Day 1: From Scope to the Activity Network

WBS and Work Packages

• Break down deliverables without gaps/duplication
• Choose planning detail appropriate for control
• Define assignable and measurable work packages
• Build WBS for a training project

Defining Activity Definition

• Extract activities to complete work packages
• Write activities with defined endpoints
• Define milestones linked with delivery
• Create an integrated activity list

Relationships and Logic

• Define actual execution sequence
• Distinguish natural relationships from administrative constraints
• Use leads and lags carefully
• Draw the project activity network

Day 2: Durations, Critical Path, and Resources

Duration Estimates from Available Evidence

• Use experience quantities and productivity evidence
• Document assumptions influencing estimates
• Use ranges when uncertainty remains high
• Compare estimates for several activities

Critical Path and Schedule Flexibility

• Identify longest path through the network
• Calculate available float for activities
• Monitor paths approaching criticality
• Analyze effect of one activity delay

Analyzing Resource Effects

• Expose overlapping demand for same resource
• Adjust sequence when capacity is constrained
• Balance completion timing with resource availability
• Level resources on a small schedule

Day 3: Baseline and Schedule Update

Preparing the Baseline

• Review schedule logic completeness before approval
• Freeze reference dates for comparison
• Record key assumptions and constraints
• Approve a reference schedule version

Updating Project Progress

• Enter actual dates and evidenced completion
• Recalculate the critical path after update
• Identify variance from baseline
• Update schedule using new performance data

Scheduling Practical Laboratory

• Build a schedule from the beginning
• Test duration and resource-availability changes
• Recommend action protecting the final milestone
• Present schedule logic to team

• WBS and network exercises using a clear project case
• Applied critical path and float calculations
• Resource and change cases reshaping the schedule
• Laboratory establishing and then updating a baseline