Optimised Work and Resource Scheduling for Projects Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply scheduling techniques to sequence project activities and estimate durations.
• Allocate resources (human, material, equipment) to tasks while considering availability and constraints.
• Optimise the work schedule by analysing dependencies, critical paths, and resource levelling.
• Develop a resource-loaded schedule that balances project scope, time, and cost.
• Implement monitoring mechanisms to track schedule performance and adjust as needed.
• Evaluate the impact of schedule changes on project objectives and stakeholder expectations.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for project managers, team leaders, and coordinators who are responsible for planning and scheduling projects. It is also suitable for professionals seeking to enhance their project scheduling competencies.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, basic understanding of project management concepts is recommended.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions provide hands-on experience with scheduling software and real-world scenarios. Learners will create, optimise, and update schedules, apply resource levelling, and solve multi-project resource conflicts under supervision.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Creating a Project Schedule in MS Project — Learners build a WBS, define activities, estimate durations, and create a network diagram using MS Project. (6h)
• Practical 2: Resource Levelling and Optimisation — Using a given project scenario, learners identify resource overallocations and apply levelling techniques in software. (6h)
• Practical 3: Schedule Compression and Cost Analysis — Learners crash and fast-track a project schedule, analyse cost-time trade-offs, and select optimal compression strategies. (6h)
• Practical 4: Multi-Project Resource Allocation — In a multi-project simulation, learners allocate shared resources, resolve conflicts, and prioritise projects using portfolio management principles. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.