Introduction to the Advanced Project Scheduling Workshop
- Course prerequisites
- Overview of course goals
Critical Path Fundamentals
- Overview of critical path characteristics
- Critical path as a “root cause analysis”
- Driving paths
Critical Path Characteristics: Fact or Fiction?
- Test commonly held beliefs about the critical path
Schedule Calculation Options
- Out-of-sequence (OOS) progress
- Retained Logic
- Progress Override
Analyzing Schedule Changes (PS Case Study #14)
- Analyze the status impacts to determine the source of schedule delays
WBS vs. IMP
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Integrated Master Plan (IMP)
Resource Loading and Leveling
- Benefits of resource loaded schedules
- Basic resource limitations: Resource capacity and time
- Resource leveling priorities
Resource Leveling (PS Case Study #20)
- Apply resource leveling principles to model an achievable plan
Integrating Subcontract Schedules
- Major Interface Milestones only
- Representative Model
- Full Integration
Schedule Acceleration Techniques
- Identify the various schedule acceleration techniques
- Understand the potential drawback of each technique
- Participate in a schedule acceleration demonstration
Managing Schedule Risk
- Duration Uncertainty
- Unplanned Risk Events
- Merge Bias
Schedule Risk Assessments
- Overview of SRA process
- Using SRA Results
- Schedule Margin
Earned Value – Introduction to EVMS
- Overview of basic EV terms/principles
- Demonstrate the relationship between the schedule and EVMS
- Calculation and use of common EV indices
Interpreting and Calculating Cost and Schedule Variances (EVMS Case Study #4)
- Reinforce understanding of basic cost and schedule indices
Analysis Using EVMS Calculations with the Schedule
- Use summary EVMS data to identify schedule risk areas
- Combining EVM indices and schedule data to diagnose issues
Schedule Analysis Combining SPI, CPI and Critical Path (PS Case Study #16)
- Use schedule status to calculate indices and forecast project completion
Modeling Level of Effort (LOE)
- Forecasting LOE
- Avoiding LOE on the critical path
- LOE anomalies, issues and errors
IPMDAR DID Scheduling Requirements
- Overview of scheduling requirements in each section of the IPMDAR DID
DCMA EVMS Compliance Metrics (DECM)
- Test metric specifications for each schedule metric
- Examples of each issue
Performing a Schedule Audit (PS Case Study #22)
- Review a project schedule from the customer perspective, identifying potential issues and areas of concern
Earned Schedule
- Like EV, but from a different perspective
- Calculation of time-based SPI (SPIt)
- Calculation of time-based Schedule Variance (SVt)
- Calculation of To- Complete SPIt and comparison to SPIt
Using Independent Forecast Completion Date (IFCD) Formulas
- Comparison to IEAC formulas
- BCWP-based IFCD formulas
- BCWS-based IFCD formulas
- Earned Schedule-based IFCD formulas
Appendix
Course Evaluation Sheet
Adjourn