M2.1 Planning & Schedule Development

By the end of this section, the learner should be able to test whether a logically valid schedule is actually deliverable with the people, skills, equipment, facilities and other constrained resources available to the project. They should be able to distinguish resource demand from capacity.

The learner should be able to construct and analyse a logically linked schedule, choose relationships, recognise missing or inappropriate logic, distinguish logic from constraints, identify critical and near-critical paths, understand total and free float, recognise negative or unusually high float.

By the end of this section, the learner should be able to turn authorised scope and an agreed delivery strategy into a credible, structured and maintainable project schedule that explains what work must be performed, in what broad sequence, and over what durations and calendars etc.

By the end of this section, the learner should be able to establish and operate a project-controls data environment in which important information is complete enough, accurate enough, timely enough, consistent enough and traceable enough to support management decisions.

By the end of this section, the learner should be able to design, apply and challenge progress-measurement rules that convert evidence of completed work into a credible statement of physical accomplishment. They should be able to choose an appropriate measurement method.

By the end of this section, the practitioner should be able to establish, test and explain an integrated project baseline that brings authorised scope, schedule, budget, assumptions, progress rules and accountability into one coherent reference position.

By the end of this section, the practitioner should be able to design and apply a coherent set of coding and control structures that allows project information to be organised, integrated, aggregated, reconciled and reported without repeatedly rebuilding the underlying data.

By the end of this section, the practitioner should be able to take an authorised project scope and turn it into a Work Breakdown Structure.

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Module 6 establishes the essential practices for directing, controlling and maintaining accountability throughout the project lifecycle. It explains how to establish effective governance arrangements, define decision-making authorities and responsibilities, and manage changes to approved scope, schedule, cost and risk through integrated change control. It also covers how to maintain configuration and baseline integrity, apply proportionate assurance and independent challenge, and ensure that management decisions are supported by reliable evidence. Finally, it explains how to communicate governance information, record decisions and manage actions through to completion. Together, these practices provide a structured and transparent foundation for maintaining project control, ensuring accountability, managing change, identifying weaknesses and supporting timely, evidence-based decisions to improve delivery outcomes.

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