Project Schedule Control and Monitoring
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Project Schedule Control and Monitoring
This course is part of Project Planning and Schedule Management Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Monitor and control project schedules using performance tracking and change management techniques.
Apply WBS, RTM, and scope management methods to maintain project alignment.
Analyze project performance data and implement corrective actions for timely delivery.
Skills you'll gain
- Change Control
- Project Performance
- Project Schedules
- Performance Measurement
- Requirements Elicitation
- Scope Management
- User Requirements Documents
- Requirements Analysis
- Performance Metric
- Project Controls
- Requirements Management
- Business Requirements
- Scheduling
- Change Management
- Performance Analysis
- Project Documentation
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology
- Project Management
- Management Reporting
- Work Breakdown Structure
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June 2026
36 assignments
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There are 9 modules in this course
Learn how to monitor, analyze, and control project schedules using structured project management techniques. This course provides practical skills in project monitoring, scope control, requirement management, traceability, schedule control, and performance analysis to help learners keep projects aligned with objectives and stakeholder expectations.
The course begins with the foundations of project monitoring and control, helping learners understand performance tracking, metrics, reporting, and PMBOK-aligned control practices. Learners will explore how raw project data is transformed into actionable insights for better decision-making and corrective action. As the course progresses, learners examine key project management knowledge areas such as scope, time, quality, human resources, communication, and risk. The course then focuses on managing scope effectively by addressing scope creep, gold plating, requirement collection, validation, approval, and structured project boundaries. Advanced modules cover Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) creation, decomposition techniques, requirement management planning, stakeholder roles, requirement classification, traceability matrices, versioning, baselines, and communication strategies. Learners will also explore requirement documentation templates, functional and non-functional requirements, and structured specification practices. The course concludes with monitoring and control techniques, including traceability matrices, control cycles, schedule control, integrated change control, resource planning, people management, and performance monitoring. What makes this course unique is its integrated approach that combines schedule control, scope management, requirement traceability, and performance monitoring into one practical framework. By the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently manage project changes, track schedules, control requirements, and improve project delivery outcomes.
This module introduces the fundamentals of project monitoring and controlling, focusing on performance tracking, metrics, reporting, and PMBOK standards. Learners will understand how raw project data is transformed into actionable insights for effective decision-making and control.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 80 minutes
- Introduction PM and Controllingβ’8 minutes
- Introduction PM and Controlling Continueβ’8 minutes
- Metricsβ’12 minutes
- Define the Metrixβ’6 minutes
- Reportingβ’9 minutes
- PMI-Project Monitoringβ’8 minutes
- Work Performance Dataβ’7 minutes
- Work Performance Informationβ’11 minutes
- What is PMBOKβ’11 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Foundations of Project Monitoring & Control β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Introduction to Project Control Conceptsβ’10 minutes
- Measurement and Reporting Essentialsβ’10 minutes
- Understanding Performance Dataβ’10 minutes
This module explores key project management knowledge areas including scope, time, quality, human resources, communication, and risk. It emphasizes the importance of aligning these areas to ensure project success and stakeholder satisfaction.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 70 minutes
- Project Scope Managementβ’6 minutes
- Project Time Managementβ’7 minutes
- Quality Managementβ’8 minutes
- Human Resource Managementβ’8 minutes
- Communication Managementβ’9 minutes
- Project Risk Managementβ’6 minutes
- Intro to Scope Managementβ’9 minutes
- Intro to Scope Management Continueβ’8 minutes
- Pressure from two Group of Stakeholdersβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Core Knowledge Areas in Project Management β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Scope and Time Fundamentalsβ’10 minutes
- People and Communication in Projectsβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Scope Managementβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on scope management challenges such as scope creep and gold plating, along with processes for requirement collection, validation, and approval. It highlights structured approaches to maintaining project boundaries.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 69 minutes
- Avoid Gold Platingβ’9 minutes
- Avoid Scope Creepβ’8 minutes
- Scope Management Process Overviewβ’11 minutes
- Approved by CCbβ’3 minutes
- Change the Scope Should be Validatedβ’8 minutes
- Change the Scope Should be Validated Continueβ’7 minutes
- Collect Requirementsβ’11 minutes
- Define Scopeβ’3 minutes
