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Managing and Controlling Projects

Managing and Controlling Projects is part of Project Victor’s Project Management pathway, delivered by experienced practitioners for professionals who need practical project results and certification-ready learning where relevant.

Early Bird RateTHB 29,000
Sessions1 Upcoming
DeliveryFour Points by Sheraton Ploenchit, Bangkok, Thailand
Duration14 hours
Course Details

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This course provides participants with the necessary knowledge, tools, and techniques needed to manage and control projects. It deals with all the processes necessary to plan, manage, execute, and control projects. Participants will learn how to develop a project management plan following PMI’s project management process in alignment with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The course also details the steps necessary to define project baselines (scope, schedule and cost) and then illustrates many practical examples of controlling activities with emphasize on schedules and costs. Participants will learn to apply best practices to control project schedules and budgets to ensure project objectives are realized and benefits/value delivered to the sponsor organization.

Who Should Attend

  • Project Managers
  • Assistant project managers and project coordinators
  • Project schedulers
  • Project planners
  • Project finance lead and cost controllers

What Is Included

  • 14 PMI® Contact Hours: Each Contact Hour is 1 PDU
  • Managing and Controlling Projects Course Material
  • Project Victor Course completion certification
  • Pens, Pencils, Markers, Eraser
  • Drinks, Refreshments and Snacks
Format & Preparation

What to Expect Before You Arrive

01

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

02

Course Duration

  • Two Days (equivalent to 14 Contact Hours or Professional Development Units – PDUs)
03

Prerequisites

  • No formal prerequisite is required for foundation-level programs.
  • Best suited for people who manage, sponsor, coordinate, or support project work.
  • Bring current planning, control, or stakeholder issues for discussion where appropriate.
What You Will Learn

Skills You Can Apply at Work

  • Plan and control project work with clearer structure.
  • Use practical PM language across scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholders.
  • Improve communication between project teams, sponsors, vendors, and functional groups.
Upcoming Schedule

Next Public Session

Sep 29, 30, 2026

Four Points by Sheraton Ploenchit, Bangkok, Thailand · Bangkok classroom · 09:00 - 17:30

Early Bird THB 29,000

Early bird expires September 15, 2026

Course Outline

What the Course Covers

Day 1

  • Introduction to Project Management and Project Controls
  • How to collect requirements
  • How to define scope and the scope statement
  • How to create the WBS (Product Backlog) and define the scope baseline.
  • How to define activities and develop the activity list and activity attributes
  • How to sequence activities using the precedence diagramming method (discussion of prioritization in Agile environments)
  • How to estimate activity resources and a discussion of the resource breakdown structure
  • How to develop the project schedule and define the project schedule baseline (discussion of product roadmaps in Agile environments).
  • How to estimate the costs using various cost estimation techniques

Day 2

  • How to use cost aggregation and define the cost baseline
  • How to measure project progress
  • How to track project schedules using Gantt Charts (with application examples using Microsoft Project)
  • How to conduct what-if analysis
  • How to measure schedule variance and conduct variance analysis
  • How to track project actual costs and measure cost variances and conduct cost variance analysis
  • How to use Earned Value Management (with applications in Microsoft Project) to control project progress
  • Discussions of tools such as trends analysis, earned value analysis, and project forecasting methods
Your Instructor

Trainer Credentials & Experience

Dr. Petros Rigas
Dr. Petros Rigas, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, RMP, SAFe SPC 6.0

Dr. Petros Rigas

President of PMI Thailand Chapter for 13 years (2011–2023) · Past President & Chapter Counselor
  • PMI licensed training instructor — profile on PMI’s global website.
  • Certified Program Management Professional (PgMP®) — Certificate #2079271.
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP/CAPM®) — Certificate #1258917.
  • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) — Certificate #2600926.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM®), Scrum Alliance — Certificant ID 001062861.
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)® 6.0 — Certificate ID 50804412-3031.
  • SAFe Agilist® 6.0 — Certificate ID 23353981-8934.
  • Certified Risk Management Professional (RMP®) — Certificate #2033120.
  • Mega-project leadership experience in IT, airport, CCTV, transport, and power infrastructure.
  • Commercial contract manager, reviewer, and advisor.
  • Part-time lecturer at KMUTT (Master’s in Project Management) and an invited lecturer at Chulalongkorn University.
  • Doctorate from Assumption University of Thailand, with publications on business management.
  • Trained 5,000+ project professionals and helped certify 800+ PMPs/CAPMs/PMI-ACPs in Thailand since 2010.
PMI Authorized Training Partner InstructorATP #502913 Years PMI Thailand Chapter PresidentProfessional profile
Additional Course Details

Useful Details

Additional course details

What Participants Will Learn

  • How do project managers develop a project plan following PMI’s approach to scheduling and cost
  • How to define a scope statement and the deliverables of the project.
  • How to create a WBS/Product backlog that serves as the foundation of the project schedule
  • How to develop the activity list, use precedence diagram methods to create a time-scaled project schedule network diagram.
  • How to estimate activity durations and activities resources
  • How to develop the project schedule (Product Roadmap) and define the necessary project schedule baseline.
  • How to estimate costs using various estimation methods (with a kind introduction to estimation in Agile environments).
  • How to develop the final budget and set the cost baseline (with a kind introduction to reserve analysis and risk contingency planning).
  • How to measure project progress with a comprehensive discussion of Earned Value Management (an Introduction to Earned Schedules and Iteration Burndown Charts in Agile).
  • How to take correct and preventive actions to bring the project back to schedule and to control costs.

Managing and Controlling Projects helps project managers:

  • Understand the fundamentals of what makes a well-defined project management plan.
  • Understand the basics and apply the tools necessary to develop project schedules.
  • Understand the basics and apply the tools necessary to develop project budgets.
  • Apply Earned Value Management techniques to measure project progress.
  • Apply the control tools necessary to analyze project schedule and cost variances.
  • Apply resource optimization techniques (crashing and fast-tracking) to accelerate project delivery.
  • Apply Leads and Lag to project schedule network diagrams to stay aligned with project schedules.
  • Practically experience how such tools are applied using Microsoft Project.

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