Advanced Project Management Planning & Execution Training Course

Name: Advanced Project Management Planning & Execution Training Course
Price: 1700 EUR

PMA · Project ManagementAll LevelsClassroomEnglish , Arabic

Duration

5 Days

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Sectors:Project Management & PMOCategories:Project Management

Course Overview

The Advanced Project Management Planning & Execution Training Course provides an advanced and practical framework for professionals responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and controlling complex projects. The program builds beyond fundamental project management concepts to address the challenges of managing large-scale, high-value, cross-functional, technically complex, and strategically important projects. Participants will explore advanced approaches to project planning, including integrated scope definition, requirements management, work breakdown structures, activity sequencing, resource optimization, schedule development, cost planning, risk integration, procurement planning, quality management, and project baselines. The course emphasizes the alignment of project plans with organizational strategy, contractual commitments, resource constraints, stakeholder expectations, and measurable business outcomes. The program places strong emphasis on execution excellence and project control. Participants will learn how to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage interfaces and dependencies, monitor progress, control scope and changes, manage cost and schedule performance, address emerging risks, resolve complex issues, and maintain effective communication across project stakeholders. Advanced performance monitoring and corrective action techniques are incorporated to support timely intervention when projects deviate from approved plans. Through advanced case studies, planning workshops, schedule analysis, risk simulations, performance-control exercises, and an integrated project execution scenario, participants will develop the capability to build robust project plans, manage complex execution environments, and implement effective controls that improve project predictability, accountability, and delivery performance.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Analyze the characteristics and management requirements of complex projects.
Develop integrated project management plans aligned with strategic and business objectives.
Define and control complex project scope, requirements, deliverables, and interfaces.
Develop detailed work breakdown structures and integrated planning frameworks.
Construct realistic and resource-loaded project schedules.
Analyze schedule dependencies, constraints, critical activities, and potential delays.
Develop advanced resource allocation and resource optimization strategies.
Establish project cost estimates, budgets, and cost-control mechanisms.
Integrate risk management into project planning and execution.
Develop advanced project risk response and contingency strategies.
Establish effective project governance, decision-making, and escalation structures.
Manage project execution across multidisciplinary teams and organizational interfaces.
Apply structured change control and impact assessment techniques.
Monitor project performance using schedule, cost, scope, quality, and risk indicators.
Develop corrective and recovery strategies for projects experiencing performance deviations.
Strengthen project execution through continuous improvement and lessons learned.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for experienced project managers, senior project managers, project directors, project controls professionals, project planners, project coordinators, project engineers, project management office professionals, and project team leaders responsible for complex project planning and execution. It is also suitable for professionals working in engineering, construction, oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, finance, government, procurement, contracts, risk management, quality, operations, and business transformation who contribute to major project delivery. The program is particularly relevant to project sponsors, program managers, department heads, functional managers, senior engineers, project controllers, planning specialists, cost controllers, risk professionals, contract managers, and executives responsible for project governance, oversight, performance, and strategic delivery.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
Develop an integrated plan for a complex project.
Translate strategic objectives into measurable project deliverables and performance requirements.
Structure complex projects using detailed work breakdown and planning techniques.
Develop integrated schedules with logical relationships, constraints, milestones, and critical activities.
Analyze schedule performance and identify emerging delays and bottlenecks.
Optimize project resources across competing activities and priorities.
Establish project cost baselines and effective cost-control mechanisms.
Integrate project risks, assumptions, dependencies, and contingencies into execution planning.
Develop governance structures for complex project decision-making and escalation.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage cross-functional interfaces.
Evaluate the impact of project changes on scope, cost, schedule, resources, quality, and risk.
Apply advanced project performance monitoring and control techniques.
Diagnose the causes of project performance deviations.
Develop practical project recovery and corrective action plans.
Strengthen stakeholder communication and project reporting.
Establish continuous improvement mechanisms for project planning and execution.

Course Outline

Day 1

Advanced Project Planning & Integrated Project Management

Characteristics and challenges of complex projects
Advanced project management planning principles
Strategic alignment and project business objectives
Integrated project management planning
Project governance and management structures
Complex requirements and deliverable definition
Scope architecture and interface management
Work breakdown structure development
Planning assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and exclusions
Project baselines and planning controls
Integration of scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, and quality
Project planning documentation and management standards
Practical Application:
Participants develop an integrated planning framework for a complex project, linking strategic objectives, deliverables, scope, dependencies, governance, and project controls.

