Diploma in Project Scheduling with AI Applications

Diploma in Project Scheduling with AI Applications (PMI-SP® Exam Preparation)

Procons Academy, the education unit of Pro Consultancy International (Pvt) Ltd, offers this PMI-SP® certification preparation programme for professionals who want specialist-level expertise in project scheduling.

The course covers the practical tools and techniques used to develop, maintain and analyse complex project schedules. It is built around the five domains of the PMI-SP Exam Content Outline: Schedule Strategy, Schedule Planning and Development, Schedule Monitoring and Controlling, Schedule Closeout, and Stakeholder Communications Management. It also covers resource management, risk mitigation and cross-team coordination.

Interactive exercises, real-world case studies and full-length mock exams give you the confidence to pass the PMI-SP® exam. Four hands-on Primavera P6 sessions then help you apply what you learn on live projects.

Course Details

Lecturer and Instructors

- Eng. W.D.A.W. Gunathilake
B.Sc. Eng, CEng, PMP®, PMI-SP®, MIESL, M.SCE, M.PMI, MSc in Project Management (Reading). He teaches the PMI-SP course.
- Eng. Aruna Kathriarachchi
PMP (PMI-USA), B.Sc.Eng., MSc (Construction Law) Planning and Contract Manager of an international Consultancy organization

Batch Number & Starting Date

BATCH NUMBER 01
Batch Starts on Friday, 27 November 2026

Course Duration & Times

42 hours in total,.
30 hours of PMI-SP sessions plus 12 hours of Primavera P6
Every Friday, 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm

Eligibility Requirements

Secondary degree plus 40 months of scheduling experience, or
Four-year degree plus 24 months of scheduling experience.
Both routes need the experience to fall within the last 5 years

First
Batch

42 PMI-USA Accepted Contact Hours

Internationally Valid
Certification

Benefits of Having a PMI-SP®

Specialist Recognition

PMI-SP sets you apart as a scheduling specialist rather than a generalist project manager. That distinction is valued on large infrastructure, construction and engineering projects.

Stronger Career Prospects

It opens doors to planning engineer, scheduler and project controls roles, both locally and with international firms.

Practical Tool Skills

The Primavera P6 sessions mean you leave able to build and manage real schedules, not only answer exam questions.

Global Professional Network

You join PMI's worldwide community of certified scheduling professionals.

Introduction to Project Scheduling and the PMI-SP Exam

Covers scheduling concepts and terminology, the scheduler’s role, and the PMI-SP Exam Content Outline. It also compares predictive, agile and hybrid approaches.

Schedule Strategy (14%)

Covers aligning scheduling with project and organisational strategy, and selecting methods, tools and levels of detail. It also covers scheduling policies, standards and governance.

Schedule Planning and Development (31%)

Covers defining and sequencing activities, and estimating durations and resources. It also covers CPM, critical chain, network diagrams, and building resource-levelled, risk-adjusted baselines.

Schedule Monitoring and Controlling (35%)

Covers progress tracking, variance analysis and schedule performance indices. It also covers managing changes and baselines, forecasting, and corrective action.

Schedule Closeout (6%)

Covers finalising schedule records, capturing lessons learned, and archiving data for benchmarking. It also covers formal closeout and handover.

Stakeholder Communications Management (14%)

Covers communicating status, risks and changes, and coordinating dependencies across global teams. It also covers choosing the right schedule views for each audience.

Scheduling Tools: Primavera P6

A hands-on exercise building a project schedule from a WBS, including sequencing and durations.

Exam Preparation

Practice questions, scenarios and full-length mock exams, plus common pitfalls and time-management strategies for exam day.

How can the PMI-SP certification benefit my career?

It proves specialist expertise in developing and controlling project schedules. That opens opportunities in planning, scheduling and project controls roles, especially on large or complex projects.

What does the course cover?

All five PMI-SP exam domains, plus CPM, resource levelling, risk-adjusted scheduling, and hands-on Primavera P6 practice. It finishes with full-length mock exams.

Who should take this course?

Schedulers, planning engineers, project managers and project controls engineers who want to strengthen their scheduling skills or sit the PMI-SP exam.

What are the prerequisites for the PMI-SP exam?

You need one of the following: a secondary degree, 40 months of scheduling experience and 40 hours of scheduling education; or a four-year degree, 24 months of experience and 30 hours of education. In both cases the experience must fall within the last 5 years.

Diploma in Project Scheduling with AI Applications