Planning for Construction Project Management

Description

Planning for construction project management for professionals is a practical, professional-level training course designed to construction professionals develop the knowledge and practical skills required to plan, organize, schedule, coordinate, monitor, and control construction projects effectively. The training course focuses on transforming project requirements into an integrated and achievable execution plan covering scope, time, resources, cost, quality, safety, procurement, and risk. In this training course, participants will learn how to develop realistic construction schedules, establish work breakdown structures, allocate resources, identify project constraints, coordinate project activities, and use planning and control techniques to improve productivity and project performance. Planning for project management is conducted at each stages of a project life cycle and this training course focuses on project planning for construction project management with a focus on the construction implementation stage. In this context, the training course covers; when the project planning is carried out, the input considerations in project planning, detailed discussion on project planning process and outputs of planning. In dealing with the input, process and output various components of plaining will be discussed among others; selection of appropriate planning technique, importance of work breakdown structures and risk management, resource allocation and other topics are incorporated. In addition, the training course covers the application of planning and scheduling for various project control and contract administration. The training course also covers planning specification development for effective project planning and scheduling. In this professional training course, practical applications, case studies and project-based scenarios are included. Topics covered include the following:

• Introduction to planning
• Planning inputs
• Planning process
• Planning outputs
• Post planning factors
• Application of planning

Outcomes

Upon the completion of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Plan projects by selecting appropriate planning factors and elements
• Plan projects to achieve time cost and performance requirements
• Improve the application of planning in various stages of project implementation
• Write planning specifications for their project and organization.

Target audience

The target audience for this training course includes construction project managers, civil engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, contract administrators, planning engineers, project control engineers, consultants, contractors, developers, procurement professionals, and client representatives.