Using the Network Metaphor to Design, Deliver, and Maintain a Construction Management Curriculum

Table 1

Activity list for a planning and scheduling course.

		Topic
Remember	1	Types of scheduling techniques
	2	Steps of time management
	3
	4
Understand	1	Types of constraints
	2	Differences between different scheduling techniques and the suitability of each
	3	Logic of CPM calculations
	4	Types and physical meaning of float
	5	Time/cost tradeoff
	6	Types of delays
	7	Difference between deterministic and probabilistic modes of scheduling
	8	Activity codes and project filters
Apply	1	Develop a simple work breakdown structure
	2	Perform forward and backward pass calculations for a network
	3	Perform line of balance calculations
	4	Perform earned value calculations
	5	Perform PERT calculations
	6	Use computer software to solve networks
	7
Analyze	1	Perform network updating and compare project dates
	2	Select activities for compression and perform time compression
	3	Review cash flow options and suggest solutions
	4
Evaluate	1	Evaluate the impact of project delays on project outcomes (LD, etc.)
	2	Devise alternative plans to restore project progress
	3	Calculate earned value variances and indices and provide explanations
	4
Create	1	Create a work breakdown and activity list for a project
	2	Calculate activity durations based on resource requirements and project scope
	3	Create a computerized schedule for a project
	4	Develop project reports for selection and sorting of activities
	5	Perform project comparisons based on progress updates
	6