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Project Scheduling Workshop
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the organization's projects while learning project scheduling. |
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"The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent
of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent."
-- Arthur Bloch, "Murphy's Law," 1977 |
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Overview: |
The Project Scheduling Workshop is for those who need to develop project schedules and implement them.
Schedules are a project planner's best tool for organizing tasks, time and resources. Here, even experienced schedulers will learn new capabilities and experience many old ones in a new light. The Project
Scheduling Workshop's emphasis is on schedules as working project models. It is about schedules as tools for estimating time, allocating resources, building teamwork and developing consensus. It is also about
schedules as tools for tracking time and resource utilization. An easy-to-use, step-by-step process guide participants through scheduling their own projects and they learn scheduling. Once built, schedules can
contribute greatly to project tracking, resource optimization, contingency planning and information analysis. Examples for actual projects, most of which were successful, but some of which were not, present
challenging project management problems for discussion and solutions.
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Checklist: |
- Apply project scheduling to your own project as you learn
- Organize tasks, time and resources into project models
- Understand how to build schedules and how to implement them
- Course notes, templates and samples provided in file formats
- Improve estimate of project time and resource requirements
- Customize the course to include organization-specific scheduling requirements
- Understand the role scheduling software
- Fast paced, high content presentation.
- Learn scheduling software (optional)
- Combine scheduling with cost management or project management courses (optional)
- Include software instruction; requires computer learning center)
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Length: |
One to Two Days |
Topics: |
Project Scheduling Overview
What's Is a Schedule, How Schedules Work
Initial Schedule Organization
Phases, Milestones and Deliverables
Schedule Task Analysis
Defining Tasks, Building Task Lists
Estimating Time
Allocating Time to Tasks, Linking Tasks
Allocating Resources
Assign Personnel to Tasks, Using Non-Personnel Resources
Developing Flexible Schedules
Float, Lead/Lag Time, Restraint Tasks, Contingency Schedules
Schedule Reporting
Schedule Information Management, Samples of Gantt, PERT, Reporting
Recovering from Setbacks
Prioritization, "What If" Schedules, Problem Solving Case Studies
Advanced Scheduling Overview
Work Breakdowns, Cost Management, Subprojects, Schedule Interdependencies
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Quotes: |
"I have 15 years of scheduling experience, and came away with a new outlook on schedules. Thanks!"
-- Metta Hajurandi
Lockheed-Martin
My manager has been asking for schedules forever. I'll show her this one tomorrow.
-- Aaron B. Brown
Intel Corporation |
Options: |
1. Scheduling with Software:
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he workshop can be presented with software, using a learning center, and supporting MS Project, MS Excel, Project KickStart, Teamwork.com, MS Outlook, ACT and other popular project management applications.
2. Advanced Scheduling Topics
Custom Reporting, Scheduling Multiple Projects, Summary Schedules, Schedule Information Management, Scheduling software
3. Project Scheduling Workshop with Cost Management Workshop
Estimating, Cost Allocation, Cost Tracking, Cost Management
4. Project Scheduling Workshop with Project Management Workshop
Resource Commitment, Management Strategies, Sample projects
5. Scheduling and Fast-Track Management for Programs and Projects
Fast-Track Resource Utilization, Schedule Compression, Phase Compression, Managing Change and Risks
6. Off-Site Facilities
Off-site facilities are often preferred, particularly for the
two-day seminar/workshops. In some cases a computer learning center is required. Technical Pathways can arrange for off-site facilities.
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Resources: |
PM Tip Sheet #100:
Organizing Project and Non-Project Work
PM Tip Sheet #105: Software and Project Management
Project Management Seminar
Cost Management Workshop
Microsoft Project Workshop |
Contact:
tecpath at go-projects dot com using the subject line "Project Scheduling Seminar."
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