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Complete Project Management, Planning, Scheduling and Cost

Control Program - Preparing for PMP and PSP Certificates – Certified
Program
‫ التخصص في إدارة المشاريع والتخطيط والجدولة‬- ‫برنامج إدارة المشاريع الشامل‬
‫والتحكم – معتمد عالميا‬
19 – 30 December 2010, Cairo - Egypt

Need & Benefits:

Since 1956, AACE International (the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) has provided
its members with the resources they need to enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and
success.
The AACE International program's intent is to recognize specialists who meet a demanding set of planning and
scheduling criteria. The PSP certification will distinguish you as a Planning and Scheduling Professional who has
the knowledge and skills that impact the bottom line.
AACE's PSP certification provides an exam and experience validation that lets employers identify those who meet
the program’s competency standards.
Today’s ever-changing business environment requires new approaches to Project Management, which has
become an important tool for dealing with time-to-market, resources, limitations, downsizing and global
competition.

As markets and project organizations become more dynamic, administrative and technical skills alone are no-
longer sufficient to deal with the complexities of modern project undertakings. In recent years, the Project
Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute “PMI” has become the most sought
after certification in the world of project management professionals. To earn PMI’s PMP credential, you must
demonstrate the required ‘long term commitment” to project management professionalism and pass a rigorous,
200-question exam covering the five project management process groups and nine knowledge areas in PMI’s
Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)® 4th edition.

Course objective:

This training course will provide participants with a through background in the concepts of Planning and
Scheduling Engineering and Construction projects. The course addresses how to identify, monitor, and balance
information crucial for the successful management of projects. It will discuss the development of a baseline
performance management plan (PMP) for the project that will allow the efficient compilation and the timely

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generation of quantitative performance comparisons. . The comparisons highlight significant performance

departures ("actual vs. baseline") and allow for preventive and early remedial and corrective actions.
The Practical sessions will provide hands-on experience. Workshops create and track sample project from
planning phase till controlling phase (updating).

At the end of this course, participants will gain the following:

- Understand the nature and tricks of the PMP Exam

- Understand the new concept of Project Management created by PMI
- Understand the whole areas of knowledge in the PMBoK® "the latest version, 4th edition" which includes:
Integration Management, Scope management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality
Management, Human Resource Management, Communications Management Risk Management, and
Procurement Management and correlate them with the processes groups of project management in
addition to the Professional and Social Responsibility.
- Practice for the Exam
- Determine the gap areas you have
- Develop Confidence
- Tips for the Exam

Who should attend?

This course is targeted for Chief Executive Officers, Finance Managers, Human Resources Managers, Project
Managers, Engineers and Planners, Information Technology Managers.

Project Managers and program Managers who are or will be involved in the areas of engineering, production, data
processing, research and development, construction, corporate planning, finance and marketing. This course is of
particular importance to executives, managers and supervisors in government and industry who are concerned
with effectively managing ventures and projects where cost, schedule and performance of programs must meet
rigid requirements.

Course Director

Eng. Ali Kortam, PMP,CCE,CPM,PSP

Over 23 years of practical experiences in Civil – Architect (5 star) – HVAC – Electromechanical - Deep
Foundations - Infrastructure – Petroleum, all in international reputable companies such as : ABB (Switzerland) –
Arab Contractors (U.A.E.) – Saudi Condreco (Greece/K.S.A) – SAMAREC (K.S.A) – Bin Ladin (K.S.A) –
Emyco(Egypt) starting from site engineer to Top Management positions (Currently: Board of Directors in ABB)
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As an international approved lecturer from IHRDC in U.S.A., Eng. Ali conducted very successful training
courses/seminars all over the world: U.S.A, Europe, Middle and Far East with a very well successful record at
most reputable enterprises such as: Emirates Bank (U.A.E). – MIS (Oil field) U.A.E. – Saudi Telecom (K.S.A) – El
Gawal (K.S.A) – Saudi Aramco (K.S.A) – ADMA (U.A.E.) – World Bank_ILO (Egypt) – Touristic G. Committee
(K.S.A) – Ministry of Defense (K.S.A) – Saudi AirLines (K.S.A) – El Watania Industries (K.S.A). –Chamber of
Commerce (K.S.A.) – Qatar COOL (Qatar)- El Zaka House (Kuwait) – Arabian Bemco (U.A.E) – ASGC (U.A.E.) –
Hospitality Mgmt Services (U.A.E.) – Tawam Hospital (U.A.E.) – Ministry of Water and Electricity (K.S.A) – G.
Authority of Civil Aviation (K.S.A) – ISE (Economic offset (K.S.A) – AMANA (U.A.E.) – Airways Engineering
(K.S.A) and other hundreds of enterprises and as part time – assistant professor doctor at American University –
Engineering Services.

