Project Scope and Schedule Management (UT-Project-PSSM)

Course Description

This course provides participants with tools and techniques to help them determine and deliver products, services, and results that meet requirements, expectations, and deadlines.

NOTE: This course will earn you 14 PDUs.

Course Outline

1 - PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

• Project Scope Management Overview
• Project Scope Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
• Project Time Management Overview
• Project Time Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
• Case Study Selection
• Requirements, Scope, and Negotiations

2 - PLAN SCOPE AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

• Plan Scope and Schedule Mgt. Overview
• The Scope Management Plan
• The Requirements Management Plan
• The Schedule Management Plan

3 - COLLECT REQUIREMENTS

• Collect Requirements Overview
• Types of Requirements
• Effective Product/Solution Requirements
• Other Stakeholders and Requirements
• Collect Requirements Techniques
• Voice of the Customer
• Requirements Traceability Matrix

4 - DEFINE SCOPE

• Define Scope Overview
• Project Scope Statement Sections
• Create a Project Scope Statement

5 - CREATE WBS

• Create WBS Overview
• WBS by Deliverable
• WBS by Phase
• When to Subdivide a Work Package Further
• Effective WBSs
• General Process for Creating the WBS
• Create a WBS

6 - DEFINE ACTIVITIES

• Define Activities Overview
• Practical Considerations for Defining Activities
• Activities and Steps
• Milestones
• Create Activities and Milestones

7 - SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES

• Develop Schedule Overview
• Critical Path
• Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
• Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
• Resolve Overallocations
• Critical Chain
• Schedule Compression Techniques

8 - ESTIMATE ACTIVITY RESOURCES

• Estimate Activity Resources Overview
• Resource Breakdown Structure
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Assign Resources to Activities

9 - ESTIMATE ACTIVITY DURATIONS

• Estimate Activity Durations Overview
• Expert Judgment
• Ratio Estimating
• Analogous Estimating
• Parametric Estimating
• Forecasting
• Three Point Estimating and PERT Estimating
• Reserves
• Estimate Activity Durations

10 - DEVELOP SCHEDULE

• Develop Schedule Overview
• Critical Path
• Resource Optimization – Resource Leveling
• Resource Optimization – Resource Smoothing
• Resolve Overallocations
• Critical Chain
• Schedule Compression Techniques

11 - VALIDATE SCOPE

• Validate Scope Overview
• Verify Scope Best Practices
• Create a Scope Validation Form

12 - CONTROL SCOPE AND SCHEDULE

• Control Scope Overview
• Control Schedule Overview
• Control Scope Best Practices
• Change Control Stakeholders
• Determine Change Control Stakeholders
• Change Control Process
• Change Request Form

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Information

Length: 2 day

Format: Lecture and Lab

Delivery Method: Virtual

Max. Capacity: 16

Who Should Attend

This class is intended for PMP’s looking to earn PDU's, or for Project Managers looking to learn more about Project Scope and Schedule Management techniques.