Four tracks. One career path.

Start with Foundations, specialize in scheduling or cost control, then go Advanced. All four tracks are included in membership.

Aspiring professionals and beginners

Project Controls Foundations

How schedule, cost and progress fit together on construction, energy and infrastructure projects.

Outcome: Understand project controls fundamentals and complete introductory scheduling and cost-control exercises.

  1. 01Introduction to Project Controls
  2. 02Understanding Construction and Infrastructure Projects
  3. 03Work Breakdown Structures
  4. 04Introduction to Project Scheduling
  5. 05Critical Path Method
  6. 06Project Cost Fundamentals
  7. 07Cost Breakdown Structures
  8. 08Project Budgeting
  9. 09Introduction to Earned Value Management
  10. 10Project Controls Reporting
  11. 11Excel for Project Controls
  12. 12Project Controls Career Preparation

Aspiring and working schedulers

Project Scheduling Specialist

Build, baseline, update, analyze and recover schedules, with CPM principles first and Primavera P6 second.

Outcome: Develop practical scheduling skills and complete a simulated project schedule.

  1. 01Planning and Scheduling Fundamentals
  2. 02Work Breakdown Structures
  3. 03Activity Sequencing and Dependencies
  4. 04Critical Path Analysis
  5. 05Baseline Schedule Development
  6. 06Primavera P6 Fundamentals
  7. 07Schedule Updating and Progress Measurement
  8. 08Schedule Variance Analysis
  9. 09Resource Loading and Schedule Optimization
  10. 10Schedule Recovery
  11. 11Schedule Reporting and Dashboards
  12. 12Advanced Scheduling Techniques

Aspiring and working cost controllers

Project Cost Control Specialist

Estimate, budget, track, measure and forecast project costs, and report them so decisions get made.

Outcome: Complete a simulated project budget, cost report and forecast.

  1. 01Cost Control Fundamentals
  2. 02Cost Breakdown Structures
  3. 03Project Cost Estimating
  4. 04Budget Development
  5. 05Cost Coding and Cost Tracking
  6. 06Commitments and Actual Costs
  7. 07Earned Value Management
  8. 08Cost Variance Analysis
  9. 09Estimate at Completion
  10. 10Cost Forecasting
  11. 11Cost Reporting and Power BI
  12. 12Integrated Cost and Schedule Controls

Experienced professionals

Advanced Project Controls

Integrated controls, schedule and cost risk, advanced EVM, governance and leadership on complex capital projects.

Outcome: Develop advanced analytical and leadership skills for complex capital projects.

  1. 01Integrated Project Controls
  2. 02Advanced Critical Path Analysis
  3. 03Advanced Cost Forecasting
  4. 04Schedule Risk Analysis
  5. 05Quantitative Risk Analysis
  6. 06Advanced Earned Value Management
  7. 07Project Controls Governance
  8. 08Change Control and Claims Fundamentals
  9. 09Portfolio-Level Reporting
  10. 10Advanced Power BI Dashboards
  11. 11AI for Project Controls
  12. 12Project Controls Leadership
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