Project Schedule Management Fundamentals

What is the importance of project schedules?

What process involves determining the policies and procedures for project schedule planning?

Define the term 'activities' in the context of project schedules.

What do project managers use to assist in activity sequencing?

What relationship is important to understand between estimating resources and project schedules?

Name one tool or technique used by project managers for activity duration estimates.

Which of the following are involved in controlling and managing changes to the project schedule?

What is the main reason for conflicts on projects?

What dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator relates to project scheduling?

What does the schedule management plan include?

What is an activity or task in project management?

What does activity definition help in understanding?

Project Schedule Management

Project schedule management involves planning, executing, and controlling the project schedule.
Project schedule planning includes determining the policies, procedures, and documentation for managing the schedule.
Defining activities involves identifying the specific tasks that need to be completed to produce the project deliverables.
Sequencing activities involves documenting the relationships between project activities.
Estimating activity resources involves determining how many resources are needed to perform each activity.
Estimating activity durations involves estimating the work periods needed to complete each activity.
Developing the schedule involves analyzing activity sequences, resource estimates, and durations to create the project schedule.
Controlling the schedule involves managing changes to the project schedule.

Schedule Management Plan

Expert judgment, analytical techniques, and meetings are used to develop the schedule management plan.
The schedule management plan includes:
- Project schedule model development: Including estimated durations, dependencies, etc.
- Scheduling methodology and tools: Such as CPM, Network diagrams, etc.
- Level of accuracy and units of measure: Hours, days, or another unit.
- Control thresholds: Ex. ±10%.
- Rules of performance measurement.
- Reporting formats: The format and frequency of schedule reports required.
- Process descriptions.

Defining Activities

An activity or task is a unit of work found on the work breakdown structure (WBS) with a cost, expected duration, and resource requirements.
Activity definition involves developing a detailed WBS and explanations to understand all the work that needs to be done, which helps to develop realistic cost and duration estimates.

Activity Lists

An activity list is a tabulation of activities for the project.

This quiz covers the essential aspects of project schedule management, including planning, executing, and controlling the project schedule. It delves into techniques for defining activities, estimating resources and durations, developing, and controlling schedules. Test your knowledge on the crucial components of effective project management.