DRM Practical CPM Scheduling
- Course Description:
- This course focuses on the practical implementation of developing, reviewing and maintaining Critical Path Method Schedules, including Time Impact Analysis, on a construction project.
- Course Length:
- 2 days
- Course Price:
- $795.00
- Extended Description:
Designed for agencies, owners, construction managers and construction company personnel who have involvement with the development, maintenance or review of the construction schedule. The course uses Primavera P6 software for demonstrating practical examples. The course is effective if participants use other CPM software. A basic knowledge of CPM scheduling is recommended.
CPM SCHEDULING FUNDAMENTALS
- Review for schedule calculations
- Analysis of float/critical path
- Activity and resource calculations
- Construction schedule specifications
BASELINE SCHEDULE PREPARATION
- Basis for organizing information
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Cost and resource dictionaries
- Standard layout specifications
- Developing the baseline using Excel
- Strategies for developing logic
- Strategies for cost/resource loading
- Considerations for baseline schedule reviews
REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF SCHEDULE UPDATES
- Procedures to collecting progress data
- Using P6 financial periods
- Using Excel to input progress data
- Comparing target/baseline cost/schedule data
- Optimizing schedule updates
- Dealing with out of sequence activities
- Preparing the schedule narrative
- Claim Digger/Schedule Analyzer
- Considerations for monthly schedule reviews
SCHEDULE REVISIONS AND TIME IMPACT ANALYSIS
- Adding potential changes to the schedule
- Scope revisions
- Logic revisions
- Unforeseen events
- Techniques for time impact analysis
- Preparing a delay narrative
- Strategies for managing project delays