All holders of this designation must have a solid knowledge in strategic planning and project planning.
This is an executive program exploring the world of planning consulting. The program is designed to facilitate a framework for providing management counsel to clients, institutions in the public and private sector. Candidates will incorporate the informational fabric from the core curriculum and become open to examples of comprehension in their technical expertise and experience in global consulting roles to organizations. The modules are created to show candidates the key topics of the profession and to discussed, analyzed and understood. Candidates will also be expected to work break out groups and teams to present consulting services to actual clients and prepare solutions to case studies.

Topic Coverage
The planning designation from AAPM is the CPE Certified Planning Engineer .
Certified Planning Engineer CPE ™
The intention of this designation is to recognize the analysts and professionals who meet a demanding requirements of planning and scheduling assets of experience, education, skill, knowledge and ethical qualifications. The CPE ™ requirement is to established to recognize today's advanced planning & engineering professionals in the industry and to fairly measure their education, skill, experience and management practices.
1.    Module One -  Understand Input, Tools and Techniques, and Output for each phase
2.    Comprehend   different types of scheduling charts (Gantt, Milestone, Networking)
3.    Know different techniques of networking (ADM, PDM, and PERT)
4.    Master critical path and technology to do it.
5.    Know how to facilitate recovery through techniques such as crashing, fast tracking, managing slack and overtime.
Understand how to calculate the Programmed Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT)
6.    Know how to calculate of the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
7.    Tasks  (FS, FF, SS, SF and lag)
8.    Learn about float is and how to determine.
9.    Calculate Early Start, Early Finish, Late Start, and Late Finish.
 
Coverage and Cases Studies of the Time Management Process
 
•    Activity Definition
•    Activity Sequencing
•    Activity Duration Estimating
•    Schedule Development
•    Schedule Control

•Engineers and Executives
•Lawyers, CPAs, Engineers
•Managers
•Professional Consultants

Benefits of Attending
Those who complete this professional development program will earn certification and learn cutting edge strategies in analysis and implementation of solutions for clients worldwide.