Project Management: Planning, Scheduling & Control

Description

Save money on your projects, build the brand recognition and reputation that you desire for yourself and your business by learning to effectively manage your project's schedule, costs & resources.  Effective planning, scheduling, and control, is the difference between being on time, or behind time; making money or losing money; and most importantly being stressed-out or stress-free. In these trying times it is more important than ever to have the tools, skills, and knowledge to adapt and be agile on your projects. 

This course will provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge required to successfully plan, schedule, and most importantly control simple to complex construction projects as a GC, Trade Partner, or Owner’s Representative on your specific construction projects.  This online course provides participants with both the technical and soft skills to be successful in managing your projects.

Through this course you will learn to:

• Manage projects to deliver on time
• Analyze and determine sequence and duration of construction activities
• Plan for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous (VUCA)
• Apply change and claim management principles and conduct time impact analysis to your project
• Learn both the soft (leadership, communication, management) and technical side of project management planning and scheduling
• Plan construction activities for various building projects
• Apply and manage resources effectively
• Develop and review critical path method (CPM) schedules
• Develop a construction plan and schedule (baseline schedule)
• Develop effective short term look ahead schedules
• Monitor, control and update project progress including accelerating and delaying construction using the DIRECT Anatomy of a Recovery Method
• Analyze performance and productivity information from past construction projects for use in planning future projects
• Identify bottlenecks, and waste use the Ching FOCCCUS method and Lean thinking to reduce and eliminate them
• Change and claim management identification and relief documentation
• Manage time, cost, quantity, and quality performance for construction projects
• Ensure proper communication structures are in place to effectively implement the planning and scheduling process
• Implement a number of management and leadership skills that are required to successfully plan, schedule and control projects

Intended Audience

This course is suitable for anyone involved in the Construction Management field including:

• Project Coordinators
• Facilities Managers
• Assistant Superintendents
• Superintendents
• Assistant Project Managers
• Sub-contractors
• Project Managers
• Forepersons
• M&E coordinators
• LEED coordinators
• BIM coordinators
• Architects and Designers
• Estimators
• Field Engineers

Related Info

This is a blended learning course that includes:

• Three, three-hour virtual sessions delivered live, online by your instructor
• You will also have access to another 20+ recorded instructional videos via links provided by your instructor.

Final Test:

• Your instructor will provide you with instructions and access to a final, online, multiple-choice test which you must pass to successfully complete the course and receive a certificate.

Live, Online, Instructor-led training:

• This course is facilitated by the instructor on the Zoom platform. Access information will be provided to you in advance of the training.
• You will be expected to have your webcam on during the class and participate in group discussions and other activities with your instructor and classmates during the course.

Course Requirements

Please make sure you have the following:

• Computer or laptop with webcam: This course will involve on-screen interaction with your instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses. For this reason, we recommend that you have a full computer/laptop set-up and don’t recommend using a cell phone or tablet to attend the training.
• A quiet space with minimal distractions: plan to be fully engaged in the class and clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program.

Speaker

Tom Stephenson, MBA, CM-LEAN, PMP

Tom Stephenson is a national award-winning professor and best-selling author whose background in education spans nearly three decades. His diverse teaching disciplines include construction project management, business management, architecture, carpentry, and brick and stone masonry. As a dual-professional, Tom is called upon by industry leaders to translate knowledge, reinvigorate corporate culture, and inspire innovation in emerging and established companies across Canada. Before breaking into the academic realm, Tom acquired more than a decade of practical project-management experience, operating a mid-sized Toronto-based general contracting firm. He is also the author of the newly released Planning, Scheduling, and Control of Construction Projects with American Technical Publishers and the five best-selling editions of Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings with Northrose Publishing. Tom also has a successful YouTube channel with millions of views.  A champion of change management, Tom takes pride in helping students and businesses navigate uncharted territories, take calculated risks and rise above the status quo.