SCHEDULING WITH THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM)
Length: 2 Day(s) | Units: 16 | Cost: $792.00
This course is for project managers, project team members and newly assigned project schedulers responsible for the allocation of time and scheduling projects. This course teaches the Critical Path Method, PERT and Monte Carlo simulation techniques of project scheduling. All three are powerful and increasingly sophisticated tools that are indispensable for scheduling and managing projects ranging from the straightforward to the complex. These tools were developed in the 1950s to control large defense projects, and have been used routinely since then in a large variety of industries and disciplines. In the course, the participant will learn much more than just how to utilize software. The participant will build a work breakdown structure, learn how to assign durations to each work package, and then, develop a Critical Path Method network with the software of the participant's choice. We will show the participants how to accelerate project times at the lowest cost, analyze a schedule for claims support and defense, and provide appropriate scheduling clauses for insertion into the project contracts and task orders. At the end of the two full days of interactive instruction, the participant will be fully prepared to use current scheduling techniques and systems to bring predictability and control to project schedules.
Overview
- Review of WBS development and the importance of work packages
- How to estimate and develop durations for tasks
- Assigning precedence, concurrency and succession to tasks
- Developing a schedule network and perform a forward and backward pass Identify the critical path and how to adjust to meet project goals
- Calculate float, interfering float and free float Use float to control subcontractors and obtain schedule efficiency
- Accelerating the project at lowest cost Use Monte Carlo simulation to manage complex schedules