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DETAILED COURSE CURRICULUM-

Integrated Asset, Portfolio, Program and Project Management Course

(AACE, PMI and INCOSE Certification Preparation Course)

5 Days Intensive Session January 9 13 (Monday Friday) 2012

Day 1 AM- Review of AACE Requirements

o Overview of Terms, Concepts and Philosophieso Introduction to the TCM Methodologyo Project Manager as Business Persono Project Manager as Communicatoro Project Manager as Planner

Day 1 PM- Elements of Cost

o Developing Pricing Modelso Estimating Material Costso Estimating Labor Costso Estimating Engineering Costso Estimating Equipment and Rental Costs

Day 2 IS- Economic Cost Models

o Activity Based Costingo Process Based Cost Estimatingo Product Based Cost Estimating

Day 2 PM- Planning and Scheduling

o Turning the WBS from WHAT into HOWo Creating Activity Definitionso Defining the Logic between activitieso

Estimating the Durationso Calculating the Early and Late Dateso Calculating the Total and Free Floato Optimizing the Schedule

Day 3 AM- Progress Measurement Using Earned Value

o Applying Earned Value To Variable Budgetso Tracking and Reporting Performanceo Performance and Productivity Management

Day 3 PM- Project Management Fundamentals

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o Program Management Fundamentalso Portfolio Management Fundamentals

Day 4 AM- Leading, Managing and Motivating Teams

o Quality Management for Portfolio, Program and Project Managemento Value Analysiso Contracting For Capital Investment Projectso Project Documentation and Change Order Managemento Strategic Asset Management

Day 4 PM- Basic Engineering Economics

o Applied Engineering Economicso Statistics, Probability and Risk Management

Day 5 AM- Safety, Health and the Environment for Portfolio, Program and Project

Management

o Meeting Managemento Integration Management- Bringing it all togethero Review of Materials

Day 5 PM-

o Writing the Professional Papero Creating a Project Teamo Project Plan for Distance Learning mode

Distance Learning Mode January 14 June 24 (Monday Friday), 2012

You will be required to produce 5 deliverables during this period-

1) Write a 2,500 word long paper, in English, of publishable quality.(Approximately 10 A4

sheets of paper, one side) This is your ticket to sit for the CCC/E Exam and will be requiredto be submitted about 6 - 8 weeks BEFORE the CCC/E Exam. Writing the paper is an

ITERATIVE process that requires not less than THREE interim milestones before it can be

approved by Dr. PDG for submittal. The paper will also have to pass a plagiarism test using

VIPER or similar software.

2) You will also be required to calculate the answers to some ~300 problems, which will be

done as a team exercise.

3) You will be required to create a proper cost and resource loaded plan showing how you

intend to produce the expected deliverables within the time frame allowed, at the targetedlevel of quality and monitor and report your progress each week using Earned Value

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Management by setting up and maintaining a project dashboard reporting mechanism.

(Using Excel, MS Project, Primavera, Open Workbench or some other recognized project

management software.)

4) You will take a live fire Benchmark Exam #1 at approximately the half way point. (Mid

Term Exam) and you will take Benchmark Exam #2 approximately 10 days BEFORE the final

face to face review session. Benchmark Exams #1 and #2 will be reviewed during the 3 Day

Final Review Session.

3 Day Final Review Session June 25 27 (Monday Wednesday) 2012

Day 1 AM- Review of Benchmark Exam #1 AM Session ("Live Fire" Exam Review)

Day 1 PM- Benchmark Exam #2 PM Session ("Live Fire" Exam Review)

Day 2 AM- Take Benchmark Exam #3 (Live Fire Exam)

Day 2 PM- Grade and Review Benchmark Exam #3

Day 3 AM and PM Driven by the participants needs and questions (open discussion and

review of all items still not fully understood)