PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Training Courses

Course Description

Effective project scheduling and time management are critical factors in the success or failure of a particular project. And, increasingly project management professionals are responsible for managing a variety of project schedules and timelines.

Project managers must balance scarce resources and deliver under strict deadlines in the face of ever-increasing customer expectations. This course provides the skills required to schedule and deliver critical projects on time while helping you prepare for the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® certification.

PMI’s Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® credential is a response to project management’s increasing growth, complexity and diversity. Globally recognised and demanded, the PMI-SP® fills the need for a specialist role in project scheduling.

It recognizes your unique expertise and competence to develop and maintain project schedules, while still possessing baseline knowledge skills in all areas of project management.

• Schedule Mission Management: · Integrating scheduling activities within overall project management processes · Understanding the role of the scheduler

• Schedule Creation: · Defining the activity list with consistency · Sequencing activities by developing logical relationships

• Schedule Maintenance: · How to implement schedule changes while maintaining accuracy

• Schedule Analysis: · Interpreting schedule impacts & techniques for synthesizing alternatives · Techniques to present scheduling alternative recommendations

• Schedule Communication/Reporting: · Standard scheduling reporting techniques and formats

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Prepare to pass the PMI-SP® Exam
• Construct project network diagrams to identify the sequence of work
• Calculate using the Critical Path Methodology to determine the project duration
• A better understanding of the five main methods of Delay Analysis:

• As Planned Vs As Built
• Time Impact Analysis (Either Prospective or Retrospective Check)
• Impacted As-Planned (Prospective)
• Collapsed As- Built (Retrospective)
• Windows Analysis
• An overview of the issues that may impact on a Delay Analysis

• Effectively assign resources to build a realistic baseline schedule
• Perform schedule analysis and recommend corrective actions to keep the project on track
• Build readable and reliable project reports to keep stakeholders informed on progress
• Satisfy the 30 hour formal project management training requirement for PMI®’s PMI-SP® professional certification.
• Be comfortable with the examination format and typical question styles
• Pass the PMI-SP® exam

Recommended Course Participant Profile

This Project Management Professional training course is aimed at experienced Project Managers. If you meet any one of the following, then this (PMP® preparation) course is the perfect choice for your path to Project Management Professional Certification with the PMI®.

•Industry experience of involvement in Project Scheduling
•Experienced Project Managers with no formal Project Scheduling qualifications
•Project Managers looking for professional Project Schedule Certification
•Professionals from a Construction, Information Technology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, Engineering or Service  Industry etc. who are seeking to expand or develop their career into Project Schedule Management

Eligibility for PMI-SP® Credential

To apply for the PMI-SP® Credential you must first satisfy the following requirements:

Category 1: With a baccalaureate degree

PMI-SP® candidates must:

• have at least 3,500 hours of project scheduling experience
• 30 hours of project scheduling education

Category 2: Without a baccalaureate degree

PMI-SP® candidates must:

• at least 5,000 hours of Project Scheduling experience
• Document at least 40 contact hours of Project Scheduling education

Course Completion

Following successful completion of the separate Project Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP®) Exam, the award of PMI-SP® will be awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Why you should choose Velopi’s Project Scheduling Professional Certification (PMI-SP®) course

• We are official Registered Education Providers with the Project Management Institute. Our training materials and course structure have been reviewed against PMI®’s quality standards and are continually updated to match the current PMI standards.
• Our PMI-SP® Instructors are certified Project Management Professionals with years of experience in Project Management in local and international markets.
• We can offer courses in-house or at our own training facilities.
• Courses can be tailored to meet client needs where sufficient numbers are enrolled.
• We provide unparalled one to one support to all course participants in the lead up to and after the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) Exam.

How to enroll on Velopi’s Project Management Professional Certification (PMP®) Course

1. Firstly check to ensure that you meet the course pre-requisites listed above in this document.

2. Check to see the next available course dates.

3. Contact us to enroll on your chosen course date

Email: info@velopi.com

Phone: +353 (0)21 240 6250

If you are interested in a group booking for one of our Project Scheduling Professional Certification (PMI-SP®) Courses, we can arrange in-house training also. Please mention this at time of booking.

PMBOK, PMP, PgMP, CAPM, PMI-SP and PMI-RMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.


                 

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