PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

Schedule Strategy and Planning

Define the scheduling approach, tools, and governance for a project.

• Schedule management plan
• Scheduling methodology selection
• Scheduling tool configuration
• Stakeholder scheduling requirements

Schedule Development

Build comprehensive project schedules using industry-standard techniques.

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) decomposition
• Activity sequencing and dependency types (FS, SS, FF, SF)
• Duration estimating techniques (PERT, analogous, parametric)
• Critical Path Method (CPM)

Resource and Cost Integration

Integrate resources, costs, and schedule into a unified performance baseline.

• Resource loading and levelling
• Resource-constrained scheduling
• Cost-loaded schedule development
• Performance measurement baseline (PMB)

Schedule Monitoring and Control

• Schedule performance tracking (SPI, SV)
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Schedule compression (fast-tracking, crashing)
• Look-ahead schedule and recovery plans

Advanced Scheduling Techniques

• Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
• Monte Carlo schedule risk analysis
• What-if scenario analysis
• Multi-project and programme scheduling

Schedule Reporting and Communication

• S-curves and milestone reports
• Schedule narrative and variance reports
• Stakeholder schedule briefings
• Schedule lessons learned