Project Controls, Scheduling and Earned Value Corporate Training
Instructor-led project controls training for delivery teams
Edstellar's Project Controls, Scheduling & Earned Value program gives delivery teams the scheduling discipline, earned value fluency, and reporting skills to keep complex projects on time and on budget.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a delivery-confident team
The Edstellar PROJECT CONTROLS & EARNED VALUE Capability Model
Diagnose
Assess your current scheduling habits, data quality, and cost tracking to find where delivery visibility breaks down.
Standardize
Set common WBS, baseline, and EVM conventions so every project reports schedule and cost health in the same language.
Practice
Build resource-loaded schedules and earned value models in guided hands-on labs using realistic project data.
Measure
Design delivery dashboards with SPI, CPI, and forecast metrics that sponsors and clients can act on.
Scale
Spread proven controls routines across programmes so schedule discipline and cost transparency become the norm.
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Program Overview: What is Project Controls, Scheduling and Earned Value?
Project Controls, Scheduling & Earned Value is Edstellar's instructor-led program for project controls engineers, schedulers, and delivery leads who need truth about project health. Participants master project controls foundations, critical path scheduling, earned value management in depth, cost control and change management, and delivery dashboards and KPIs. The program turns status reporting into genuine delivery discipline.
Training is hands-on from the first module. Your team builds critical path schedules from real project data, runs earned value calculations across scenarios, and constructs delivery dashboards in guided labs. Instructors coach participants through schedule logic and variance analysis, reviewing every exercise with direct feedback on method and interpretation. The program closes with a capstone where the team builds a full controls pack for a troubled project, diagnosing it with data.
Most projects look green until they are suddenly red, because schedules nobody maintains and EV numbers nobody trusts hide the truth. This program teaches your team to schedule with honest logic, measure earned value rigorously, and control cost and change before variances compound. Your projects stop surprising you and start telling the truth early.
The capstone is a five-hour controls pack build: each team inherits a troubled project, schedule in disarray, cost overruns mounting, stakeholders demanding answers. The deliverable is a full controls pack, rebuilt schedule with critical path logic, earned value analysis with forecasts, variance explanations, and a recovery recommendation the team defends in review. The review tests whether the team can diagnose honestly and prescribe credibly, because the hardest controls skill is telling a sponsor the truth.
Participants learn to build work breakdown structures, develop resource-loaded CPM schedules, compute and interpret PV, EV, AC, SPI, and CPI, forecast final costs, manage baselines and change, and design executive delivery dashboards. Every module pairs live instruction with guided hands-on labs on realistic project scenarios, so teams leave with schedules, EVM models, and reporting packs they can apply to their own projects immediately.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Schedule build studios
Construct CPM schedules with dependencies, resources, and float analysis.
- 2
EVM calculation labs
Compute variances and forecasts from realistic project performance data.
- 3
Dashboard builds
Draft executive delivery dashboards from schedule and cost metrics.
- Instructor-led sessions in hybrid format, virtual or onsite
- Guided hands-on labs with sample project datasets
- Schedule templates and EVM calculation workbooks
- Delivery dashboard and KPI starter packs
- Recovery planning worksheets and checklists
- Post-program reference pack for controls teams
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Project Controls, Scheduling and Earned Value Course Topics and Program Outline
A hands-on 24-hour program covering project controls fundamentals, CPM scheduling, earned value management, cost control, and delivery dashboards.
Built by Edstellar with project controls practitioners
Built by practitioners who run planning, scheduling, and earned value controls on live engineering and infrastructure projects, shaped around your projects and use cases.
We review your scheduling practices, data quality, and reporting gaps to calibrate the labs to your projects.
Master controls fundamentals, CPM logic, and EVM metrics through live instructor-led sessions and demos.
Build schedules, compute earned value, and manage baselines in guided hands-on controls labs.
Deliver a full controls and recovery pack for a troubled project in the capstone review.
Every module pairs live instruction with guided hands-on labs built on realistic project delivery scenarios.
Delivered as
Delivered as 24 instructor-led hours with guided hands-on labs and a capstone controls pack, in hybrid, onsite, or live virtual format.
