software acts as a tool where you use to create the output you require. The tool will never help you to find the inputs even if you are the best one in the world in using this tool. SO that’s why we are here to make you UNDERSTAND PLANNING AND SCHEDULING.

  The course is divided to two main sections to take you to be the professional you wanted to be. The first section is to make you understand the project management fundamentals, the different knowledge areas and interaction with planning and the second is then taking you from having a general knowledge scattered there and there to a more organized way of thinking and in order. Your first section ends at the lecture named “Your Road to Your Profession” and all the excitement starts from here. Up to this point, the course is developing you and giving you the basic knowledge for becoming the planning and scheduling professional.From here Section 2 begins and you are going to get the information as a professional would do. You will know what is planning and scheduling with the exact steps to produce the perfect plan and schedule. You are going to know what is planning and what is scheduling, what are the considerations, constraints and the inputs for each stage. Each lecture is made to be easily reverting to later on whenever you need it in your lifetime. Lectures are made fun and as explaining simply to make you get the most with a summary at the end of the major lectures. Make sure to preview the lectures before enrolling. Scheduling is the art of making a schedule that is realistic and gets the buy-in from the team. Scheduling is done right after considerable studies have been done in the planning. As the main instructor of the course is a construction professionals, there are a lot of examples on construction projects There is no other course even similar to that course. It is a guide and a guru in the planning and scheduling field. It has been done with care to add a value to you. At the end even if you wish to get recognized by one of the prestigious institutions as a professional planner there are exams to help you practice before going to the real exam. If you have ever investigated the reasons behind the failed projects, You would most probably find that neither planning nor scheduling is given much care.Upon completion of this course, you will realize how any project will extremely benefit with the right planning and scheduling application. If you wish to pass the Scheduling Professional Exam from PMI (PMI-SP) or the Planning and Scheduling Professional Exam (PSP) from AACE International, this course will be your Definitive Guide.Learn to love planning and scheduling, and apply it as a pro.Covering Topics:Planning, Project Planning, Planning Professional, Scheduling, Project Scheduling, Construction Planning, Construction Scheduling, Construction Time management, Construction Schedule, Construction time schedule, Construction Project Management, Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) Exam from AACE International, Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) Exam from PMI, Planning Course, Scheduling Course, Planning and Scheduling Course, PSP Exam, PMI-SP Exam, PSP  exam preparation course, PMI-SP exam preparation course.

Overview

Section 1: Start Here

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How This Course Is Made - And Why

Lecture 3 How to Get the Most Out of this Course

Section 2: Understanding Main Projects Definitions & Characteristics

Lecture 4 Project Vs. Operation. What are they??

Lecture 5 Sub-projects, Projects, Program and Portfolio interrelations

Lecture 6 Project life Cycle

Lecture 7 Project life Cycle relation with cost and staffing with time

Lecture 8 Variables Impact based on its timing on the project

Lecture 9 Project Management Process Interaction

Lecture 10 Periodic Interim Evaluations

Lecture 11 Stakeholders

Lecture 12 Examples of the Key Stakeholders

Lecture 13 Stakeholders - Influence/Interest Grid

Section 3: Process groups, Roles & Responsibilities

Lecture 14 Initiation process group

Lecture 15 Project position in the organization

Lecture 16 Project Management Main Terminologies

Lecture 17 Collecting Requirements

Lecture 18 Gathering Techniques

Lecture 19 Gathering Techniques - Brainstorming Technique

Lecture 20 Roles and Responsibilties

Lecture 21 The project sponsor role and concerns

Lecture 22 End User or Customer roles and concerns

Lecture 23 The Project Manager role

Lecture 24 The Project Manager Key Competencies

Lecture 25 The Functional Manager - Who are they and What do they do?

Lecture 26 The project team

Lecture 27 Sellers

Lecture 28 Organization Charts & RACI Matrix

Lecture 29 Control & Control Accounts

Lecture 30 Control Account Matrix

Section 4: Schedule Components - What makes a schedule?

Lecture 31 Project Budget Components

Lecture 32 Schedule Introduction & Main Terminologies

Lecture 33 Project Constraints

Lecture 34 Project Assumptions

Lecture 35 Activity Characteristics

Lecture 36 Activity Characteristics - Continued

Lecture 37 Activity Estimates

Lecture 38 Work Package

Lecture 39 Progressive elaboration

Lecture 40 Rolling Wave Planning

Lecture 41 Sequence Activity Diagramming Technique - ADM

Lecture 42 Sequence Activity Diagramming Technique - PDM or AON

Lecture 43 Lags & Leads

Lecture 44 Precedence Diagramming Method- Example

Lecture 45 Activity Node Sample - PDM

Lecture 46 Types of dependencies

Lecture 47 Logic Considerations

Lecture 48 PERT & GERT

Lecture 49 Resources Attributes

Lecture 50 Estimate Activity Resources

Lecture 51 Resource Breakdown Structure

Lecture 52 Estimate Activity Durations

Lecture 53 Productivity Fluctuations

Section 5: Create a schedule

Lecture 54 Develop a Schedule

Lecture 55 Critical Path Method (CPM)

