ONLINE - Project Control Essentials

Through live instruction and collaborative break-out sessions, attendees will discover the essentials of the general project controls process and how this integrates with the project delivery process. Project control planning aspects such as scope definition, cost management, and schedule management will be broken down into topics such as cost estimating, planning, cost control, and schedule management. Supporting these topics will be discussions on scope control and change management. Aspects such as productivity, performance measurement, and earned value will also be addressed. Construction Industry Institute research topics, concepts and tools are introduced throughout the course.

2 Day Agenda

Day 1
8:00am - 5:00pm EDT

• Introductions
• Course Objectives/Agenda
• Section 1 - Project Controls Perspective
• Section 2 - Project Controls Process
• BREAK
• Section 3 - Roles and Responsibilities for Project Controls
• Section 4 - Scope Definition
• Workshop #1 - Work Breakdown Structure
• BREAK
• Section 5 - Planning and Scheduling
• Workshop #2 - Planning
• LUNCH
• Section 6 - Cost Estimating
• BREAK
• Workshop #3 - Estimating
• BREAK
• Section 7 - Risk Management
• Section 8 - Cost Risk Analysis & Contingency
• Section 9 - Schedule Risk Analysis and Schedule Reserve (Time Contingency)

DAY 2
8:00am - 5:00pm EDT

• Workshop #4 - Risk Analysis
• BREAK
• Section 10 - Schedule Control
• Section 11 - Cost Control
• Workshop #5 - Project Control
• BREAK
• Section 12 - Progress and Productivity
• Section 13 - Cost and Schedule Contingency Management
• LUNCH
• Section 14 - Communications and Reporting
• Section 15 - Change Management
• BREAK
• Workshop #6 - Progress/Productivity
• BREAK
• Summary and Feedback
• Closing Remarks