Include critical dependencies in your schedule, especially external ones. (E.g. the release schedule of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you are using a third party for hosting) Allocate time in your schedule for reviews, testing, and bug fixing Validate all estimates for development work with the technical lead. How much Time should be spent on Planning? For a small project, the typical level of effort to complete this stage is less than 5% of the planned project budget. For the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping tools, initiation and planning combined consumed approximately 10 hours. Example—TPL Conservation Almanac Work Plan and Schedule Figure 8 shows the milestone schedule as it applied to the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping application and excerpts from the detailed work plan. The example relates the major milestone schedule and tasks to the detailed scheduled activities for that task. Figure 9 shows the list of deliverables for each major task in the schedule. This deliverables list is a major element to track project status during Execution and Control. The complete schedule and work plan and schedule are included in the additional resources section of this white paper. Applicable excerpts from the detailed schedule will be revisited to provide context for each of the examples that are provided in the discussion of upcoming project implementation steps. For example, as shown below, the planning activities for the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping Tools project, involves a start up meeting and the finalization the project work plan and schedule: Initiation and Planning Activities for the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping Tools
Include critical dependencies in your schedule, especially external ones. (E.g. the release schedule of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you are using a third party for hosting) Allocate time in your schedule for reviews, testing, and bug fixing Validate all estimates for development work with the technical lead. How much Time should be spent on Planning? For a small project, the typical level of effort to complete this stage is less than 5% of the planned project budget. For the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping tools, initiation and planning combined consumed approximately 10 hours. Example—TPL Conservation Almanac Work Plan and Schedule Figure 8 shows the milestone schedule as it applied to the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping application and excerpts from the detailed work plan. The example relates the major milestone schedule and tasks to the detailed scheduled activities for that task. Figure 9 shows the list of deliverables for each major task in the schedule. This deliverables list is a major element to track project status during Execution and Control. The complete schedule and work plan and schedule are included in the additional resources section of this white paper. Applicable excerpts from the detailed schedule will be revisited to provide context for each of the examples that are provided in the discussion of upcoming project implementation steps. For example, as shown below, the planning activities for the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping Tools project, involves a start up meeting and the finalization the project work plan and schedule: Initiation and Planning Activities for the TPL Conservation Almanac Web Mapping Tools
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