Advanced Estimating & Scheduling Concepts & Practises

Learning Objectives:Apply the elements and processes of estimating.Consider the long term versus the short-term costs of implementing an O&M job or task assuming many conditions.Use the philosophy of estimating the net value to the company when choosing the resources to complete a job (what is the life cycle cost benefit to whole plant/mill?)Improve job work flow and resource allocation, including calculating standby time and overall scheduling % efficiency.Explain critical path and use a Gantt chart to trace out the critical path, i.e. define project critical milestones, predecessors and successor relationships.Identify the project risk points and explain how planning to manage or control the identified risk is part of the overall project.Manage the importance of information linkages between all stakeholders of the project.Apply scheduling and control methods to impact deliverables such as implementation costs, time and quality.Schedule, estimate and control a maintenance project by practicing with a case study.