I. Concepts

• Terminology;

• Roles of the planner;

• Steps, events, constraints, milestones, tasks;

• Dates, time, durations;

• Links;

• Planning;

• Means, resources, costs.

II. Analysis & design

• Management & workgroup;

• Various breakdowns: WBS, OBS, PBS, RBS,

• Risks;

• Negotiation of the constraints.

III. Writing & modelling

• Charts;

• Logical networks;

• Calendar planning;

• Other types of representations;

• Workloads & histograms;

• Financial planning & S-curve;

• Calculations of the total duration of a project: forward & backward calculation;

• Concept of free & total slack;

• Optimization & reduction of the total time;

• Smoothing out & levelling;

• Considering the resources.

IV. Monitoring the deadlines

• Physical progress & project performance indicators;

• Status reports;

• Planning of short-term execution, by operational teams;

• Update & re-scheduling;

• Progress curves;

• Correction of the delays;

• Impact of the modifications;

• Historic planning & information feedback.

V. Information technology Tools

• Panorama;

• Characteristics.

VI. Simulation examination on the topic of planning

MCQ & Exercises.