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Summary
Learn how to implement effective planning, monitoring and control for increased chances of project success. Planning, monitoring and control are critical aspects of project management. Implemented effectively, project success rates can increase dramatically. Implemented poorly, project scope, schedule and costs can quickly overrun.
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Why is it important?
Planning to the correct level of detail and controlling and monitoring the performance of the project are key fundamental activities that greatly improve the success rates of projects. Until now, there has been very little guidance for practicing and aspiring planning and control professionals to gain an understanding of best practices, and how to apply them.
Project planning and control supports the publication of the APM’s guide: ‘Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk.’
The book is the APM’s first comprehensive set of guidance and best practices for project planning and control and is applicable across all industries and sectors.
The intention of the guidance is to help raise understanding so that standards can be set by organisations against a common text to ensure that they can assure a set standard and aim for best practices as well as get value for money from their projects.
Above all the intention is to provide greater certainty over project delivery.
What does it cover?
- Step by step controls guide from project initiation to execution
- Holistic overview of the interdependencies between planning and controls functions
- How to be a practical and scalable companion to almost any project controls professional
- Enable effective capability growth for delivery organisations
- The approaches and products used to gain a clear definition of a project
- The approaches and techniques used to plan and close a project
- The selection and use of appropriate scheduling techniques
- The practices used for rigorous monitoring to enable proactive control of the project
- The basis for good record keeping, which also facilitates the virtuous feedback and learning cycle
Who will benefit?
- Planning managers and engineers
- Project control managers and engineers
- Cost engineers
- Project managers
Courseware
All materials included: Hardcopy Manual or e-book, training material via LMS, examinations (paper in the classroom or online proctored by us for virtual attendance) – Pre-reading approx. 20hrs