Project Planning, Scheduling and Control
This course includes mandatory live class sessions over Zoom. Please see below for specific dates.
Construction project schedules can be unwieldy, and, without a steady hand to guide them, will spiral out of control quickly. In this course, learn a systematic approach to creating and managing construction schedules. Through lecture, class exercises and Q&As, you will learn skills and best practices necessary to effectively plan and control projects of any size, such as work breakdown structures, scheduling techniques, scheduling software, cost allocation and claims management. You will also gain an in-depth understanding of scheduling and project controls. By the end of this course, you will know the ins-and-outs of developing, managing and updating a schedule from design through construction completion.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the basic concepts and techniques of creating and managing a construction schedule, which includes planning, scheduling and control
- Apply cost and resource loading principals and identify the correlation to the estimate
- Recognize common project delays and propose solutions to best approach them
- Analyze management of change orders that are identified during the course of construction
- Create a critical path method (CPM) schedule for a construction project and manage the schedule from pre-construction to final completion.
Skills You Will Gain
- Construction scheduling
- Project management process (PDCA)
- Cost/resource planning
- Time impact analysis (TIA)
Section Notes
This is an online course with class materials that can be accessed throughout the week. The course is structured to move from one week to the next. *This course includes mandatory live sessions through Zoom on 4/2, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 from 6-7:30pm. These sessions will feature third-party software that, for copyright reasons, cannot be recorded. Please note that live webinar dates are subject to change.
Students will receive an email with login information to access the course one business day before course the start date.
Students must earn a grade of C , 74%, or higher (C minus, 73% or below, does not count as a passing grade) in order for this course to count towards the requirements for the Construction Management Certificate. Courses applied towards the Construction Management Certificate must be completed within five years.
Enrollment Policies
Drop requests (withdraw with a refund) will be approved, less a $30 processing fee if received by 4/16/24. Refunds and/or enrollment transfers will not be approved after this date. Click here to view complete enrollment policy information including details on withdrawals and transfers.
Students have the first week of class to enroll with the understanding that students who enroll after the first day of class are expected to reach out to their instructors to make sure they receive all content and are on track with the course.