Scheduling & Cost Control

Overview

As part of the newly revamped Professional Certificate in Project Management series, we offer the popular Scheduling & Cost Control course. Develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as you put the tools of project management to work. In this PMI® course, you’ll focus on managing the constraints you face in any project: limits on time, human resources, materials, budget and specifications. Discover proven ways to work within your identified constraints without letting predefined limits curtail creativity or innovation.

You will gain hands-on experience, practicing your skills in building project requirements and the work breakdown structure. You’ll learn a sound, logical framework for scheduling and controlling project activities. You’ll also master techniques for estimating, forecasting, budgeting, monitoring, controlling, analyzing and reporting costs and interpreting the meaning of earned-value data.

Individual and small-group exercises feature scenarios that help hone these skills and a comprehensive toolkit provides practical field guidance. Discover a number of sophisticated tools and techniques that you can use to manage time and costs effectively on every type of project.

Who Should Attend

This scheduling and cost control training course in Dubai is ideal for project leaders, project team members, project assistants, new project managers, professionals from other areas who work with project managers or anyone seeking career development in project management.

Benefits of Attending

• Use the work breakdown structure to develop a network diagram
• Calculate schedules using PERT/CPM
• Identify, assign and tabulate resource requirements
• Predict costs and work time using specific levels and estimate types
• Plan for contingencies and anticipate variations
• Predict future project performance based on historical data
• Monitor changes and close out projects on time