ABOUT ChSPO™ CHIEF SCHEDULE & PLANNING OFFICER™ CERTIFICATION

“In project management, a schedule is a listing of a project’s milestones, activities, and deliverables. Usually, dependencies and resources are defined for each task, then start and finish dates are estimated from the resource allocation, budget, task duration, and scheduled events. A schedule is commonly used in the project planning and project portfolio management parts of project management. Elements on a schedule may be closely related to the work breakdown structure (WBS) terminal elements, the Statement of work, or a Contract Data Requirements List” according to Wikipedia.com.

In the space and sphere of Project Management and Project Control, the ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ is the Schedule and Planning Officer and Leader and is the accountable and responsible person who fully leads, develops, plans, manages, executes, controls, monitors, tracks, updates, and communicates all the schedule and planning leadership aspects, resolves all the schedule and planning related problems and manages any related schedule and planning challenges or crisis.

The ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ manages and leads all areas and facets of the Schedule and Planning effort of the Project/Program on a regular frequency, and disseminates all the Schedule and Planning information at all stages and time-lines of the Project, and throughout the Project life-cycle, to all its stakeholders including the Chief Project Managers, Senior Managers, Project Executives and C-suite Executives

The ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ credential certification program is an intensive and advanced three-day Project Planning and Scheduling program designed to develop the advanced knowledge base of Senior-level Schedule and Planning Management Officers and equip them with best practice Scheduling and Planning competencies, strategies and advanced knowledge to plan, build, manage, execute control and monitor, very large and complex schedules from cradle to grave or start to finish.

ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™s enforce and ensure full compliance with the industry-standard Schedule and Planning best practices in their Schedule and Planning development, management, execution, control, and monitoring.

Upon completion of the ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ program, all ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ participants will be able, ready, and capable of effectively and efficiently implementing comprehensive Schedule and Planning best practices on their schedules at all levels of their Program or Project development, and at the organizational level that ensures full compliance with any industry or Government compliance and regulations such as meeting the compliance requirements EIA 748-D Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) Industry Standards Compliance, Certification and Surveillance

ChSPO™ CERTIFICATION PROGRAM MODULES:

ChSPO™ CORE:

• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Leadership
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Management
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Strategy
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Communications
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Problem-solving
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Accountability, Responsibility, Oversight
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Team building
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning Execution
• ChSPO Executive Schedule and Planning People Skills
• ChSPO Skills, Qualifications, Functions, Roles, and Duties
• Roles and functions of the Schedule and Planning and Management Team Members

ChSPO™ MODULE 1: SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT & PLANNING

ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ topics include developing the Schedule Management Plan (SMP), Creating the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS); Scheduling Methods and Tools selection, Inputs into the Schedule Management Plan

ChSPO™ MODULE 2: SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT

Schedule Development:

Topics include: Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS), Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), WBS Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS); Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Basis of Estimates (BOEs), Develop Scheduling Tools and Methods, Develop Work Activities and Milestones, Activity Dependencies, Estimate Activities Durations, Time Units, and Calendars, Critical Path, Establish and allocate Margins, Resource and Cost Loading, Budget Loading; Float, Schedule Logic such as FS, SF, FF, Schedule Estimating Methods

ChSPO™ MODULE 3: SCHEDULE OUTPUTS

Develop Schedule Outputs:

Topics include Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Summary Schedule, Analysis Schedule

ChSPO™ MODULE 4: SCHEDULE ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS

Schedule Assessment and Analysis:

Topics include Requirements Check, Health Check, Risk Identification, Critical Path, Schedule Analysis, Risk Analysis

ChSPO™ MODULE 5: SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE AND CONTROL

Schedule Maintenance and Control:

Topics include Creating the Schedule Baseline, Update the Schedule with Actual Progress, Variances, Critical Path Length Index (CPLI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Time-based SPI, Earned Schedule, Earned Value Management

ChSPO™ MODULE 6: SCHEDULE DOCUMENTATION & COMMUNICATIONS

Schedule Documentation and Communications

Topics include Schedule Reporting formats, Schedule Reporting tools, and Schedule Reporting types; Schedule Archiving; Skills required for Schedule Documentation and Communications, Major Scheduling Software Types

ChSPO™ MODULE 7: “My ChSPO Schedule & Planning Management Playbook™” Development

All ChPO Participants will be given their “My ChSPO Schedule & Planning Management Playbook™” templates that will be used to develop your organization’s $1 Billion dollar Schedule & Planning Management Plan and Strategy.

All Participants must score 80% or higher and must submit their final “My ChSPO Schedule & Planning Management Playbook™” for grading within 30 days after the last day of class

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:

 The ChSPO™ certification program is given in the English language only.

ChSPO™s – INDUSTRIES SERVED & WHERE WE WORK:

ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™s work across all Industries, and, notably: US Federal Government, US Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, Management Consulting; Transportation, Defense, Utilities, Energy & Nuclear Power, Oil & Gas; Telecommunications, Information Technology; Computer, Security, Heavy Construction; Aerospace; Aviation; Banking and Finance; Automotive, Infrastructure

WHO MAY APPLY: All Chief Schedule & Planning Officers, Vice Presidents, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Project Schedulers, Chief Project Officers, Chief Project Control Officers, Senior Schedulers, Senior Project Managers, Senior Managers, Program Managers, Project Control Officers (PCOs), Managers, Senior Product Managers, Project Engineers and Senior Engineers who work in all industries across all governments, commercial firms, private firms, organizations, and international organizations/firms.

ChSPO™ CERTIFICATION DURATION: 3 Days

 PRICE:  $24,999 per participant

 REGISTER AND PAY AT: https://evmi.com/chspo

TRADEMARKS:

ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ is a trademark of EVMi® Earned Value Management Institute® in the USA and internationally and is fully protected under International Trademark and copyright treaties and Laws among nations

Salary range for certified ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™

ACCORDING TO EVMI.COM, THE SALARY RANGE FOR CERTIFIED ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ IN 2024 IS:

$255,000 (USD) to $1, 250, 000 (USD)

TRADEMARKS:

ChSPO™ Chief Schedule & Planning Officer™ is a trademark of EVMi® Earned Value Management Institute® in the USA and internationally and is fully protected under International Trademark and copyright treaties and Laws among nations