Description
PSP certification recognizes specialists who meet a demanding set of planning and scheduling criteria – a rigorous examination, experience, education and ethical qualifications. PSP requirements reflect the sophistication of individuals in today’s planning and scheduling industry and fairly measures their knowledge, skills, experience and adherence to best management practices.
Eligibility requirement
To qualify for the PSP you must have at least 8 full years of professional experience, of which up to 4 years may be substituted by a college/university degree. Related degrees include but not limited to: engineering, building construction, construction technology, business, economics, accounting, construction management, architecture, computer science, and mathematics.
Course Content
Chapter 1: Part One: Planning Development:
- Input and data.
- Contract Requirements.
- Identifications of stakeholders.
- Construct ability methods
- Considerations and constraints.
- Identifications of resources.
- Value engineering.
- Stakeholder consideration.
- Project variables.
Chapter 1: Part Two: Planning Product
- Planning outputs and deliverable.
- Define scope of work
- Define project goals.
- Define Project plans.
- Phase definitions.
- Establish work break down structure (WBS).
- Establish organizational breakdown structure (OBS).
- Cost break down structure (CBS).
- Review by stakeholders.
- Cost estimate development.
- Baseline plan
- Periodic forecasts.
- Risk and Recovery plan.
- Sequence and phase relationship.
Chapter 2: Part One: Schedule development
- Input and data (from planning).
- Define schedule scope.
- Break down structure.
- Schedule specifications.
- Feedback from stakeholders.
- cost estimate module.
- creating schedule.
- Types of schedules.
- Activities.
- Durations.
- Relationships.
- Constraints and calendars
- Milestones.
- Cost / resource loading.
- Schedule basis documentation
- Schedule quality analysis and compliance review
Chapter 2: Part Two: Schedule Maintenance / controlling
- Maintain schedule.
- Baseline schedule
- Tracking schedule progress.
- Cost and resources management
- Schedules change management.
- Acceleration.
- Schedule maintenance feedback
- Schedule output and deliverable.
- Control level schedules.
- Variances and trends.
- Schedule analysis.
- Schedule forecasts.
- Recovery schedules.
- Management summary.
- Progress reports and reviews.
- Construct ability review
About the exam
This course is intended for professionals in all business enterprises including but not limited to Project Managers, Finance Managers, Human Resource Personals, Accountant, Engineers, Planners, Cost Engineers, Cost Controlling Engineers and Quantity Surveyors.
- 120 Multiple choice Questions and memo writing
- Exam duration is maximum 5 Hrs.
- Payment: Member- $500/ Non Member – $625.
- AACE’s Planning and Scheduling Certification Study Guide.
- AACE’s Skills & Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 5th Edition.
- AACE’s Total Cost Management Framework
This course is intended for professionals in all business enterprises including but not limited to Project Managers, Finance Managers, Human Resource Personals, Accountant, Engineers, Planners, Cost Engineers, Cost Controlling Engineers and Quantity Surveyors.
ABOUT INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Eid Ashry, (PMP,PMI-RMP, PMI-SP,PMI-ACP,PSP,CCP,PPPM,MPM,LEED) has a BSC. Civil Engineering, – Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, EGYPT. He has working experience for more than 15 years, he Started his career as a Planning and Cost Control Engineer, and then moved to Project Management. (Currently his main focus is on Training and Consultation services in management fields). Mr. Eid delivered many training courses and presentations in GCC, the courses delivered are in project management.