Some of the major roles and responsibilities of these professionals include the following:

• Scheduling office and client visits.

• Updating individual and office-wide calendars and planning for meetings, conferences, and trips

• Perform multiple tasks while keeping meeting strict deadlines

• Developing process improvements in order to boost efficiency and productivity levels.

• Work directly with top management as well as the junior staff of the company.

Candidates with a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in a related field especially engineering can take this exam to build their skillset and increase their career opportunities.

• Communication skills

• Problem-solving and Decision-making

• Leadership

• Analytical skills

• Data visualisation

• Project manager

• Estate manager

• Construction manager

• Estimator

• Project Management

• Project Planning and Scheduling

• Learning Planning and Scheduling Techniques

• Activity and Schedule

• Constructing Network Diagram

• Learning AON Basics

• Forward Pass and Backward Pass

• Precedence Diagramming Method

• Learning CPM/PERT

• Learning PERT/CPM Simulation

• Reducing Project Duration

• Uncertainty and Risk Management

A Planning and Development professional strives towards delivering office support and managing and executing administrative duties such as maintaining the calendar, scheduling meetings, making travel plans, organizing meetings, planning conferences, and performing other administrative functions. It is, therefore, a very demanding job and people who aspire to become planning and development professionals are ought to be knowledgeable and skilled.