Lecture 56 Critical Path Method (CPM) - Part 2

Lecture 57 Critical Path Method (CPM) - Part 3

Lecture 58 Critical Path Method (CPM) - Part 4

Lecture 59 CPM Example

Lecture 60 Another CPM Example

Lecture 61 Baselines - Schedule & Cost

Lecture 62 Cost Reserves

Section 6: Tips & Tricks of the schedule

Lecture 63 Critical Path Vs. Longest Path

Lecture 64 Near-critical Activity, Critical Activity & Schedule Activity

Lecture 65 Driving & Non-Driving Relationships

Lecture 66 Path Convergence, Divergence and HUB

Lecture 67 Calendars, Logic & Constraints

Section 7: Shortening the project duration - Acceleration

Lecture 68 How to shorten a project duration?

Lecture 69 How to shorten a project duration? - Part 2

Lecture 70 Crashing Detailed Example

Lecture 71 The best method for project acceleration

Lecture 72 Direct & Indirect Costs & the relation with acceleration

Lecture 73 Effect of Acceleration on project costs

Section 8: Resources - Interaction with Time Schedule

Lecture 74 What are the RESOURCES?

Lecture 75 Resources Main Terminologies

Lecture 76 Resource Leveling & Resource Smoothing

Lecture 77 Why Level Resources?

Lecture 78 Resource Leveling & Resource Smoothing Example

Lecture 79 Critical-chain Method

Section 9: Quality Management - Interaction with Planning & Scheduling

Lecture 80 Quality Management Main Terminologies

Lecture 81 Cost of Quality

Lecture 82 Quality Checklists

Lecture 83 Schedule Specifications

Section 10: Communications- Interaction with Planning & Scheduling

Lecture 84 Communications Introduction

Lecture 85 Communications Considerations

Lecture 86 Communication Technology

Lecture 87 Communication Model

Lecture 88 Communication Methods

Lecture 89 Performance Reporting - Your key to the mind of others

Lecture 90 Communication Characteristics

Section 11: Risk Management & Interaction with the Schedule

Lecture 91 Risk Management Plan - Introduction

Lecture 92 CPM Schedules & Risk

Lecture 93 Risk Attitude

Lecture 94 Risk Category

Lecture 95 Risk Category Examples

Lecture 96 Risk Main Terminologies

Lecture 97 Risk Management Processes

Lecture 98 Identify Risk - Process No.1

Lecture 99 Identify Risks - Continued

Lecture 100 Risk Register

Lecture 101 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis - Process No. 2

Lecture 102 Risk Breakdown Structure

Lecture 103 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis - Process No. 3

Lecture 104 Plan Risk Responses & Risk Response Strategies for Threats - Process No. 4

Lecture 105 Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities

Lecture 106 Control Risks - Process No.5 (Finale)

Section 12: Contracts Overview

Lecture 107 What contracts should include?

Lecture 108 Choosing the Right Contract Type

Section 13: Schedule General Rules & Outlines

Lecture 109 Steps required to Create a Schedule

Lecture 110 Determine Work Activities Detailing level

Lecture 111 Decomposition to Work Activities

Lecture 112 How to review the schedule?

Lecture 113 How to review the schedule? - Continued

Lecture 114 Schedule Update - Why and How it is done?

Lecture 115 Activity % Completion Update

Lecture 116 Overall Schedule % Completion Update

Lecture 117 Analyzing the Project Update

Lecture 118 Earned Value Analysis

Lecture 119 Earned Value Key Dimensions

Lecture 120 Earned Value Main Formulas

Lecture 121 Forecasting

Lecture 122 Earned Value Curve

Section 14: Your Road to Your Profession

Lecture 123 Intro to the professional world and to pass any planning & scheduling Exam

Section 15: What is Planning & Why is it Important?

Lecture 124 Think Planning

Lecture 125 Planning & Scheduling

Lecture 126 Inputs & Data for Planning Process - Input 1 - Contract Requirements

Lecture 127 Input 2 - Identification of Stakeholders

Lecture 128 Input 3- Construct-ability Methods

Lecture 129 Inputs & Data for Planning Process Summary

Section 16: Considerations and Constraints for the Planning Process

Lecture 130 Intro for the Main Considerations and Constraints

Lecture 131 Constraint 1 - Identification of Resources

Lecture 132 Constraint 2 - Value Engineering

Lecture 133 Constraint 3 - Stakeholder Considerations

Lecture 134 Constraint 4 - Comprehend Project Variables

Lecture 135 Considerations and Constraints for the Planning Process Summary

Section 17: Planning Outputs & Deliverables

Lecture 136 Planning Outputs & Deliverables Intro

Lecture 137 Output 1 - Define Scope of Work

Lecture 138 Output 2 - Define Project Goals

Lecture 139 Output 3 - Define Project Plan

Lecture 140 Output 4 - Phase Definition

Lecture 141 Output 5 - Establish Work Breakdown Structure

Lecture 142 Output 5 - Establish Work Breakdown Structure Continued

Lecture 143 Output 6 - Establish Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)

