Learn to build a realistic, logic-driven project schedule, resource and baseline it, check it for quality and compliance, and use it to track progress, forecast completion and control change.
A project schedule is only useful if it is logical, realistic and kept up to date. This course teaches the practical discipline of planning, scheduling and control: breaking work down with a work breakdown structure, defining activities and logic, calculating the critical path and float, loading resources, setting a baseline and then updating, analyzing and reporting progress. A strong focus is placed on compliance, meaning schedules that meet contract and client requirements and pass recognized quality checks such as the DCMA 14-point assessment.
The course is exercise-driven. Participants build a small network schedule by hand, calculate float, review a sample schedule for logic and quality faults, perform an update with progress data and prepare a variance and forecast report. Concepts are software-neutral and apply whether teams use Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or other tools. The course runs as a classroom or live online program in Doha and can be delivered as an in-house program for organizations wishing to apply it to their own scheduling specifications and projects.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Develop a work breakdown structure and activity list for a project
Build logic-driven schedules and calculate critical path and float
Resource-load schedules and resolve resource conflicts
Assess schedule quality and compliance using recognized checks such as DCMA 14-point
Update schedules, measure progress and forecast completion dates
Manage baseline changes and report schedule performance to stakeholders
This course is suitable for professionals who prepare, review or rely on project schedules.
Planning and scheduling engineers
Project managers and project engineers
Project control and PMO staff
Contractor and consultant planners
Client staff who review contractor schedules
Scope definition and work breakdown structures
Planning levels from summary to detailed schedules
Contract scheduling specifications and requirements
Roles of planners, project managers and controls teams
Activity definition, durations and calendars
Logic relationships, lags and constraints
Critical path method and float calculation
Milestones and interface management
Resource loading and histograms
Resource leveling and smoothing
Cost loading and progress measurement methods
Approving and freezing the baseline
DCMA 14-point schedule assessment explained
Open ends, excessive lags and hard constraints
Reviewing contractor schedule submissions
Schedule narratives and basis of schedule
Progress updates and data date discipline
Variance analysis and forecasting completion
Earned value basics and schedule performance index
Change control, recovery schedules and reporting
Projects in Qatar's energy, infrastructure, utilities and public building sectors commonly require detailed, contract-compliant schedules that clients review closely before accepting progress claims. Sound planning and scheduling help owners and contractors avoid delays, justify resources and resolve time-related disagreements fairly. As organizations in Doha strengthen their project controls functions, demand continues for planners who understand both technique and compliance. This course builds that capability in support of efficient delivery of national development projects.
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 a practical course on project planning, scheduling and control. It covers work breakdown, logic and critical path, resources and baselines, schedule quality and compliance checks, and progress updating, forecasting and reporting.
It suits planning and scheduling engineers, project managers and engineers, project controls and PMO staff, contractor and consultant planners, and client staff who review and approve contractor schedules.
The course is software-neutral. It teaches the principles that every scheduling tool depends on, and discusses how they apply in common tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. It is not a software operation course.
Yes. It can be delivered at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, examples and schedule, and aligned with your own scheduling specifications and project types. Contact Leaders Training Center to arrange in-house delivery.
Tell us a little about yourself and an advisor will contact you about batch timings, fees and eligibility. No obligation.
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