Plan

Schedule Management Define Activities Sequence Activities Estimate Activity Resources Estimate Activity Durations Develop Schedule Control Schedule

Process of establishing the policies, procedures and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing and controlling the project schedule Inputs

Project Management Plan Project Charter Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets

Tools & Techniques

Expert Judgment Analytical Techniques Meetings Schedule Management Plan

Outputs

Project Schedule Model Development scheduling methodology and tool to be used Level of accuracy acceptable range used in determining realistic activity duration estimates and policy for adding contingencies Units of measure Organizational procedures links Ex. WBS Project schedule model maintenance definition of the process used to update status and record progress in the schedule model during execution of the project Control thresholds for monitoring schedule performance Rules of performance measurement

Process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce project deliverables Inputs
Schedule Management Plan Scope Base Line Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets

Tools & Techniques

Decomposition Rolling Wave Planning Expert Judgment

Outputs
Activity List Activity Attributes Milestone List

Inputs

Schedule Management Plan Activity List Activity Attributes Milestone List Project Scope Statement Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) Dependency Determination Leads and Lags Project Schedule Network Diagrams Project Documents Updates

Tools & Techniques

Outputs

A technique used for constructing a schedule model where activities are represented by nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which activities are to be performed. Ex. Activity on node (AON) PDM includes 4 types of dependencies or logical relationships

Finish-to-start (FS) - successor cannot start until predecessor finished Finish-to-finish (FF) - successor cannot finish until predecessor finished Start-to-start (SS) - successor cannot start until predecessor started Start-to-finish (SF) - successor cannot finish until predecessor started

 Mandatory
Discretionary Internal External

Inputs

Schedule Management Plan Activity List Activity Attributes Resource Calendars Risk Register Activity Cost Estimates Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Expert Judgment Alternative Analysis Published Estimating Data Bottom-up Estimating Project Management Software Activity Resource Requirements Resource Breakdown Structure Project Documents Updates

Tools & Techniques

Outputs

Inputs

Schedule Management Plan Activity List Activity Attributes Activity Resource Requirements Resource Calendars Project Scope Statement Risk Register Resource Breakdown Structure Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Expert Judgment Analogous Estimating Parametric Estimating Three-point Estimating Group decision making techniques Reserve Analysis

Tools & Techniques

Outputs
Activity Duration Estimates Project Document Updates

 Analogous

Estimation: A technique for estimating duration/cost of an activity/project using historical data from a similar activity/project. Parametric Estimation: An estimating technique in which an algorithm is used to calculate cost/duration using historical data 3-point estimate

Triangular Distribution: Te=(To+Tm+Tp)/3 Beta Distribution: (To+4Tm+Tp)/6

Reserve

Analysis: Duration estimates include contingencies in the form for reserve

Inputs

Schedule Management Plan Activity List Activity Attributes Project Schedule Network Diagrams Activity Resource Requirements Resource Calendars Activity Duration Estimates Project Scope Statement Risk Register Project Staff Assignments Resource Breakdown Structure Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets

Tools & Techniques

Schedule Network Analysis Critical Path Method Critical Chain Method Resource Optimization Techniques Modeling Techniques Leads and Lags Schedule Compression Scheduling Tool Schedule Baseline Project Schedule Schedule Data Project Calendars Project Management Plan Updates Project Documents Updates

Outputs

 Resource

constrained critical path is known as critical chain A method of placing buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and uncertainties Focuses on remaining buffer durations against remaining durations of chains of activities

 Resource

Leveling

Start and finish dates will be adjusted based on resource constraints Used when critical resources are not available Causes original critical path to change, usually to increase

Resource

Smoothing

Adjusts activities such that the requirements for resources on the project do not exceed certain pre-defined resource limits Critical path is not changed Project completion date is not delayed

Inputs

Project Management Plan Project Schedule Work Performance Data Project Calendars Schedule Data Organizational Process Assets Performance Reviews Project Management Software Resource Optimization Techniques Modeling Techniques Leads and Lags Schedule Compression Scheduling Tool Work Performance Information Schedule Forecasts Change Requests Project Management Plan Updates Organizational Process Assets

Tools & Techniques

Outputs

 Performance

Reviews

Trend analysis, CPM, CCM, EVM