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Live Webinar December 5th, 2013 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Construction CoP (REP #S019)

Schedules are the main Support for Project Management in the Engineering and Construction Industry.

To have a useful schedule, that helps on the decision-making process, it is required to consider concepts on stakeholders and team management, communications, and risk analysis.

Knowing how to manage software is not enough to produce a helpful schedule that eases to achieve the project objectives.

It this webinar the presenter will analyze:

  • When is it reasonable and useful to begin with the schedule production?
  • Who should be involved in this work? Is the schedule a task for the Project Manager?
  • Simple tips to get a useful schedule
  • How to make executives to use the schedule, and align their decisions to the schedule information?
  • How to obtain Project team cooperation with good advance information, required to update the Schedule
  • How to communicate the Schedule?
  • Which common mistakes make the Schedule a useless tool in many projects?

The webinar will point ten myths that are frequent on construction schedules. Ana Maria will also offer alternatives for these myths that will help on managing schedules based on her experience of more than 10 years managing schedules for engineering and construction projects in several industries including: cereals, automobile, paper, hotels, hospitals, steel, government, real state.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Ana Maria Rodriguez (LinkedIn profile) PMP is founder and manager of ERA Project Management, offering training and consulting services in Argentina since 2004. Ms. Rodriguez graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree, and a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management (MSE). Shez has implemented best practices in the government sector, and in the private sector.

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