Course Objectives: Participants will:

• Learn about Earn Value Management and the Importance of this Techniques

• Learn the essential of a proper project management plan and baselines

• Learn about the difference in perspective between

Description: This course covers the Earned Value Management and Techniques as addressed by PMI PMBOK Guide and The Practice Standard for Earned Value Management. The course will go beyond the PMI® Standards and deal with REAL case studies from actual projects. Earned Value Management helps us answer the following questions: is the project ahead or behind schedule, are we below or over budget, are we using our resources efficiently, how about our expected completion date and cost?

Course Outline:

Introduction and Overview

• Overview of PM
• Overview of the PM Framework
• PM Life Span (Cycle)

Overview of Process Groups

• Initiating
• Planning
• ExecutingP Monitoring & Controlling
• Closing

Monitoring & Controlling

• What do we monitor
• What do we control
• Different focus for different contracts & organizations
• Change Control

Planning for EVM

• Proper Scoping
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Scheduling
• Estimating and Budgeting
• Establishing a Performance Management Baseline

Inputs to EVM

• Performance Management Baseline (PBL)
• Proper system for progress measurement
• Results of work performed
• Actual progress and costs

Analysis and Forecasting

• Planned/Earned/Actual
• Performance analysis
• Cost & schedule variances
• Performance indices
• Forecasting scenarios
•  What is next???

Trainer Name: Engineer Mounir A. Ajam, MS, PMP

Trainer Profile: Mr. Ajam is a senior professional about 23 years of professional experience in the Engineering, Construction, and Process Industries (oil & gas, petrochemical, utilities) and most of his experience has been on the management of projects. Most of this experience was obtained in the United States but also included United Kingdom, Singapore, and the Middle East; Mr. Ajam has been in the Middle East for 7 years now. In 1998 Mr. Ajam achieved the internationally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential and in 2007 he graduated from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) prestigious Leadership Institute Masters Class. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Ajam has held numerous volunteer leadership roles. These include: currently serving on the 2008 PMI® EMEA Congress Project Action Team (CoPAT), International Correspondent for PMForum and PMWorldToday (two leading web portals dedicated to promoting Project Management).

Mr. Ajam also a co-founder and the first chairman of the Board for the recently established Global Project and Process Management Association (GPPMA), which is based in Dubai, U.A.E. Mr. Ajam is the senior partner and co-founder of SUKAD (SUKAD) FZ-LLC, a professional consultancy and training service provider that is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates but operating across the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Middle East. Mr. Ajam is currently serving as SUKAD Chief Executive Officer and lead consultant. SUKAD currently specializes in Project Management and would remain so; by project management we mean the generic project management in addition to his personal focus on construction management (or management of capital projects).