Project Schedule Management Flashcards
Project Schedule Management
provide detailed plan for how and then the project will deliver the result defined in project scope; communicating and managing stakeholder expectations and basis for performance reporting; should stay flexible
schedule baseline
schedule developed at the beginning of the project which is formally accepted; can enter into scheduling tool to create model
Tailoring for Schedule Management (4)
- life cycle approach
- resource availability
- project dimensions
- technology support
adaptive life cycle schedules
short cycles to undertake work; review the results; and adapt schedule as necessary
Schedule Management Trends and Practices (3)
- adaptive planning
- interative scheduling with backlog
- on-demand scheduling
Plan Schedule Management
establishes policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, and controlling your project schedule; outlines how you will allocate resources and prioritize activities
Define Actvities
identifying and documenting specific actions needed to produce project deliverables; reduces work package into specific activities; create activity list with specific milestones; subject matter experts help identify activities
rolling wave planning
interative planning technique in which the near term work to be done is defined in detail while future work is planned at a higher level
progressive elaboration
interative process of increasing the level of detail in a plan as more information becomes available
decomposition
technique used for dividing the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts
Sequence Activities
create schedules network diagrams so team can execute work with minimal errors; identifies and documents relationships among project activities and show logical sequence of work
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
technique for constructing a schedule model where activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships in which they would be performed
1. finish-to-start
2. finish-to-finish
3. start-to-start
4. start-to-finish
(a successor activity cannot 2 until a predecessor has 1)
dependency determination and integration
allow you to sequence activities according to how they are dependent on each other
- mandatory - legally/contractually required
- discretionary - best practices
- external - non-project activites
- internal - inside team control
leads and lags
factors to consider when creating a network diagram
lead
amount of time a successor activity can be advanced compared to a predecessor activity (-)
lag
amount of time a successor activity can be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity (+)
Estimate Activity Durations
clarifies amount of time to complete activity, monitor performance, report delays; establish deadlines and timeline to monitor progress; PM collects data to create estimates; considers resources
analogous estimating
uses past data from a similar activity; when there is a limited amount of information; less costly/timely but less accurate
parametric estimating
uses statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to calculate an estimate for activity parameters
three point estimating
tE = (tO + tM = tP) / 3
(estimated, optimistic, most likely, pessimistic
bottom up estimating
aggregating the lower-level components of the WBS; work within activity decomposed; detailed durations are estimated and then summed up
Develop Schedule (EF)
create a model of the schedule and refine in response to changes in activities, resources, constraints, stakeholder demands; planned dates for completing activities
EF=ES+DUR
critical path method
used to estimate the least possible time to complete the project and to determine the amount of time to complete the project and to determine the amount of flexibility (float) within the schedule; create network diagram, adding legend to each activity, perform forward and backward pass
Control Schedule
ensuring that your team is completing work in a timely manner; create work performance information, schedule forecasts, and make changes
