APMG International Project Planning & Control™ (PPC) Foundation and Practitioner classroom

Project Planning & Control supports the publication of the APM's guide, ‘Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk.’ It provides guidance and best practice for project planning and control and is applicable across all industries and sectors.

A successful Practitioner candidate will have demonstrated that they have achieved sufficient understanding of the theory and application of the tools and techniques to allow them to work successfully in a Project Support team environment.

This course covers the following modules:

• Planning & Scheduling
• Breakdown Structures
• Dependency Management
• Handover and Closure
• Scheduling
• Types of Schedules
• Building the Schedule
• Critical Path Analysis
• Time Analysis
• Duration Estimates
• Resources
• Communicating the Schedule
• Project Baselines and Baselining Principles
• Performance Reporting
• Variance Analysis            
• Resource Monitoring     
• Earned Value Analysis (EVA)       
• Cost Control      
• Short-term Planning       
• Change Control
• Forensic Analysis             
• Record Keeping
• Earned Value Management
• Risk Management

This is a five day classroom course that includes the PPC Foundation and Practitioner exam on the last day.

This course would benefit:

• Planning Managers & Engineers
• Project Control Managers & Engineers
• Cost Engineers
• Project Managers

The are no formal pre-requisites. It is recommended that a Practitioner candidate has a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a planning and monitoring role. In addition, you must have passed the PPC Foundation exam prior to undertaking the Practitioner examination.

By attending this course, you will learn…

• The approaches and techniques used to plan and close a project
• The selection and use of appropriate scheduling techniques
• The practices used for rigorous monitoring to enable proactive control of the project
• The basis for good record keeping, which also facilitates the virtuous feedback and learning cycle
• The approaches and key products used to gain a clear definition of a project
• The scheduling techniques and appropriate presentation of the outputs
• The management of risk in the planning, execution and evaluation of a project
• The practices and data used for rigorous monitoring to enable proactive control of the project

This is an intensive five-day course that includes the following:

• All accompanying course material
• The Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk manual
• The cost of the PPC Foundation and Practitioner examination (taken within the duration of the course)

There is mandatory pre-course work that must be under taken prior to attending this course. In addition, whilst attending the course there will also be some exam preparation evening work.

Foundation exam:

• Multiple Choice
• 50 questions per paper
• 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) – 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed-book

Practitioner exam:

• Complex multiple choice
• 8 question paper with 10 marks available per question
• 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50%
• 3-hour duration
• Open-book (Project Planning & Control guide only)