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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This interactive training course will teach you all of the practical techniques needed to plan projects of any size. This acclaimed course is the fifth revision of our original Association for Project Management accredited course.

Project Management - Planning Projects

You will learn how to:

Use the most appropriate set of support diagrams to optimize the planning process.
Involve the relevant team members throughout the planning process.
Carry out effective scheduling of all of the resources required by the project.
Select a planning architecture that ideally suits the needs of each new project.
Develop detailed plans incorporating PERT charts and critical path analysis.

Study Area 1 - Introduction
Introduces a standard series of diagrams and documents that are essential for effective project planning, together with a detailed but flexible planning architecture that can be adapted to suit the needs of projects of any size.

Study Area 2 - Basic Planning Principles

Identifying the Products - Introduces the main processes that comprise an effective approach to project planning, based upon the production of clearly identified and specified deliverables.
Introducing Planning Diagrams - Demonstrates the application of a series of planning diagrams and documentation to support efficient product based planning.  These include: work breakdown structures, product descriptions and product flow diagrams.

Study Area 3 - Scheduling Project Activities

Drawing & Analyzing PERT Charts - Describes how the PERT chart, or activity network, is developed. It shows how to identify the critical path and how any slack time can be used to introduce flexibility into the work plans.
Resource Planning - Describes the effective and efficient scheduling of the resources required. The techniques explained include: resource aggregation, levelling and smoothing which together ensure that the project makes optimum use of the resources available.

Study Area 4 - Structuring Project Plans

Selecting a Suitable Plans Framework - Describes the selection of an appropriate planning framework to ensure effective planning and control. The different levels of plan available include: project plans, sub-project plans, detailed plans, individual work plans and remedial plans.
Understanding Tolerances – Explains how project tolerances define performance limits within which different areas of the project can retain autonomy.

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