Construction Planning and Execution Approaches
Learn proven planning and execution methodologies that improve collaboration, increase productivity, and help construction teams deliver projects with confidence.
Overview
Successful construction projects begin with effective planning and disciplined execution. Even experienced project leaders can encounter delays, cost overruns, and productivity challenges when planning is inadequate or poorly coordinated across the project lifecycle.
The Construction Planning and Execution Approaches course introduces three industry-recognized methodologies that strengthen collaboration, improve communication, align stakeholders, and create a high-performing project culture. By applying these proven approaches, you’ll be better equipped to plan efficiently, execute with confidence, and achieve successful project outcomes.
This self-paced course is not a mandatory prerequisite for earning the PMI Construction Professional (PMI-CP)™ certification. However, the Professional Development Units (PDUs) earned from this course can be applied toward maintaining your PMI certification.
What You’ll Learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Apply Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) to improve project planning, productivity, and execution.
- Understand the principles and practical implementation of the Last Planner System® (LPS®).
- Improve stakeholder collaboration, communication, and project alignment.
- Utilize proven planning tools, templates, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.
- Implement effective planning strategies for commissioning, startup, and project completion.
- Enhance project predictability while improving safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance.
Course Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Advanced Work Packaging (AWP)
Learn the fundamentals of Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and how this construction-driven planning methodology improves collaboration, integrates engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities, and enhances overall project performance.
Module 2: Advanced Work Packaging Implementation
Explore the AWP implementation model and discover how structured planning and coordinated execution improve productivity, predictability, and workface efficiency throughout the project lifecycle.
Module 3: AWP Best Practices and Implementation Tools
Examine proven AWP practices, implementation strategies, safety considerations, team collaboration techniques, and practical tools—including templates and checklists—to support successful project delivery.
Module 4: Measuring AWP Benefits and Outcomes
Understand how AWP improves six critical project performance areas: safety, productivity, cost, quality, schedule, and predictability. Review real-world case studies demonstrating measurable project improvements.
Module 5: Introduction to the Last Planner System® (LPS®)
Discover how the Last Planner System® was developed to overcome traditional planning challenges and improve workflow reliability, team coordination, and construction project performance.
Module 6: LPS Principles and Benefits
Learn the core principles of the Last Planner System®, including collaborative planning, stakeholder alignment, continuous improvement, and the key benefits of implementing Lean construction practices.
Module 7: The Five Planning Conversations of LPS®
Explore the five essential planning conversations—Milestone Planning, Phase Pull Planning, Lookahead Planning, Weekly Work Planning, and Learning—and understand how they create predictable workflows and continuous project improvement.
Module 8: Planning for Commissioning and Startup
Learn best practices for pre-construction planning that support successful commissioning and startup activities across concept development, front-end engineering, and detailed design phases.
Professional Development Units (PDUs)
- Total PDUs: 3
- Business Acumen: 1
- Ways of Working: 1
- Power Skills: 1
Course Details
- Course Duration: 6 Hours
- Delivery Format: Self-Paced Online Learning
- Associated Certification: PMI Construction Professional (PMI-CP)™ (PDUs may be applied toward certification maintenance.)
