MS PROJECT THE COURSE - CONSTRUCTION PM PRINCIPLES: PLANNING, THINKING & SCHEDULING, LONG AND SHORT TERM APPLIED MS PROJECT

Master MS Project: Plan, Track, and Control Any Project with Confidence

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What you'll learn

Create and manage a project schedule with tasks, resources, and calendars.
Establish a project baseline and perform schedule updates and recoveries.
Apply change management by incorporating changes and change orders into the schedule.
Analyze schedule health using critical path, float, and checklist-driven reviews.

This course includes

10.5 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV

Summary

Keywords

Critical path PM Project Project Management Construction Look ahead lookahead Lean Planning scheduling

Full Transcript

In this video combination PM Tips and MS Project video I introduce a thought experiment that illustrates the need for both long term and short term planning and scheduling. I use a 2yr College Diploma Program as an example of a goal a student will have when entering the program. The Diploma is essentially a big project that has a clearly defined breakdown by year and semester. We can schedule this and have a good sense of what we need to complete. But, and it’s a big but we need a lot more clarity and detail to be successful. There is no point in micro scheduling something that is 1.5 years away. On the other hand, we can get much more detailed as the work comes closer. This is the thought experiment. I hope you enjoy this video and that it helps you to more clearly see the long term and short term requirements needed to successfully manage your projects. Sample of other Project Management and MS Project related videos: MS Project The Course Video 1 Intro and Task Entries https://youtu.be/IS0bxtI_6iM Video 2 WBS https://youtu.be/o3D8eLEEK_8 Video 3 Calendars https://youtu.be/nrvHcBXrndY Video 4 Tables, Sheets, and Screens https://youtu.be/6M3dl7s8r64 Video 5 Resources Part 1 https://youtu.be/0O2-fuIgQPY Video 6 Resources Part 2 https://youtu.be/Hw1sGO43wSg Video 7 Updating Part 1 https://youtu.be/AT3c9l57-qk Video 8 Updating Recovery Part 2 https://youtu.be/E8ybffam9eE Video 9 Updating, Recovery, File Naming Part 3 https://youtu.be/qpiXxFINif4 Video 10 CCO Part 1 https://youtu.be/sBOa_mOVDy0 Video 11 Direct Method https://youtu.be/asyhBWT19KE Video 12 Baselines Checks and Review https://youtu.be/nrvJP8mJv_M Video 13 CPM, Batching and Durations https://youtu.be/9GvNI5lhcQc Video 14 Update, Revise, Recovery 30,000’ View https://youtu.be/xoOxYMHP2TQ Video 15 Short Term Schedules https://youtu.be/6GApellWzak Video 16 Calendar View https://youtu.be/qAsXAIq6aDc Video 17 Checklist https://youtu.be/IVE3dBbKFmM Project Management related videos: Tutorial 26 PDCA https://youtu.be/wM84Z1zcoFo Tutorial 27 Takt, Flow, Batch Size MSProject https://youtu.be/ma7aXWXdLvM Tutorial 28 Finite vs Infinite Thinks https://youtu.be/R86y_jokI2Q Tutorial 29 Pre-award meetings https://youtu.be/fC-s4rl2Ys4 Tutorial 30 Intro to Lean https://youtu.be/U0-Y6cO6BDM Tutorial 31 Brainstorming https://youtu.be/iccgn2i2LTs Tutorial 32 Lean Variation Parade of Trades https://youtu.be/m4jDn6nFo3g Tutorial 33 5’S Lean https://youtu.be/oQkrGH2KyIs Tutorial 34 Learn from the past case https://youtu.be/VJ-vdv1wDHc Tutorial 35 Stockdale Resilience https://youtu.be/zQa5N4TbBkQ Tutorial 36 Effectively Manage Pareto https://youtu.be/We2crcIbP2U Tom Stephenson is a national award-winning professor (George Brown College, University of Toronto) and best-selling author whose background in education spans nearly three decades. His diverse teaching disciplines include construction project management, business management, human resource management, architecture, carpentry, and brick and stone masonry. As a dual-professional, Tom is called upon by industry leaders to translate knowledge, reinvigorate corporate culture, and inspire innovation in emerging and established companies across Canada. Before breaking into the academic realm, Tom acquired more than a decade of practical project-management experience, operating a mid-sized Toronto-based general contracting firm. He is also the author of the newly released Planning, Scheduling, and Control of Construction Projects with American Technical Publishers and the four best-selling editions of Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings with Nelson Publishing Canada. Tom most recently received the Toronto Construction Association’s 2020 Chancellor’s Award for “helping his peers become more ethical, knowledgeable and professional.” A champion of change management, Tom takes pride in helping students and businesses navigate uncharted territories, take calculated risks and rise above the status quo. Some of the companies he’s worked with include Mattamy Homes, EllisDon, BIRD Construction, MCA, Maple Reinders, and Tucker HiRise, University of Toronto Project Managers.