PROJECT MANAGEMENT & COST COURSE LIST

Reminder: The courses below are meant to connect the link or grey space between roles, bringing them closer together, but don't think they are limited to that role, they all can add value to any role.......now get to it!

  1. Scheduling for the cost analyst (Course 101)

    • What are Earned hours vs Actual Hours?

    • How do I read an earned man-hour curve, and what does it mean to me?

    • Who is earning man-hours in my schedule vs not?

    • How to I look at a manpower histogram out of my scheduling tool?

    • How do I manually level a manpower histogram out of my scheduling tool?

    • How do I use earned hours to calculate productivity?

  2. Productivity Charts for the planner / scheduler (Course 102)

    • Is good up or down?

    • What does 1.0 productivity actually mean? 

    • How does my schedule calendar and manpower histogram affect the productivity calculation?

    • How close should my scheduled (earnable) hours be to my actual hours in the field, what does it mean for productivity?

    • How does the way I link and progress scheduled activities effect productivity calculations?

    • Should I be looking at daily productivity, a set number of days, or overall productivity numbers?

  3. productivity charts for the execution person (Course 103)

    • Is this because of me? Delay and Barrier Tracking and Reporting vs other productivity issues.

    • How does the way I update activities in the field effect a productivity chart?

    • How does working activities or jobs out of sequence effect productivity chart?

    • How does working jobs differently or working jobs not on the schedule effect a productivity chart?

    • Should I be looking at daily productivity, a set number of days, or overall productivity numbers?

  4. scheduling for the execution person (Course 104)

    • What are Earned hours vs Actual Hours?

    • How do I read an earned man-hour curve, and what does it mean to me?

    • Who is earning man-hours in my schedule vs not?( Direct vs Support Craft)

    • How do I read my look-ahead and progress activities?

    • What is float? What does it mean to me?

    • What are critical path and sub-critical paths defined as?

    • What should I be looking for as far as headcount in the field vs the schedule?

    • How does true vs leveled logic effect the way I work my jobs?