• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Successfully managing projects requires monitoring activities to discover and correct any project schedule variances, evaluating the effective schedule changes on all project activities, and making adjustments as required to minimize risk to your project schedule. The CAPM® is an asset that will enhance your project time management skills. CAPM training will ensure you have the knowledge you need to define the project schedule and use it to keep the project on track. In this course, you'll learn how to apply useful techniques to control the project schedule and improve your time management. This course will assist learners in preparing for the PMI® PMP® certification exam.

Learning Objectives

Control Schedule

  • identify inputs to the Control Schedule process
  • recognize tools and techniques used to control the schedule
  • perform earned value management calculations to assess a project's schedule performance
  • recognize examples of the outputs of the Control Schedule process
  • recognize if resource leveling is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario
  • recognize if resource smoothing is the ideal resource optimization technique, given a scenario
  • recognize if crashing is the most appropriate schedule compression technique, given a scenario
  • recognize if fast tracking is the most appropriate schedule compression technique, given a scenario
  • demonstrate your understanding of the Control Schedule process

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.