Lecture 144 Output 7 – Establish Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS)

Lecture 145 Output 8 - Sequencing and Phase Relationships

Lecture 146 Output 9 - Review by Stakeholders

Lecture 147 Output 10 - Cost Estimate Development

Lecture 148 Output 10 - Cost Estimate Development Continued

Lecture 149 Output 11 - Baseline Plan

Lecture 150 Output 11 - Baseline Plan Continued

Lecture 151 Output 12 - Periodic Forecasts

Lecture 152 Output 13 - Risk and Recovery Plan

Lecture 153 Planning Outputs & Deliverables Summary

Section 18: What is Scheduling?, & How it is Done?

Lecture 154 Scheduling Intro.

Lecture 155 Scheduling Development

Lecture 156 Scheduling Development Sections

Lecture 157 Types of Schedules

Lecture 158 Types of Schedules - Continued

Lecture 159 Inputs & Data for Schedule Development

Lecture 160 Input 1 - Define Schedule Scope

Lecture 161 Input 2 - Breakdown Structures

Lecture 162 Input 3 - Schedule Specifications

Lecture 163 Input 3 - Schedule Specifications - Continued

Lecture 164 Input 4 - Feedback from Stakeholders

Lecture 165 Input 5 - Cost Estimate Model

Lecture 166 Inputs and Data for Scheduling Development Process Summary

Section 19: Creating A Schedule

Lecture 167 Creating A Schedule Steps

Lecture 168 Step 1 - Types of Schedule

Lecture 169 Step 2 - Activities

Lecture 170 Step 2 - Activities Continued

Lecture 171 Step 3 - Durations

Lecture 172 Step 4 - Relationships

Lecture 173 Step 4 - Relationships Continued

Lecture 174 Step 5 - Constraints and Calendars

Lecture 175 Step 6 - Cost/Resource Loading

Lecture 176 Step 7 - Milestones

Lecture 177 Step 8 – Schedule Quality Analysis & Compliance Review

Lecture 178 Step 9 – Schedule Basis Documentation

Lecture 179 Creating Schedule Steps - Summary

Section 20: What comes After Creating A Schedule?

Lecture 180 After Creating a schedule intro

Lecture 181 1 of 6 - Baseline Schedule

Lecture 182 2 of 6 - Tracking Schedule Progress

Lecture 183 2 of 6 - Tracking Schedule Progress Continued

Lecture 184 3 of 6 - Cost and Resource Management

Lecture 185 4 of 6 – Schedule Change Management

Lecture 186 4 of 6 – Schedule Change Management Continued

Lecture 187 5 of 6 – Acceleration

Lecture 188 5 of 6 – Acceleration Continued

Lecture 189 6 of 6 – Schedule Maintenance Feedback

Lecture 190 Maintain Schedule - Summary

Section 21: Schedule Outputs and Deliverables

Lecture 191 Schedule Outputs and Deliverable Sections

Lecture 192 Output 1 of 8 – Control Level Schedules

Lecture 193 Output 2 of 8 – Variances and Trends

Lecture 194 Output 3 of 8 - Schedule Analysis

Lecture 195 Output 4 of 8 – Schedule Forecasts

Lecture 196 Output 4 of 8 – Schedule Forecasts Continued

Lecture 197 Output 5 of 8 – Constructability Review

Lecture 198 Output 6 of 8 – Progress Reports & Reviews

Lecture 199 Output 7 of 8 – Recovery Schedule

Lecture 200 Output 8 of 8 – Management Summary

Lecture 201 Schedule Outputs and Deliverables - Summary

Section 22: Overall Summary

Lecture 202 PLANNING AND SCHEDULING PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Section 23: Embrace the difference!!

Section 24: PMI-SP Simulation Exam

Section 25: How to write a memo?

Lecture 203 How to write a memo?

Lecture 204 Sample Memo - Practice on it

Section 26: PSP Simulation Exam with the MEMO

Engineers from all disciplines who are willing to shift their career into planning and scheduling.,Engineers from all disciplines who need to understand planning and the role of a planning engineer, and who want to add a major and significant skill to their skill set,Planning Engineers who wants to enhance their professionalism by acquiring a unique set of skills and knowledge,Planning Engineers who desire to be accredited by the most prestigious institutes (the AACEI - PSP Exam or the PMI-SP exam),New graduates seeking bigger and more lucrative job opportunities.,Engineers on the lookout for a PROMOTION and a RAISE because they’re willing to learn how to plan and schedule their work effectively.,Any Engineer who’s been stressed and punished by missed deadlines and desperately wants to change his situation,Any Engineer who lacks focus in his work and is unaware of the goals he’s trying to achieve.,Anyone who wants to acquire LIFE-CHANGING planning skills so he can meet each and every one of his deadlines.,Anyone who has the big picture in mind and wants to see it through their manager’s point of view.