Technical Support for Project Planning and Scheduling Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply techniques to assist in developing project schedules using appropriate tools.
• Analyze project progress data to identify variances from the baseline schedule.
• Evaluate scheduling information to support decision-making and reporting.
• Design project planning documentation and maintain records in line with organisational procedures.
• Implement corrective actions to address schedule deviations under guidance.
• Demonstrate effective communication of scheduling information to project stakeholders.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for project administrators, junior project planners, and team members who provide technical support to project managers in planning and scheduling activities.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practicals allow learners to apply planning and scheduling techniques using industry-standard software and real-world scenarios. These supervised sessions reinforce theoretical concepts and build competence in creating, analysing, and managing project schedules.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: WBS and Activity Definition — Learners decompose a given project scope into a detailed WBS and define activities with dependencies using templates and software. (6h)
• Practical 2: Resource and Duration Estimation — Learners estimate resource requirements and durations for activities, then allocate resources and perform levelling in scheduling software. (6h)
• Practical 3: Schedule Development and Critical Path Analysis — Learners develop a full project schedule, calculate the critical path, and apply compression techniques using software tools. (6h)
• Practical 4: Monitoring, EVM, and Reporting — Learners track a simulated project, calculate earned value metrics, and produce progress reports with corrective actions. (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.