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Chapter 6:Project Time Management - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 6:Project Time Management
Importance of
Project Schedules
Managers often cite delivering projects on time as one of their biggest challenges
Time has the least amount of flexibility; it passes no matter what happens on a project
Schedule issues are the main reason for conflicts on projects, especially during the second half of projects
Individual Work Styles and
Cultural Differences
Cause Schedule Conflicts
One dimension of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator focuses on peoples’ attitudes toward structure and deadline
Some people prefer to follow schedules and meet deadlines while others do not (J vs. P)
Difference cultures and even entire countries have different attitudes about schedules
Project Time
Management Processes
Planning schedule management: determining the policies, procedures, and documentation that will be used for planning, executing, and controlling the project schedule
Defining activities: identifying the specific activities that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables
Sequencing activities: identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities
Estimating activity resources: estimating how many resources a project team should use to perform project activities
Estimating activity durations: estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities
Developing the schedule: analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule
Controlling the schedule: controlling and managing changes to the project schedule
Planning Schedule Management
Project schedule model development
The scheduling methodology
Level of accuracy and units of measure
Control thresholds
Rules of performance measurement
Reporting formats
Process descriptions
Three types of Dependencies
Mandatory dependencies: inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project, sometimes referred to as hard logic
Discretionary dependencies: defined by the project team., sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care since they may limit later scheduling options
External dependencies: involve relationships between project and non-project activities