Real World Project Planning Course
Planning That Works. Schedules That Hold. Projects That Deliver.
“A court case challenged the management of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline because no Work Breakdown Structure was created and only a very rudimentary critical path schedule existed for managing this very complex project.” — James Lewis
There is a world of difference between knowing what project planning is and actually being able to do it under contract pressure, with real scope documents, real resource constraints and a client demanding a baseline schedule by Friday.
Real World Project Planning is built for practitioners. It does not just teach you what a WBS is, it walks you through extracting scope from an Invitation to Tender (ITT) package, building the WBS, sequencing and resourcing activities, developing the schedule, baselining it, then monitoring, controlling and reporting it across the full project life cycle.
Delivered across five modules and 20 hours of intensive content, this course turns theoretical knowledge into field-ready capability using a real world case study. It culminates in a dedicated module on the Power Skills of Planning Engineers — the behavioral and professional competencies that separate average planners from indispensable ones.
Who This Course Is For
- Planning engineers and project controls professionals who want to sharpen their end-to-end planning capability
- Project managers who need to build, baseline, and manage schedules with rigour and confidence
- Engineers and technical professionals transitioning into planning or project controls roles
- Contract and site professionals who must read and interpret ITT packages and contract documents
- Anyone responsible for producing, monitoring, and reporting a project schedule on live projects
What You Will Learn
Course content:
MODULE 1 — PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION
MODULE 2 — PROJECT PLANNING: A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
MODULE 3 — SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT (TIME MANAGEMENT)
MODULE 4 — SCHEDULE OPTIMISATION, CONTROL & REPORTING
MODULE 5 — THE PLANNING ENGINEER AND POWER SKILLS
Your Instructor
Emmanuel Udo
MSc, PMP, CMC, FIMP
Emmanuel has managed and controlled schedules on major capital projects in the oil & gas and EPC sectors. The tools, techniques, and Power Skills in this course are drawn directly from his experience on live projects — giving you the practitioner's edge that no textbook can replicate.
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Build the planning skills that projects — and employers — demand.
- Full 20-hour course across 5 modules | Certificate of Completion
- Includes real ITT document analysis, WBS workshops, and schedule development exercises
- From scope extraction to project closeout — the complete planning workflow
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Course Price: USD 197 (NGN 197,000)
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