Assess a sample project's controls maturity with a guided checklist worksheet.
learna)The role of project controls in delivery
b)Schedule, cost, and scope baselines
c)Controls maturity and governance
d)Data quality and reporting cadence
Build a resource-loaded CPM schedule for a sample project and analyze the critical path.
practicea)Work breakdown structures and activity definition
b)CPM networks, dependencies, and float
c)Resource-loaded schedules
d)Schedule compression and what-if analysis
Compute SPI, CPI, and EAC from project performance data and interpret the results.
practicea)PV, EV, AC, and the core EVM metrics
b)SPI, CPI, and variance analysis
c)Forecasting EAC and TCPI
d)EVM reporting and stakeholder communication
Run a change control exercise and re-baseline a schedule with cost impact analysis.
practicea)Cost baselines and contingency management
b)Change control and re-baselining
c)Risk-adjusted schedules and buffers
d)Integrating risk registers with controls data
Draft an executive delivery dashboard from EVM and schedule metrics in a guided lab.
applya)Building executive delivery dashboards
b)KPI design for schedule and cost health
c)Progress reporting for sponsors and clients
d)Turning metrics into recovery actions
Build and present a complete controls and recovery pack with instructor scoring and feedback.
applya)Diagnosing schedule and cost performance
b)Re-baselining the plan with EVM logic
c)Building the recovery dashboard
d)Presenting the recovery case to stakeholders
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Practical capabilities your team takes back to their desks: CPM scheduling, earned value analysis, cost control, and delivery reporting.
Work breakdown structuring
Decompose scope into measurable activities that support scheduling and progress tracking.
Critical path scheduling
Build resource-loaded schedules, identify the critical path, and manage float with confidence.
Earned value analysis
Compute and interpret PV, EV, AC, SPI, and CPI to diagnose project health objectively.
Cost forecasting
Forecast estimate at completion and required performance using EVM techniques.
Baseline and change control
Manage baselines and change requests so plans stay credible through scope shifts.
Delivery dashboard design
Build executive dashboards that turn metrics into decisions and recovery actions.
Stakeholder reporting
Report schedule and cost performance clearly to sponsors, clients, and governance boards.
Teams that Benefit from this Project Controls, Scheduling and Earned Value Group Training
Built for delivery teams that own schedules and budgets, with content adapting to role and experience so each cohort practices the workflows it owns.
Run credible project controls end to end
PMO and controls teams learn scheduling standards, EVM practice, and reporting routines for consistent delivery oversight.
Workflow friction
- Inconsistent metrics across projects
- Late visibility of cost overruns
- Reports nobody trusts or reads
How the program helps
- Standard EVM and baseline conventions
- Consistent cross-project reporting
- Early warning on schedule drift
Practice use cases
- EVM labs
- Baseline templates
- Controls dashboards
Keep technical delivery on schedule
Engineering teams learn CPM scheduling, resource loading, and progress tracking tied to real work packages.
Workflow friction
- Over-optimistic schedules from the start
- Resources double-booked across projects
- Progress reported by gut feel
How the program helps
- Resource-loaded, realistic schedules
- Float managed, not ignored
- Recovery plans grounded in data
Practice use cases
- Schedule builds
- Resource labs
- Progress tracking
Connect cost performance to delivery
Finance and commercial teams learn EVM cost metrics, forecasting, and change impact analysis for project budgets.
Workflow friction
- Cost reported without schedule context
- Forecasts that surprise stakeholders
- Change approved without cost impact
How the program helps
- Objective cost performance metrics
- Credible forecasts for EAC
- Change priced before approval
Practice use cases
- EVM cost labs
- EAC forecasts
- Change pricing
Track field progress with controls rigor
Operations and site teams learn progress measurement, daily reporting, and schedule adherence for execution.
Workflow friction
- Site progress disconnected from plans
- Delays reported after the fact
- Rework invisible in metrics
How the program helps
- Field progress tied to the baseline
- Daily reporting with real meaning
- Delays surfaced early, not hidden
Practice use cases
- Progress labs
- Site reporting
- Delay analysis
Each cohort works on scenarios and templates drawn from its own function, so practice maps directly to daily work.
