MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION©

Objectives 

Module 1 – Project Scheduling & Cost Planning Skills

 Project Estimating Basics

• Basic Project Management definitions
• Triple Constraints – Time, Cost, Scope
• Project Selection Methods
• Defining the Project Scope
• Cost & Schedule Estimation, cost Budgeting & Control
• Project Schedule Planning and Critical Path Method

   Developing Project Budget & Schedule Control

• Project management inputs to cost budgeting
• Resource Requirements
• Direct & Indirect Project Costs
• Planning and Scheduling Limited Resources
• Options for Accelerating the Schedule
• Crashing the Schedule – How?

   Managing the Risk

• Risk Identification, Analysis & Management
• Contingency Reserve
• PERT, Probability and Standard Deviation Formulae
• Network Activity Risk Profiles
• Application: Estimating Project Duration
• Project Risk Strategies

   Measuring Project Performance

• Balanced Project Schedule without Buffers (Finish-Start) and Inserting Buffers
• Comparison of Unbalanced with Balanced Schedules
• Measuring Planned Progress on Schedule
• Risk distribution in contracting
• Actual Progress and Work Conditions
• Managing Variable Conditions

   Managing and Recovering Project Estimates

• Schedule Variances & Cost Variances
• Progress Control Charts – Trend Analysis
• Schedule and Cost Variance Forecasting
• Schedule and Cost Recovery Analysis
• Schedule and Cost Recovery Plan
• Project Recovery Baselines and Controls

 Module 2 – Value Engineering Skills: Improving Performance & Profitability

  Framework for Applying Value Engineering in Projects

• Defining Value and Value Engineering concepts and principles
• How and when is Value Engineering applied?
• Project definition through stakeholder analysis and management
• Team player styles
• Identifying relationships between Value, Cost and Worth
• Overview of Different Value Engineering Phases

   The Function Analysis Phase – Expressing Project Functional Needs and Constraints

• The Information Phase – steps and procedures
• Developing Value Engineering Job Plan
• Defining project constraints
• What is function analysis and Function-Cost-Worth Analysis
• Developing FAST Diagrams to identify critical project components
• Cross-Functional Project Team Approach

  The Creative Phase – Inspiring Creativity in Your Project Team

• Creativity and Creative thinking within the project environment
• Creative thinking techniques
• Reaching consensus and leveraging the power of project team collaboration
• Project risk perception and identification
• Identifying priorities through paired comparison
• Output of the Creative Phase

   The Evaluation Phase -Making Informed Project Decisions

• Project evaluation methods
• Performing project risk and scenario analyses
• Life-cycle costing techniques
• Incremental benefit-cost analysis for project evaluation
• Effective Decision-making in project environment
• Output of the Evaluation Phase

 The Planning and Reporting Phases -Getting Results through Effective Communication

• Develop and assess VE proposals to optimize project value
• Action planning roles and responsibilities
• Reporting VE findings to Senior Management and project stakeholders
• Incorporating VE into the early project phases
• Integrating VE with Continuous Improvement Techniques

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