Project Scheduling & Cost Planning Skills

This Project Scheduling & Cost Planning Skills training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

This training course is highly interactive and presents knowledge through formal and interactive learning methods. This training course includes individual exercises, team projects, applicable case studies, video and group discussions. The material has been designed to enable delegates to apply all of the material with immediate effect at the office.

Additionally, this training course does not assume prior knowledge of the topics covered in the course. New concepts and tools are introduced gradually to enable delegates to progress from the fundamental to the advanced concepts of project risk management.

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

•  Confidently estimate project timescales and costs with appropriate resource management plans
• Identify, assess and manage schedule, cost, scope and resource risks
• Understand project performance and control
•  Measure, forecast and control project performance by employing earned value techniques
• Develop a project recovery plan for budget and schedule overruns

This Gulf Rowad training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Those who have a project role such as project managers, cost estimators, project schedulers, project designers, project planner, contract professionals, project procurement and purchasing staff, and project control and business services professionals who have the responsibility for preparing cost/schedule estimates and project proposals in client and contracting companies
• Senior managers who want to understand best practice in project management
• Those who are interested in knowing more about estimation and control in a project environment