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This Edureka tutorial on Project Schedule Management will give you an insight into the various process and activities covered in to maintain and manage the schedule of a project.
Project Schedule Management
Schedule Management Overview
Schedule Management Processes
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Project Schedule Management
Schedule Management is one of the most important Knowledge Area in Project Management
It refers to the skills, tools, & techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific
tasks, projects and goals
Schedule management describes how to monitor and control time spent within a project
It also explains the processes that are required to manage the timely completion of the project
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Project
Information
Scheduling
Method
Project Schedule Management Overview
Scheduling
Tool
Schedule
Model
ProjectSchedule
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Tailoring Considerations
All the processes of Schedule Management are applied in a tailored way to make it a unique project
Life Cycle
Approach
Resource
Availability
Project
Dimensions
Technology
Support
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Schedule Management Processes
Plan Schedule Management1
Define Activities2
Sequence Activities3
Estimate Activity Durations4
Develop Schedule5
Control Schedule6
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Plan Schedule Management
Plan Schedule Management
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Plan Schedule Management
• Plan Schedule Management is the process of establishing the policies, procedures,
and documentation
• It helps in planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project
schedule
• It provides guidance and direction on how the project schedule will be managed
throughout the project
Description
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Plan Schedule Management
✓ Scope baseline
✓ Other information
Project Management
Plan
✓ It defines the summary
milestone schedule and
project approval
Project Charter
✓ Organizational culture &
structure
✓ Resource availability
✓ PM Software
✓ Published commercial
information
Enterprise
Environmental
Factors
✓ Monitoring & Reporting
tools
✓ Historical information
✓ Project closure guidelines
✓ Change & Risk Control
procedure
Organizational
Process Assets
Inputs
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Plan Schedule Management
Expert Judgement Meetings
Data Analysis
Tools &
Techniques
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Plan Schedule Management
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Project Schedule Model
Development
Level Of Accuracy
Units Of Measure
Organizational
Procedures Links
Project Schedule Model
Maintenance
Control Thresholds
Outputs
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Plan Schedule Management
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Rules Of Performance
Measurement
Release & Iteration
Length
Reporting Formats
Outputs
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Define Activities
• Define Activities is the process of identifying and documenting the specific actions
that need to be performed to produce the project deliverables
• It breaks down the work packages into activities
• It provides a basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, monitoring, and controlling
the project work
Description
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✓ Prescribed level necessary
details to manage the work
Project Management
Plan
✓ Organizational culture &
structure
✓ Published commercial
information
✓ Project management
information system
Enterprise
Environmental
Factors
✓ Templates with standard
activity list
✓ Standardized Processes
✓ Learned knowledge base
✓ Formal and informal activity
planning
Organizational
Process Assets
Define Activities
Inputs
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Expert
Judgement
Define Activities
Decomposition
Rolling Wave
Planning
Tools &
Techniques
Meetings
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Activity List Milestone List
Activity Attributes
Define Activities
Outputs
Project Management
Plan Updates
Change Requests
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Sequence Activities
Description
• Sequence Activities is the process of identifying and documenting relationships
among various project activities
• It helps in defining the logical sequence of the work to obtain the greatest
efficiency given all project constraints
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Inputs
Sequence Activities
✓ Project Management plan
components includes
Schedule management Plan
and Scope Baseline
Project Management
Plan
✓ Project Documents include:
• Activity Attributes
• Activity List
• Assumption log
• Milestone list
Project Documents
✓ Government/Industry
standards
✓ Project management
information system (PMIS)
✓ Scheduling tool
✓ Organization work
authorization systems
Enterprise
Environmental Factors
✓ Project files
✓ Templates
✓ Existing formal and
informal activity planning
Organizational
Process Assets
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Description
• Estimate Activity Durations is the process of estimating the number of work periods
needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
• It provides the amount of time each activity will take to complete
• It acts as a major input into the Develop Schedule process
Estimate Activity Duration
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Inputs
Estimate Activity Duration
✓ Project Management Plan
includes:
• Schedule Management Plan
• Scope Baseline
Project Management
Plan
✓Project Documents includes:
• Activity Attributes
• Activity List
• Assumption log
• Lessons Learned Register
• Milestone list
• Project team
Project Documents
✓ Duration estimating databases
✓ Productivity metrics
✓ Published commercial
information
✓ Location of team members
Enterprise
Environmental
Factors
✓ Historical duration information
✓ Project calendars
✓ Scheduling methodology
✓ Lessons learned
Organizational
Process Assets
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Description
• It is the process of analysing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements,
and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model.
• It generates a schedule model with planned dates for completing project activities
Develop Schedule
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Inputs
Develop Schedule
✓ Project Management Plan
includes:
• Schedule Management Plan
• Scope Baseline
Project Management
Plan
✓Project Documents includes:
• Activity Attributes
• Activity List
• Assumption log
• Lessons Learned Register
• Milestone list
• Project team
Project Documents
• Details of to perform the
project work to meet
contractual commitments
Agreements
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Inputs
Develop Schedule
✓ Standards
✓ Communication channels
✓ Scheduling tool
Enterprise
Environmental
Factors
✓ Scheduling Methodologies
✓ Project Calendars
Organizational
Process Assets
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Description
• It is the process of analysing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements,
and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model.
• It generates a schedule model with planned dates for completing project activities
Control Schedule
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Inputs
Control Schedule
✓ Project Management Plan
includes:
• Schedule Management Plan
• Scope Baseline
Project Management
Plan
✓Project Documents includes:
• Activity Attributes
• Activity List
• Assumption log
• Lessons Learned Register
• Milestone list
• Project team
Project Documents
✓ Schedule control tools
✓ Monitoring & reporting
methods
✓ Existing formal & informal
schedule control-related
policies, procedures, &
guidelines
Organizational
Process Assets
✓ It refers to the information
about project progress
Work Performance
Data
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Tools &
Techniques
Control Schedule
Data Analysis PMIS
Resource
Optimization
Critical Path
Method
Schedule
Compression
Leads and Lags
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Outputs
Control Schedule
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Work Performance
Information
Schedule Forecast
Change Requests
Project Documents
Updates
Project Management
Plan Updates