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An Introduction to Project Planning & Control Qualifications™ October 2016
YourHosts ROD BAKER Non Exec Director APMG International Director and Trustee of APM JOHN NEVE Project Planning & Control Trainer Training Byte Size
Agenda • Planning – man or machine? • APM PMSC Guide • Qualification background • Course overview • Exam information • Q&A
APM PSMC Guide • Association for Project Management • Special Interest Group – Planning, Monitoring and Control • ‘Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk.’
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Business Case recommended contents benefit realisation Scope Management ways of defining scope breakdown structures relationships between the breakdown structures Requirements Management linking requirements to the breakdown structures the ‘VVRM’ (the V model) Works Information / Statement of Work Stakeholder Management need to engage throughout input to requirements
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Planning compared with Scheduling confusion caused by job titles approaches to planning schedule components rolling wave planning Planning more details about the … PBS, WBS, WBS Dictionary OBS, RAM, RACI Matrix CBS, RBS cost estimating budgeting
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Scheduling schedule types schedule design critical path analysis dependency types leads and lags constraints float duration estimating resource histograms horizontal and vertical integration buffers interface management schedule review
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Communicating the Schedule bar charts (Gantt) milestone charts line of balance charts time chainage charts the schedule narrative
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Baselining principles baseline maintenance baseline re-planning baseline re-programming Monitoring and Control variance analysis methods performance analysis earned value analysis cost control short-term planning change management
Project Planning and Control Course Coverage Risk Management overall process Monte Carlo (QSRA, QCRA) tornado charts and to finish forensic analysis record keeping learning from experience
The Examinations Foundation multiple choice 50 questions 40 minutes 25/50 to pass Practitioner objective test 80 questions 3 hours 40/80 to pass