Day 2

Advanced Scheduling, Resource Planning & Cost Control

Advanced activity definition and sequencing
Schedule logic and dependency management
Critical path and critical activities
Schedule constraints and resource limitations
Milestone planning and schedule baselines
Resource-loaded scheduling
Resource allocation and optimization
Managing competing resource requirements
Cost estimation and budget development
Cost baselines and control accounts
Cost and schedule integration
Managing schedule and cost risks
Forecasting project completion and resource requirements
Practical Application:
Participants build and analyze an integrated project schedule, identify critical activities and resource constraints, and develop corrective actions for potential delays.

Day 3

Advanced Risk, Quality, Procurement & Execution Readiness

Advanced project risk identification and analysis
Risk interdependencies and cumulative exposure
Quantitative and qualitative risk assessment
Contingency and response planning
Risk ownership and escalation
Project quality planning and assurance
Quality control during execution
Procurement and contract planning
Supplier and contractor coordination
Project readiness assessment
Execution requirements and mobilization planning
Managing interfaces between contractors, suppliers, and internal teams
Practical Application:
Participants conduct an advanced project risk assessment and develop integrated risk responses, contingencies, quality controls, and execution-readiness actions.

Day 4

Project Execution, Performance Control & Change Management

Transitioning from planning to project execution
Execution governance and coordination
Managing multidisciplinary project teams
Project communication and coordination mechanisms
Monitoring scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk
Performance indicators and project control dashboards
Earned value concepts and performance analysis
Managing issues, constraints, and emerging risks
Change requests and formal change control
Change impact assessment
Corrective and preventive actions
Project recovery strategies
Escalation and executive decision-making
Practical Application:
Participants analyze a complex project experiencing cost overruns, schedule delays, scope changes, and resource constraints, then develop a structured recovery and corrective action plan.

Day 5

Project Optimization, Governance & Execution Excellence

Advanced project governance and accountability
Integrated project reporting
Executive project dashboards
Forecasting and predictive project control
Managing project performance trends
Project recovery and turnaround strategies
Stakeholder alignment and executive communication
Decision-making under project uncertainty
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Project performance reviews
Project management maturity and capability improvement
Continuous improvement in project planning and execution
Building repeatable project delivery practices
Final Workshop:
Participants develop an integrated Advanced Project Planning & Execution Framework covering project objectives, scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, resources, cost, risk, quality, procurement, governance, performance controls, change management, recovery strategies, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement.

Upcoming Dates

City	Dates	Price per Participant	seats available
AmmanConfirmed	21 – 25 Sept 2026	€3,100	—	Select Download Brochure
Kuala LumpurConfirmed	21 – 25 Sept 2026	€4,400	—	Select Download Brochure
RomeConfirmed	28 Sept – 2 Oct 2026	€5,800	—	Select Download Brochure
LisbonConfirmed	5 – 9 Oct 2026	€5,400	—	Select Download Brochure
AmsterdamConfirmed	5 – 9 Oct 2026	€5,400	—	Select Download Brochure
BakuConfirmed	12 – 16 Oct 2026	€4,800	—	Select Download Brochure
LondonConfirmed	19 – 23 Oct 2026	€5,600	—	✓ Selected Download Brochure
BarcelonaConfirmed	19 – 23 Oct 2026	€5,400	—	Select Download Brochure
MadridConfirmed	26 – 30 Oct 2026	€5,400	—	Select Download Brochure
ManamaConfirmed	2 – 6 Nov 2026	€4,700	—	Select Download Brochure
MarrakeshConfirmed	2 – 6 Nov 2026	€4,300	—	Select Download Brochure
DohaConfirmed	9 – 13 Nov 2026	€4,400	—	Select Download Brochure
OnlineConfirmed	15 – 19 Nov 2026	€1,700	—	Select Download Brochure
MuscatConfirmed	16 – 20 Nov 2026	€5,300	—	Select Download Brochure
MunichConfirmed	23 – 27 Nov 2026	€5,400	—	Select Download Brochure
DammamConfirmed	30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026	€4,200	—	Select Download Brochure
MilanConfirmed	30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026	€6,000	—	Select Download Brochure
CasablancaConfirmed	7 – 11 Dec 2026	€4,300	—	Select Download Brochure
SingaporeConfirmed	14 – 18 Dec 2026	€6,700	—	Select Download Brochure
BerlinConfirmed	14 – 18 Dec 2026	€5,800	—	Select Download Brochure
Sharm El-SheikhConfirmed	21 – 25 Dec 2026	€4,300	—	Select Download Brochure
CairoConfirmed	28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027	€3,300	—	Select Download Brochure
IstanbulConfirmed	28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027	€4,700	—	Select Download Brochure
RiyadhConfirmed	4 – 8 Jan 2027	€4,200	—	Select Download Brochure

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