PMI-SP – Scheduling Professional (Exam Preparation)
Preparation for the PMI-SP exam: schedule strategy, planning, development, monitoring and stakeholder communication.
At a glance
- 5 days
Who it's for
- Planners and schedulers
- Project controls staff
- Candidates for the PMI-SP
Learning objectives
- Cover the PMI-SP exam content
- Develop realistic schedules
- Monitor and control schedules
- Communicate schedule information
Detailed content
- Schedule management plan
- Tools
- Standards
- Activities and logic
- Durations and resources
- Critical path
- Progress updates
- Variance analysis
- Recovery
- Reports
- Stakeholder needs
- Mock exam
Day-by-day agenda
A typical schedule. In-company versions are tailored to your processes, data and timing.
- Schedule strategy
- Schedule development
- Monitoring and control
- Stakeholder communication
- Practical workshop applying the tools to participants' cases
- Mock exam, review of weak areas and exam strategy
Practice, tools and assessment
Hands-on practice
- Capacity and line-balancing exercise with takt time
- Time study of a real operation and standard-time calculation
- Master production schedule and MRP run on a case
- Build a strategy map and balanced scorecard for your unit
Tools and templates you keep
- Capacity planning and line-balancing workbook
- Time-study sheet with allowances
- Strategy map and BSC template
- KPI dictionary / definition card
How learning is assessed
- Diagnostic test on day one to focus study time
- Chapter quizzes and a full timed mock exam in the official format
- Personal study plan until your exam date
Built on these standards and bodies of knowledge
- ASCM CPIM Body of Knowledge
- ILO Introduction to Work Study
- Kaplan & Norton Balanced Scorecard
Certificate
Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.
The exam is set and the credential awarded by PMI. The Excellence Center provides preparation; it does not award PMI credentials.
This program prepares for a certificate from a body on the Saudi HRDF (Hadaf) Professional Certificates list. Saudi citizens may be able to claim a fixed reimbursement of the certificate cost from HRDF: up to two certificates per person, after passing the exam, if the certificate is on HRDF's current list and the employer did not pay for it. HRDF approves the certificate, not the training provider. Check the HRDF website before enrolling. All HRDF-listed programs · Enrol in Saudi Arabia with our partner Elm E · HRDF
New in our 2026 portfolio — tell us your dates and we will confirm the trainer and schedule.
How it is delivered
- Public courses in Cairo, in-company programs and live online training
- Practical exercises, case studies and examples from your sector
- Can also run as Train & Stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada or Cairo
Frequently asked questions
How long is PMI-SP – Scheduling Professional (Exam Preparation)?
The program runs 5 days. In-company versions can be adapted to your needs.
Is the course taught in Arabic or English?
Sessions are usually delivered in Arabic with English technical terms and materials. Full English delivery is available for in-company groups.
Can you run it inside our company?
Yes. In-company programs use exercises built on your own processes. Tell us the group size and preferred timing and we will send a proposal.
Will I receive a certificate?
Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.
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