MPM561

Course Description

course teaches how to design and build schedules from the basic building blocks (WBS, method statements, work productivity, and work logic) of projects using a variety of graphical techniques including PDM, Bar charts, CPM and PERT. It also covers scheduling techniques such as the critical chain methodology and the Line of Balance for repetitive work. There will be a focus on resource constrained scheduling and techniques to schedule projects based on the availability of limited resources. Other topics include project schedule crashing/acceleration, and delay analysis for claims. A study of the relationship between schedules and cost, and the use of schedules in the Earned Value Analysis is covered as well.

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