AACE Certified Schedule

Technician (CST) Certification

Preparation Training
Course Brochure and
Competency Matrix

INDEX:
1. Course Description

2. Course Development
3. Certifications offered by the professional bodies
4. Eligibility Requirements
5. Course Syllabus
6. Competency Matrix

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 1. Course Description

Course name: AACE Certified Scheduling Technician (CST) Certification Preparation.

Dedicated training in a structured manner allows candidates to demonstrate proficiency in the general
skills and knowledge of the scheduling process within the AACE International Total Cost Management
(TCM) framework.
Generally, CST represents early-career professionals who are working to gain the requisite years of
experience, to become a certified Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) or more experienced mid-
to late-career professionals who wish to be recognized for their planning and scheduling skills.

2. Course Development
This course is mapped to the following standards or guides:

AACEi’s Total Cost Management Framework

AACE’s Planning and Scheduling Certification Study Guide

AACE’s Certified Scheduling Technical Primer, 1st Edition

3. Certifications offered by professional bodies

AACE Certified Scheduling Technician (CST)

CST certification lays the foundation for further advancement in career. It leads to seeking other certifications
such as:

AACE Planning and Scheduling (PSP) certification

AACE Certified Cost Professional (CCP)

PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional)

4. Eligibility Requirements

4 years of industry related experience, or 4 years industry related degree.

Adherence to AACE's Canons of Ethics.

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 5. Course Syllabus

Module# Module Description

1 Planning and Scheduling Overview
2 Schedule Inputs and data
3 Creating Schedule
4 Schedule Maintenance and Controlling

6. Competency Matrix

Module 1 Planning and Scheduling Overview

End state vision - This module is designed to provide an overview of planning and scheduling and
important topics related to the skills that a scheduling technician needs to develop.
Understanding Skills achieved

Introduction to planning and scheduling. Perform schedule planning.

Planning for scheduling. • Develop and document the Breakdown
Scheduler’s interest in time. Structures (WBS, OBS & CBS).
Scheduler’s responsibility and career path. • Identify stakeholders and their interests.

Module 2 Schedule Inputs and data

End state vision - This module is designed to develop the ability of the learner to understand major
sources of information required to enable initial schedule development.
Understanding Skills achieved

Schedule scope definition and development.
Understand the breakdown structure and their
relation to scheduling.
Components of schedule specification and its
effect on schedule maintenance.
Stakeholder goals, objectives, needs and their
relationship to the schedule model.
Cost estimate – key building block for defining
and developing the baseline schedule model.
Define schedule scope and scheduling tool
requirements.
Document schedule change using WBS and
OBS concept.
Document schedule specification.
Document stakeholder’s inputs for schedule
development and maintenance.
Identify the initial risk associated with the
project timeframe due to cost estimate and
incorporate it into baseline schedule.

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 Module 3 Creating Schedule
End state vision - This module is designed to develop the ability of the learner to provide the basic
knowledge and an outline structure for the means, methods, and tools necessary for the project schedule
development process.
Understanding Skills achieved

Components of various schedule types Select the schedule type that best fits size,
Activity – Components, attributes & types scope and complexity of the project

Duration estimates Identify activities

Relationship types Estimate duration for activities

Constraints and calendars Model schedule (activities, logic links, resource

constraints, calendars and milestones)
Milestones
Perform Schedule Quality Analysis and
Critical path Compliance Review
Attributes associated with schedule quality Create baseline schedule/ PMB
analysis and compliance review
Document schedule basis
Module 4 Schedule Maintenance and Controlling
End state vision - This module is designed to develop the ability of the learner to understand the basic
knowledge and an outline structure for the means, methods, and tools necessary for the project schedule
management and control.
Understanding Skills achieved

Understand concepts of: Develop control level schedules

Data date Gather data for schedule update
Reporting period Update the schedule
Actual dates Schedule forecast
Schedule variances Perform schedule analysis
Understand the techniques for: Identify schedule variances and trends
Progress measurement Periodic reporting of progress
Progress calculations Seek and incorporate feedback from
stakeholders

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