Earned Value Management & Earned Schedule (24 PDUs)

This course is suitable for middle or upper management and professionals with 5-6 years of project management experience. With this course you will develop understanding and ability to apply Earned value Management and Earned Schedule to project management and process management. Ideally, course takers should have previously passed the Project Management Institute's (PMI)^® Project Management Professional (PMP)^®, or similar exam, and/or have significant experience in running projects.

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PMTI has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the PMI^®

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Earned Value Management

• Earned Value Management - 24 PDUs/contact hours
• Self-study plan designed with your success in mind
• Developed by Walt Lipke the project management industry's widely acclaimed EVM expert
• Incorporates our highly acclaimed adult accelerated learning techniques developed by Colin Rose
• Unique & Innovative learning experience combines online and self-study techniques

What You'll Get?

• Real life case studies from Walt Lipke decades of research in Earned Value management
• Incorporates a combination of adult accelerated learning techniques
• EVM and Earned Schedule study guide (Extra shipping charges applicable for addresses out side USA)
• 30-day access to online course

Learning Strategies

• MasterItFaster? Techniques from Colin Rose
• Multiple learning styles
• Repetition through various instructional methods
• Using different ways of assimilating the same knowledge
• Mnemonics and study aids for instant recall
• Online practice tests
• Information needed to be memorized is compressed and summarized
• Developing of test-taking strategies

Course Contents

This course is consistent with PMI's The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^? Guide) approach to project earned value management. While covering the same ground, it explores the topic in greater depth and with the broadest practical application in mind. It incorporates the latest findings from recent published literature based on our instructors' research.

Introduction to EVM

• Why Apply EVM?
• What Governs EVM Practice?
• What Does an EVM System Look Like?
• EVM Application ? To What? How? Help Available?
• Evaluating Project Performance Using EVM
• Examples and Discussion
• Earned Value Management Limitations
• Does EVM Address Product Quality?
• Earned Schedule

Earned Schedule Concept

• Terminology and Status
• Application Results
• Duration Prediction
• Schedule Analysis
• Summary
• Earned Schedule Calculator
• Project Management with EVM

Standard EVM Analysis

• Project Management Indicators
• Fundamental Management Strategies
• Developing a Project Recovery Strategy
• Management Decision & Action
• Advanced Topics, Review, Future and Wrap-Up

Earned Value Research

• Effective Earned Value
• Quality
• Preview of Applying Statistics
• Summary of Indicators
• Review Sections 3 & 4
• Future Vision
• Discussion & Course Wrap Up
• Useful EVM & Statistics Formulas

Acronyms, Abbreviations & Symbols

Why PMTI?

This exceptional Earned Value Management and Earned Schedule training course was designed, developed, and is delivered online by Walt Lipke. Walt Lipke recently retired as the deputy chief of the Software Division at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. He has over 35 years of experience in the development, maintenance, and management of software for automated testing of avionics. This course is full of real life examples. His highly skilled knowledge and experience is coupled with proven adult accelerated techniques that not only enhance the learning process but encourages the retention and application of such learning.

System Requirements

• A high-bandwidth internet connection
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or better
• Intel Pentium 500 MHz or better
• 64 MB ram or better
• MP3 audio player
• Audio speakers