Strengthen your project scheduling knowledge across predictive and agile approaches and prepare for the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® exam with structured review and practice questions.
The PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® is a specialist credential awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that recognizes knowledge and experience in developing and maintaining project schedules. This exam preparation course reviews the scheduling knowledge the exam is designed to test, with reference to PMI's current exam content outline and the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling. Topics include schedule strategy and planning, schedule model development, resource optimization, schedule analysis, monitoring and controlling, earned value and earned schedule concepts, and scheduling in agile and hybrid environments.
The course combines concise topic reviews with worked examples, network calculations, scenario-based questions and timed practice sessions, followed by guidance on study planning and exam technique. It complements, rather than repeats, the practical scheduling course by concentrating on the PMI-SP exam perspective. PMI sets the eligibility requirements and exam rules, so candidates should see PMI for current eligibility and exam details. The course runs in Doha as a classroom or live online program and can be delivered as an in-house program for project controls teams.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Explain the PMI-SP credential, its purpose and PMI's role as the awarding body
Review schedule strategy, planning and schedule model development practices
Apply critical path, resource optimization and schedule compression techniques
Analyze schedule performance using earned value and earned schedule concepts
Apply scheduling practices in agile and hybrid project environments
Prepare an exam study plan and practice scenario-based questions under time pressure
This course is intended for experienced scheduling and project controls professionals preparing for the PMI-SP exam.
Planning and scheduling engineers
Project controls specialists and managers
Project managers with significant scheduling responsibility
PMO staff responsible for scheduling standards
PMP holders seeking a scheduling specialism
Purpose of the PMI-SP and its value
PMI exam content outline and key references
Application process overview and checking current eligibility
Building an effective study plan
Schedule management plans and scheduling policies
Choosing predictive, agile or hybrid approaches
Work breakdown and activity definition
Stakeholder requirements for schedule information
Logic, dependencies, leads and lags
Duration estimating techniques
Critical path and critical chain concepts
Resource leveling, smoothing and schedule compression
Baselines, updates and variance analysis
Earned value and earned schedule metrics
Schedule risk analysis and what-if scenarios
Agile metrics: velocity, burndown and burnup charts
Scenario-based practice questions
Timed practice sessions with review
Common errors and exam technique
Final revision of weaker topics
Qatar's energy, infrastructure, utilities and real estate sectors run large, schedule-critical projects in which delays can be costly and contractually significant. Clients and contractors in Doha increasingly value specialist planning and scheduling expertise and recognized professional credentials that demonstrate it. Preparing for the PMI-SP helps scheduling professionals deepen their technical knowledge and show their capability in a competitive project market, supporting the development of skilled national project controls capacity.
Join a scheduled class at our training center in Doha or attend live online. For organizations, the course can run as an in-house program at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, case studies and timetable.
It is an exam preparation course for the PMI-SP credential, which is awarded by PMI. It reviews scheduling strategy, schedule model development, analysis and control, agile scheduling and earned value, with practice questions and exam technique guidance.
It is intended for experienced planning and scheduling engineers, project controls specialists, project managers with major scheduling responsibilities and PMO staff who plan to sit the PMI-SP exam.
PMI sets the eligibility requirements, including scheduling experience and project management education, and may update them. See PMI for current eligibility and exam details before applying. The course focuses on the knowledge and practice needed to prepare for the exam.
Yes. It can be delivered at your premises or online and tailored to your organization's sector, examples and schedule, which suits project controls teams preparing together. Contact Leaders Training Center to plan an in-house program.
Tell us a little about yourself and an advisor will contact you about batch timings, fees and eligibility. No obligation.
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