About
This eLearning course introduces planning and scheduling for petroleum development projects. Topics include work breakdown structures, scheduling steps, types of schedules, schedule risk analysis, and schedule validation. It describes how to create the distinct levels of critical path schedules needed to meet the project planning, control, and reporting needs of various stakeholders. Completion certificates for this course may be submitted to PMI towards Project Development Units (PDUs) through continuing education as required to document third-party training.
Target Audience
Personnel working on development projects in the petroleum industry’s upstream, midstream, downstream, and transportation segments. This includes project managers, project engineers, facility engineers, production and operations engineers, wellsite supervisors, project control representatives, and supply chain personnel.
You Will Learn
- Describe what a baseline schedule is, including who prepares it, when to prepare it, and how the PM can use it
- The difference between planning and scheduling
- How to develop a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart for a typical field development project
- The scheduling process and the purpose of each step
- How to identify schedule risks and assess the impact of each type
- The process for developing a critical path schedule and the purpose of each step