Prerequisites: This program benefits teams involved in project delivery, planning, or cost tracking. Basic familiarity with project schedules helps but is not required. No prior earned value experience is needed; content adapts to each cohort's projects, tools, and reporting context.
Planner to controls lead
Skills progress from schedule vocabulary and WBS to EVM mastery and stakeholder-level recovery cases.
A program that grows with delivery careers, from first schedule concepts to board-level recovery presentations.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Instructor-led delivery in the format that fits your teams: hybrid cohorts, onsite workshops at your offices, or live virtual sessions.
Hybrid Training
Blend onsite workshops with live virtual sessions so distributed delivery teams learn scheduling and EVM together.
- Instructor-led labs in every session
- Onsite kickoff with virtual follow-through
- Shared templates for all participants
- Flexible scheduling across locations
Onsite Training
Bring the full program to your offices, with labs built around your own projects, schedules, and reporting needs.
- Workshops on your premises
- Labs using your project data
- Team-based capstone exercises
- Minimal travel for your staff
Live Virtual Training
Join live from anywhere with instructor-led sessions, breakout labs, and the same templates as in-person cohorts.
- Live instructor, real-time Q&A
- Virtual breakout controls labs
- Digital templates and worksheets
- Recordings for revision
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, locations, and preferred format, and we will send a tailored training plan with pricing, usually within one business day.
Yes. A short discovery call helps us understand your projects and controls maturity so we can tailor labs and the capstone.
Yes. The program runs live virtual with instructor-led sessions, breakout labs, and the same templates as onsite cohorts.
Yes. Onsite delivery brings workshops to your location, with labs built around your own projects and schedules.
The program runs 24 instructor-led hours, typically across four to six days, scheduled to fit your team's availability.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Project controls sit second in this path, after project basics, so your team first understands the methods of scheduling, cost control and earned value. They then put those methods into Primavera P6, and finish with risk analysis that shows how confident the schedule really is.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Project Controls, Scheduling and Earned Value Training Provider
A focused controls program built for delivery teams: real project data, live guidance, and templates you keep.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
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Tailored
Schedule and EVM templates adapted to your tools, standards, and reporting requirements.
Proven Methodology
A proven Diagnose, Standardize, Practice, Measure, Scale arc refined across delivery cohorts.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided hands-on labs on scheduling, earned value, and dashboards, never passive lectures.
Expert Trainers
Instructors who have run controls on live engineering and infrastructure projects.
Global Scale
Consistent delivery across projects and regions, onsite, live virtual, or hybrid cohorts.
Measurable Outcomes
Delivery dashboards and recovery metrics that show leaders the value of the investment.
Explain Project Health Through Integrated Schedules, Earned Value, and Recovery Evidence
Edstellar helps project teams connect schedule and cost information with credible control decisions. Participants build a resource-loaded critical-path schedule, calculate earned-value measures, and analyze changes before preparing executive reporting. A troubled-project recovery pack tests whether forecasts, baseline decisions, and proposed actions are supported by consistent project evidence.
- Step 01
Consult
We review planning and cost-tracking responsibilities, schedule familiarity, and reporting difficulties to identify gaps in critical-path reasoning, earned-value interpretation, or change control.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish controls foundations before resource-loaded CPM scheduling and earned-value calculations, then integrate cost, risk, changes, and executive dashboards in the recovery case.
- Step 03
Align
We align project controls expertise with participant tools and reporting context, providing foundational earned-value support alongside practical schedule and forecast interpretation exercises.
- Step 04
Customize
We adapt sample project schedules and performance records to familiar delivery environments, introducing cost changes and progress inconsistencies that require investigation before recovery recommendations.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants calculate SPI, CPI, and EAC, analyze critical paths, and assess baseline changes, receiving feedback on data consistency, forecast assumptions, and control implications.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the controls and recovery pack for accurate calculations, traceable baseline decisions, credible schedule and cost forecasts, and clearly evidenced priorities for corrective action.
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Project Controls, Scheduling & Earned Value Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
Unlimited
trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
Choose the training format that works for your team. Pricing is customized based on your requirements, cohort size, and delivery needs.
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