Week 1: Project Scheduling Foundations

• Explain the five phases of the project life cycle
• Describe the role and daily responsibilities of a Project Scheduler
• Define Project Controls and where scheduling fits within a PMO
• Identify the industries and job markets actively hiring scheduler

• Decompose a project scope into a Work Breakdown Structure
• Distinguish deliverables, milestones, and activities
• Build an activity list from a WBS
• Configure project and resource calendar

• Apply the four dependency types: FS, SS, FF, SF
• Use leads and lags correctly
• Calculate critical path, total float, and free float by hand
• Read and draw a network diagram

• Navigate the P6 Professional interface
• Explain the Enterprise Project Structure and OBS
• Create a new project with correct settings
• Build calendars and enter activities in P6

• Hospital Construction Schedule (P6, in progress)
• Healthcare EMR Implementation Schedule (assigned as guided weekend project)
• Office Building Renovation Schedule (assigned as guided weekend project)

Week 2: Primavera, Microsoft Project, and Project Controls

• Link activities with all four relationship types in P6
• Apply constraints appropriately and know when not to
• Set and maintain baselines
• Run the P6 scheduler (F9) and interpret the schedule log

• Build a complete schedule in Microsoft Project
• Format and present Gantt charts for executives
• Assign resources and resolve overallocations with leveling

• Explain the purpose of project controls in monitoring and controlling
• Calculate PV, EV, AC, CPI, SPI, CV, SV, EAC, and ETC
• Interpret earned value results and recommend corrective action

• Build and maintain a risk register
• Run a change control process from request to schedule impact
• Maintain an issue log
• Produce a one page executive status report

• ERP Implementation Schedule (P6)
• Cloud Data Center Migration (MS Project)
• Smart Manufacturing Expansion with EVM tracker (P6 plus Excel)
• Risk Register and Executive Status Report

Week 3: Automation, AI, and Capstone

• Build automated flows using triggers, conditions, and actions
• Automate project status notifications and approvals
• Connect Power Automate to SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Excel

• Connect Power BI to project data from Excel and SharePoint
• Build KPI visuals for schedule and cost performance
• Publish an interactive executive dashboard

• Use AI to draft project plans, WBS structures, and schedules
• Use AI to analyze schedule health and optimize logic
• Generate AI written executive status reports
• Answer common scheduler interview questions with confidence

1. Oracle Primavera P6 Schedule with baseline and updated progress
2. Microsoft Project Schedule
3. Work Breakdown Structure
4. Resource Plan
5. Risk Register
6. Budget Tracker with CPI and SPI
7. Power BI Dashboard
8. Power Automate Workflow
9. AI Generated Executive Status Report
10. Executive Presentation (10 minutes plus Q&A)

• Schedule quality: logic, critical path, no open ends, realistic durations (30 percent)
• Project controls: baseline variance, EVM accuracy, risk register quality (25 percent)
• Automation and reporting: dashboard and workflow functionality (25 percent)
• Presentation: clarity, executive communication, Q&A handling (20 percent)

Required Graduation Projects (All 10)

1. Regional Medical Center Construction Schedule
2. Oracle Health EMR Implementation Project
3. Hospital Patient Portal Deployment
4. Enterprise ERP Implementation
5. Cloud Data Center Migration
6. Smart Factory Automation Project
7. Warehouse Management System Implementation
8. Microsoft 365 Enterprise Rollout
9. AI Digital Transformation Program
10. Regional Medical Center Digital Modernization Capstone Project

Graduation Requirements

• Attend at least 90 percent of all live classes
• Complete all 10 quizzes and assignments
• Complete all 10 hands-on projects
• Pass the final capstone presentation
• Demonstrate proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power Automate, and Power BI

Students Graduate With

• 10 completed project schedules
• Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and Power Automate portfolios
• AI project reporting templates and executive status reports
• Project controls documentation
• Professional resume and optimized LinkedIn profile
• Mock interview experience
• Echolink Solutions Certificate of Completion

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