Best Practices for Developing a Baseline CPM Schedule

When:  Mar 24, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)

24 March 12:00 PM ET

Earn 0.1 CEUs

Presenter:

Michael Pink, CEO, SmartPM Technologies

 

A credible baseline CPM schedule is the project team’s time-based plan for executing the work and a common reference for measuring and communicating performance. This webinar walks through a practical, construction-focused approach to developing a baseline schedule that is complete, logically consistent, and usable for project control. Attendees will learn how to structure activities and coding, develop realistic durations and sequencing with the project team, document key planning assumptions, and perform focused quality checks before submission. The session also explains how a stronger baseline supports clearer status reporting, better forecasting, and fewer avoidable disagreements during schedule review and acceptance.

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain how the baseline schedule functions as a time-based execution plan and a reference point for performance measurement
  2. Develop an activity / WBS structure and coding approach that supports clear status reporting and analysis
  3. Apply a repeatable method to build logical relationships and validate sequencing with the project team
  4. Evaluate a draft baseline using targeted integrity checks to identify likely causes of misleading critical path / float
  5. Document key planning assumptions and schedule basis so the baseline is reviewable and supportable

 

The webinar is free to members and nonmembers, but registration is required. This webinar is generously sponsored by SmartPM Technologies, Inc. Attendees will earn 0.1 CEUs.

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Joanna Boggs

jboggs@aacei.org

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