BUILDING A PROJECT SCHEDULE
Learn how to build a basic construction project schedule. In planning for a job to start, we need to create a project schedule. Ideally, this initial schedule becomes a benchmark for us to measure progress and costs on our jobs. This course walks through the process of building that basic schedule and preparing it to be used during the job. We will also cover some introductory issues on tracking a job in progress. This course assumes the user will be proficient with standard computer skills - we will not review how to open or save files.

**Prerequisite - Excel Basics and Reading a Project

Topics:

* Setting Project Start Date
* Creating a "reusable" Work Calendars
* Reusing Calendars - Learn not to redo work that you have already done!
* Understand Duration vs. Work
* Create different Tasks: Project Summary, Recurring, Summary and Sub-tasks
* Outlining and the Work Breakdown Structure
* Linking Tasks
* Introductory Logic issues
* Creating and Using Resources
* Critical Path & Saving the baseline
* Updating a schedule in Progress