Scope Management

Time Management

Dr. Mostafa ElgamalaPMP-ITIL-IBDL-LDP8RHCE-MCSA-CCNA/CCAI-CSCU

Project Time Management: Includes the processes required to ensure timely completion of the project.

Project time management1- Define activities (planning)2- Sequence activities (planning)3- Estimate activity resources (planning)4- Estimate activity duration (planning)5- Develop schedule (planning)6- Control schedule (monitor and control)

Define activities: the process of identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.

Define activities tools & techniques DecompositionRolling wave planning: (progressive elaboration), where the work be accomplished in the near term is planned in details and future work is planned at a higher level of the WBS. Templates Expert judgment.

Define activities outputs Activity list Activity attributes: include activity ID, WBS ID, activity description, predecessor & successor activities, logical relationships, resources required.Milestone list: significant point or event in the project may be mandatory or optional.

Sequence activitiesThe process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities.

Sequence activities tools & techniques:

Applying leads & lags: Leads: allows an acceleration of the successor activity (finish to start with x days lead).Lags: directs a delay in the successor activity (start to start with days lags).

Schedule network templates: standard templates should be used. For the identical projects.

Sequence activities outputProject schedule network diagram: Graphical representation of the logical relations.Project document updates Activity listsActivity attributesMilestone listRisk register.

3- Estimate activity resourcesProcess of estimate the type & quantities of material, people, equipment or suppliers required to perform each activity.

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4- Estimate activity durationProcess of approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources.

5- Develop scheduleProcess of analyzing activity sequence, durations, resources requirements and schedule constrains to create the project schedule.

Develop schedule tools & techniquesSchedule network analysis: a technique that generates the project schedule. Critical path method CPM:longest time duration & the shortness that the project can take.

Resource leveling: to keep resource usage at a constant level. Resource leveling can often cause the original critical path to change. What if scenario: stimulates differentApplying leads & lags

Schedule compression: shortens the project schedule without changing project scope. Crashing : cost schedule tradeoffs. Frast tracking: activities performed in sequence are performed in parallel Scheduling tools

Develop schedule outputs Project schedule: Presents linked activities with planned dates, durations, milestones, and resources.Formats: Bar charts (gantt charts)

Schedule baseline Schedule data: schedule milestones, schedule activities, and all identified assumptions & constrains, resource requirements with period, resource histogram and contingency reserve.

6- Control scheduleProcess of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline.

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