CHAPTER 5 Project Time Management Hand Out # 5 Learning Objectives reading this chapter you should be able to: Understand the importance of good project time management Explain the basic process for developing project schedules Describe how various tools and techniques help project managers perform activity definition, activity sequencing, activity duration estimating, schedule development, and schedule control Use a Gantt chart for schedule planning and tracking schedule information Construct a project network diagram and understand its importance for determining overall project completion dates Understand and use critical path analysis Describe several techniques for shortening project schedules Explain the basic concepts behind critical chain scheduling Discuss reality checks and people issues involved in project schedule management and control Describe how software can assist in project time management Chapter Outline Importance of Project Schedules Where Do Schedules Come From? Defining Activities Activity Sequencing Project Network Diagrams Activity Duration Estimating Schedule Development Gantt Charts Critical Path Method Using Critical Path Analysis to Make Schedule Trade-Offs Techniques for Shortening a Project Schedule Importance of Updating Critical Path Data Critical Chain Scheduling Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Controlling Changes to the Project Schedule Reality Checks on Scheduling Working with People Issues Using Software to Assist in Time Management Words of Caution On Using Project Management Software
CHAPTER 5 Project Time Management Hand Out # 5 Learning Objectives reading this chapter you should be able to: Understand the importance of good project time management Explain the basic process for developing project schedules Describe how various tools and techniques help project managers perform activity definition, activity sequencing, activity duration estimating, schedule development, and schedule control Use a Gantt chart for schedule planning and tracking schedule information Construct a project network diagram and understand its importance for determining overall project completion dates Understand and use critical path analysis Describe several techniques for shortening project schedules Explain the basic concepts behind critical chain scheduling Discuss reality checks and people issues involved in project schedule management and control Describe how software can assist in project time management Chapter Outline Importance of Project Schedules Where Do Schedules Come From? Defining Activities Activity Sequencing Project Network Diagrams Activity Duration Estimating Schedule Development Gantt Charts Critical Path Method Using Critical Path Analysis to Make Schedule Trade-Offs Techniques for Shortening a Project Schedule Importance of Updating Critical Path Data Critical Chain Scheduling Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Controlling Changes to the Project Schedule Reality Checks on Scheduling Working with People Issues Using Software to Assist in Time Management Words of Caution On Using Project Management Software
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