Advanced Scheduling Practitioner Course

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Elevate your project scheduling expertise to new heights with our Advanced Scheduling Practitioner Course. Designed for professionals seeking to build upon their foundational skills acquired in the Core Scheduling Practitioner course, this advanced curriculum delves deeper into sophisticated scheduling principles and introduces cutting-edge concepts.

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Who Is This Course For

This course is meticulously tailored for Scheduling Professionals who have completed the Core Scheduling Practitioner course and are eager to expand their knowledge and skills. It’s ideal for project managers, schedulers, and any professional involved in project planning and execution who seeks to leverage advanced scheduling techniques and tools for project success. Whether you’re looking to enhance your existing skill set or aiming to achieve a higher level of proficiency in project scheduling, this course offers the advanced training needed to manage complex projects with efficiency and confidence.


Advanced Principles and Concepts

In this module, you will delve into the advanced realms of project scheduling, exploring the two-pass technique with MS Project to elevate your planning accuracy to new heights. You’ll uncover the substantial business benefits that mature scheduling practices bring, learning how to leverage these strategies to boost project success and organizational growth. Additionally, this module will guide you through the evolved proactive scheduling, enabling you to anticipate challenges and adapt your project plans dynamically. By mastering these advanced principles and concepts, you’ll be equipped with the skills to apply sophisticated scheduling strategies, ensuring your projects are not only successful but also a step ahead in efficiency and effectiveness.


Advanced Schedule Analysis

In this module, you will explore the critical importance of schedule risk analysis and how it can be simplified using custom fields in MS Project. You’ll learn the intricate details of forecast scheduling in two comprehensive sessions, designed to enhance your ability to anticipate project needs and adjust schedules accordingly. The module also covers Earned Value Management (EVM), teaching you to measure project performance and progress in financial terms. By the end of this module, you’ll have a deep understanding of advanced schedule analysis techniques, enabling you to identify potential risks and opportunities early on and implement effective strategies to manage them.


Advanced Schedule Creation

This module takes you through the complexities of advanced schedule creation, focusing on analogous and parametric estimating techniques. You’ll discover best practices for baselining and variance analysis, ensuring your projects are accurately tracked from inception to completion. Additionally, this module offers valuable tips and tricks for more accurate scheduling using MS Project, including an in-depth look at Resource Leveling. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be capable of creating detailed, robust project schedules that can withstand the pressures of changing project dynamics and stakeholder demands.


Advanced Schedule Maintenance

In the Advanced Schedule Maintenance module, you’ll learn sophisticated strategies for resolving resource over/under-allocation and expediting project updates with custom status views. A deep dive into Microsoft Project tracking will provide you with the tools needed to maintain the integrity of your project schedule, ensuring timely updates and adjustments. This module is designed to equip you with advanced techniques for keeping your project on track, maintaining schedule health, and ensuring resource allocation aligns with project needs and timelines.


Advanced Schedule Management

The Advanced Schedule Management module is tailored for those looking to master the art of managing complex schedules. It covers master scheduler best practices, working with consolidated schedules, and a deep dive into understanding Project Server’s RBS. This module is essential for anyone aiming to tackle large, intricate projects, offering insights into effectively managing and integrating multiple project schedules. By the end of this module, you’ll be proficient in navigating the challenges of advanced schedule management, ensuring seamless project execution.


Advanced Communication & Reporting

This module focuses on elevating your project reporting and communication skills. You will learn how to utilize Microsoft Project to create essential, intermediate, and advanced reports, tailor-made to meet the needs of your team and stakeholders. The lessons are designed to enhance your ability to communicate project progress and insights effectively, using customized reporting tools within MS Project. By mastering advanced communication and reporting techniques, you’ll be able to provide clear, impactful updates that drive project success and stakeholder engagement.


Advanced Principles and Concepts

In this section you will cover the two-pass technique with MS Project, business benefits of mature scheduling practices and evolved proactive scheduling.

Lessons

Two-Pass Technique with MS Project Business Benefits of Mature Scheduling Practices Proactive Scheduling Evolved

Advanced Schedule Analysis

In this section you will cover the value of schedule risk analysis, simplifying schedule risk analysis using custom fields, forecast scheduling part 1 & 2, and Earned value management.

Lessons

What’s the value of Schedule Risk Analysis? “EVM” Earned Value Management – Not Just Another 3 Letter Acronym! Forecast Scheduling – Session 2 Forecast Scheduling – Session 1 Simplifying Schedule Risk Analysis Using Microsoft Project Custom Fields

Advanced Schedule Creation

In this section you will cover analogous and parametric estimating, best practices for baselining and variance analysis, tips and tricks for more accurate scheduling using MS Project and Resource Leveling part 1.

Lessons

Analogous and Parametric Estimating Resource Leveling: The Complete Series, Part 1 Tips and Tricks for More Accurate Scheduling Using Microsoft Project Best Practices for Baselining and Variance Analysis

Advanced Schedule Maintenance

In this section you will cover tips for resolving resource over/under-allocation, expediting project updates using a custom status view and Microsoft Project tracking deep dive.

Lessons

Advanced Tips for Resolving Resource Over/Underallocation ProjectTalk – Microsoft Project Tracking Deep Dive Expedite Project Updates Using A Custom Status View

Advanced Schedule Management

In this section you will cover master scheduler best practices, working with consolidated schedules and understanding Project Server deep dive – RBS.

Lessons

Master Schedulers Best Practices ProjectTalk – ‘WBS? RBS? LMNOP?’ – Project Server Deep Dive – Understanding the RBS “Taming the Monster Schedule” – Working with Consolidated Schedules…

Advanced Communication & Reporting

In this section you will cover Microsoft Project 2013/2010 Reporting Essentials, Intermediate and Advanced.

Lessons

Microsoft Project 2013/2010 Reporting Essentials – Advanced Microsoft Project 2013/2010 Reporting Essentials – Intermediate
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