Project Scheduling and Planning Skills

Course Category : Project Management

A specialised training programme that develops professional capabilities in project scheduling, critical path analysis, and effective project progress control.
Duration: 5 Days
Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Introduction

In contemporary project environments, scheduling is no longer a secondary administrative task; it is a controlling mechanism for resource optimisation, delay reduction, and executive decision quality. This course develops a structured understanding of project planning and scheduling, from work scope analysis and activity structuring to schedule network development, critical path identification, resource management, and variance monitoring. Participants will learn how to align scheduling with risk management and performance reporting to support timely and controlled project delivery.

Targeted Audience

Project and Programme Managers
Planning and Scheduling Engineers
Project Coordinators and Assistant Project Managers
Operations and Execution Managers
PMO Officers
Site Engineers and Technical Teams
Performance and Schedule Reporting Analysts
Professionals seeking to strengthen project scheduling capabilities

Targeted Skills

Translating project scope into schedulable activities
Developing Work Breakdown Structures
Building activity networks and logical dependencies
Calculating critical path and schedule float
Assigning resources and levelling workloads
Monitoring progress and analysing variances
Preparing scheduling reports for management decisions

Expected Outcomes

Understand professional principles of project planning and scheduling.
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure aligned with project scope.
Build a logical project schedule using appropriate dependencies.
Identify the critical path and analyse schedule float.
Monitor project progress and measure schedule variances.
Prepare clear schedule reports to support management decisions.

Training Topics Index

Concept of scheduling and its role in project success
Relationship between scope, time, and cost
Scheduling lifecycle within projects
Responsibilities of planning and scheduling teams
Schedule quality indicators

Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
Defining activities and linking them to deliverables
Estimating activity durations
Identifying time constraints and assumptions
Documenting scheduling fundamentals

Types of activity relationships
Developing the project schedule network
Critical Path Method concepts
Schedule float analysis
Reviewing schedule logic

Assigning resources to activities
Resource levelling and conflict resolution
Impact of risks on project schedules
Analysing delays and schedule variances
Corrective actions and replanning

Schedule baseline development
Measuring actual progress against plan
Schedule performance indicators
Preparing schedule reports for management
Improving scheduling practices for future projects

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code