Professional Certificates:
PMP = Certified Project Management Professional – 1999– PMI_U.S.A
CCE = Certified Cost Engineer – 2001 – aacei_U.S.A
CPM = Certified Projects Manager – 2002 – IPMA_Switzerland
PSP = Planning and Scheduling Professional – 2005 - aacei_U.S.A

Current Position:
Board Member in ABB
Senior Project Management Consultant with PROJACS
Joined PMI in Brussels in butting PMP Exams within 14 Experts selected from all over the world

Mohammed Khalil, B.Sc., PMP

Mr. Khalil is a senior corporate developer working for Projacs International since 2004. He has over than
30 years experience in Project Management, Human Resource Development and Training.
He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Power and Machine Engineering in 1976 and has been awarded the
Project Management Professional “PMP” Certificate from the Project Management Institute “PMI”,
Pennsylvania, USA in 2001.
He is currently the VP of Special Projects of PMI MENA where he has been a charter and a board member
since October 1998. He was assigned by PMI as volunteer member of the International Committee for
verifying the translation of the Project Management Body of Knowledge “PMBOK” Guide 4th Edition into
Arabic language. He is a regular attendant for the Annual International Leadership Meeting organized by
PMI since 1999.
Mr. Khalil is a certified instructor from Ten Step International. He conducted a number of in-house and
public management courses for some well-known government and private corporations in Jordan, Abu
Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Al Jubail, Jeddah, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Muscat, Tunisia and London with
more than 15,000 contact hours of tutoring different topics of project management and offering project
management consultancy services.

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During the period between 1979 to 1986, Mr. Khalil participated in executing a number of national projects
through the Arab Contractors, such as New Salheya project for reclaiming and cultivating 56,000 feddans
of the desert land, installing the medium voltage network required for feeding the industrial zone in Sadat
city with electrical power.
In the field of human resource development, he worked as a lecturer for Saudi ARAMCO project
conducted by the American university during 1977 and 1978. He also worked as the maintenance training
programs’ supervisor for the water desalination plants in K.S.A where he participated in qualifying the
Saudi Technicians and Engineering for occupying leading positions.
Recently, he completed building a project management methodology for the ACC.
During the year 2005, Mr. Khalil led a multi-national team for restructuring Dubai Electricity & Water
Authority "DEWA" and designed their project management methodology as per the PMI International
Project Management Standards. And, currently Mr. Khalil is involved in developing a project management
methodology for the international centre for real estate development.

Course Outline:

Day One

Course Introduction
Nature of the PSP Exam
Test procedure
Application Process and Requirements
The Nature and Type of Questions
Introduction to Project Management Fundamentals
Project definitions and characteristics
Project life cycles and Project Management life cycle
Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
Work breakdown structure (WBS)& work packages and Activity Identification
Time Management environment
Network planning tools and techniques
Estimating Activity Durations
Program Evaluation and review Technique (PERT)
Critical path method (CPM)
Working with Activities
Activity Types (milestone – Level of effort..)
Workshops

Day Two

Arrow Diagram Method (ADM) / Activity on Arrow (AOA)

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Network Schedule calculations (CPM, PERT)

Crashing and Fast Tracking
Solved Examples
Workshops on Arrow Diagram Method

Day Three

Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) / Activity on Node (AON)

Schedule Development Calculations
Constraints Types
Working with Calendars
Update the Schedule
Monte Carlo Simulation
Professional Project Reports
Solved Examples
Workshops on Precedence Diagram Method

Day Four

Resources Allocation
Working with control Accounts
Setting Up a Cost Account Structure
Analyzing Resources and Costs
Earned Value Management
Producing Resource Usage Profile
Project Risk Management
Multiple Key parties in Real Project environment
Workshops

Day Five

Real 5 Hours Exam simulation

Day Six & Seven are weekends

Day Eight

Introduction for PMP

Natue of the PMP Exam
History of the PMP Certification and Exam
Latest Developments in the Exam process
Test procedure

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Application Process and Requirements

The nature and Type of Questions
Recertification and the Professional Development Program

Framework of Project Management

Introduction
The Project Management Context
Project Management Process Groups

Project Integration Management

Develop Project Charter
Project Scope Statement (Preliminary)
Develop Project Management Plan
Direct and Manage Project Execution
Monitor and Control Project Work
Integrated Change Control
Close Project

Day Nine

Project Scope Management

Scope Planning
Scope Definition
Create WBS
Scope Verification
Scope Change Control

Project Time Management

Activity Definition
Activity Duration Estimation
Activity Sequencing
Schedule Development
Schedule Control

Day Ten

Project Cost Management

Cost Estimate
Cost budgeting
Cost Control

Project Quality Management

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Quality Planning
Perform Quality Assurance
Perform Quality Control

Day Eleven

Project Human Resource Management

Human Resource Planning
Acquire Project Team
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team

Project Communications Management

Communications Planning
Information Distribution
Performance Reporting
Manage Stakeholders

Project Management Professional Responsibility

Responsibility of the Project Manager
Ethical Practices in Project Management

Day Twelve

Project Risk Management

Risk Management Planning
Risk Identification
Qualitative Risk Analysis Course Language: English/ Arabic

Quantitative Risk Analysis Course Manual: English

Risk response planning
Risk monitoring and Control
Course Fee: US$ 5,300

Project Procurement Management

Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
Plan Contracting
Request Seller Responses
Select sellers
Contract administration
Contract Closure

Tips for the Exam

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