This lesson develops practical capability in Schedule Development, Logic, Estimates, Resources, Constraints, and Baseline within PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP). Learners use a scheduling specialist developing and controlling an integrated schedule for a complex program to connect PMI principles with delivery decisions, evidence, stakeholder expectations, and professional judgment.
The instructor demonstrates schedule development, logic, estimates, resources, constraints, and baseline by tracing the decision logic, project artifacts, stakeholder inputs, calculations, and evidence. The walkthrough tests how a technically complete plan fails because estimates, dependencies, constraints, or acceptance criteria are inconsistent and shows how to correct the issue without creating downstream inconsistency.
Create and review the principal planning artifacts for Schedule Development, Logic, Estimates, Resources, Constraints, and Baseline and add the verified result to the schedule management plan, logic network, baseline model, risk analysis, update report, forecast, and PMI-SP readiness portfolio.
Start with the first mismatch between the intended outcome and the available evidence. Check planning logic, estimates, dependencies, constraints, and acceptance criteria separately, then trace dependencies, decisions, calculations, and stakeholder feedback. Treat the assumption that a technically complete plan fails because estimates, dependencies, constraints, or acceptance criteria are inconsistent as a hypothesis until review or retesting confirms the cause.
Learners can apply Schedule Development, Logic, Estimates, Resources, Constraints, and Baseline, explain the resulting project or professional decision, and support the outcome with a reviewable schedule management plan, logic network, baseline model, risk analysis, update report, forecast, and PMI-SP readiness portfolio.