- Define Scope Continueβ’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Managing Scope Effectively β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Avoiding Scope Issuesβ’10 minutes
- Scope Approval and Validationβ’10 minutes
- Requirement Collection and Definitionβ’10 minutes
This module covers advanced scope definition and the creation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). Learners will understand decomposition techniques, inputs, outputs, and methods to verify and control scope effectively.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 76 minutes
- More on Define Scopeβ’11 minutes
- Creating WBSβ’5 minutes
- Creating WBS Continueβ’8 minutes
- Creating WBS-Inputsβ’7 minutes
- Tools and Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Creating WBS-Outputβ’6 minutes
- Verify Scopeβ’8 minutes
- Verify Scope Continueβ’9 minutes
- Control Scopeβ’12 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Mastery β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Advanced Scope Definitionβ’10 minutes
- WBS Inputs and Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Scope Verification and Controlβ’10 minutes
This module introduces requirement management planning, stakeholder roles, and requirement classification. It emphasizes structured processes to capture, analyze, and manage requirements effectively.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 83 minutes
- Requirement Definitionβ’8 minutes
- Requirement Management Planβ’9 minutes
- Requirement Management Plan Continueβ’9 minutes
- Stakeholder Responsibilityβ’11 minutes
- Stakeholder Responsibility Continueβ’4 minutes
- Requirement Management Processβ’9 minutes
- Requirement Management Process Continueβ’11 minutes
- Requirement Typesβ’12 minutes
- Requirement Attributesβ’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Requirement Management Fundamentals β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Requirement Planningβ’10 minutes
- Stakeholder Roles and Processesβ’10 minutes
- Requirement Types and Attributesβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on requirement traceability, versioning, baselines, and communication strategies. It highlights tools like RTM and emphasizes maintaining control over requirement changes.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 92 minutes
- Requirement Attributes Continueβ’12 minutes
- Requirement Traceabilityβ’13 minutes
- Requirement Traceability Continueβ’4 minutes
- More on Requirement Traceabilityβ’12 minutes
- Requirement Versioningand Baselineβ’7 minutes
- Requirement Versioningand Baseline Continueβ’8 minutes
- Communication of Requirement Changesβ’13 minutes
- Communication of Requirement Changes Continueβ’11 minutes
- Critical Successfactor for RMP-PMI Articleβ’12 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Requirement Traceability & Control β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Requirement Attributes and Trackingβ’10 minutes
- Versioning and Baselinesβ’10 minutes
- Communication and Success Factorsβ’10 minutes
This module explores requirement documentation, including specifications, functional and non-functional requirements, security, and ERP templates. It ensures learners understand structured documentation practices.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 96 minutes
- Critical Successfactor for RMP-PMI Article Continueβ’7 minutes
- Requirement Specificationβ’13 minutes
- Project Descriptionβ’13 minutes
- Project Requirementβ’6 minutes
- Fuctional Requirementβ’15 minutes
- Manageability-Maintainabilityβ’12 minutes
- Securityβ’12 minutes
- Requirement ERP Templateβ’12 minutes
- Requirement ERP Template Continueβ’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Requirement Documentation & Templates β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Requirement Documentation Essentialsβ’10 minutes
- Types of Requirementsβ’10 minutes
- Security and ERP Templatesβ’10 minutes
This module covers monitoring techniques such as traceability matrices, project control cycles, and schedule control. It emphasizes performance tracking and corrective actions.
What's included
9 videos4 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 127 minutes
- Requirement Traceability Matrixβ’10 minutes
- Requirement Traceability Matrix Continueβ’8 minutes
- Planning Recapβ’20 minutes
- Planning Recap Continueβ’9 minutes
- Project Control Cycleβ’20 minutes
- Progress Monitoringβ’25 minutes
- Schedule Controlβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Control Continueβ’10 minutes
- Case Studyβ’15 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Monitoring & Control Techniques β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Traceability and Planning Recapβ’10 minutes
- Project Control Frameworkβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Controlβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on integrated change control, resource planning, people management, and performance monitoring. It highlights how to maintain alignment across all project aspects.
What's included
8 videos4 assignments
8 videosβ’Total 74 minutes
- Project Controlβ’10 minutes
- Project Control Continueβ’13 minutes
- Resource Planningβ’8 minutes
- Integrated Change Controlβ’5 minutes
- Managing Peopleβ’13 minutes
- Managing People Continueβ’11 minutes
- Performance Monitoringβ’8 minutes
- Performance Monitoring Continueβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Integrated Control & Performance Management β Graded Quizβ’30 minutes
- Project Control and Resourcesβ’10 minutes
- Change and People Managementβ’10 minutes
- Performance Monitoringβ’10 minutes
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