Project Management

<6.1 Plan Schedule Management>

Project Management
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

What is plan schedule management?

Plan Schedule Management answers such questions
as
Who will be involved and what approach will we take the
plant he schedule for the project?
What processes and procedures and what approach will
be take to plan the schedule for the project?
What process and procedures will we use to create the
schedule?
How will I manage and control the project to the schedule
baseline and handle schedule variances?
Etc.
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

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Plan Schedule Management where it fits

Inputs
Outputs

Responses

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Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

Inputs, Processes, and Outputs

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

Project Management

Plan Schedule Management inputs, tools &

techniques, and outputs
Inputs

Process

Outputs

Project Mgmt Plan

Project Charter
Enterprise Env. Factors
Org. Process Assets

Plan Schedule
Management

Schedule Mgmt Plan

Tools & Techniques

Expert Judgment
Analytic Techniques
Meetings

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

Plan Schedule Management Inputs

Elements of the Project Management Plan used to
develop the schedule management plan include, at
least
Scope Baseline, which includes the project scope
statement and the WBS details used for defining
activities, duration estimates, and schedule management
Other information related to cost, risk, and
communication decisions from the project management
plan

Project Charter provides the summary milestone

schedule and project approval requirements that
influence the management of the project schedule.
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

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Plan Schedule Management Inputs

Enterprise Environmental Factors that can influence
Plan Schedule Management include but arent
limited to the organizations:

Culture and structure

Resource availability
Project management software
Work authorization system
Access to published information such as resource
productivity information (often available from
commercial databases)

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

Plan Schedule Management Inputs

Organizational Process Assets that can influence Plan
Schedule Management include but arent limited to the
organizations:
Monitoring and reporting tools to be used
Schedule control tools
Existing (in)formal schedule control related policies,
procedures and guidelines
Templates
Project closure guidelines
Change control procedures
Risk control procedures including risk categories, probability
and impact definitions, and a probability/impact matrix
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

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Plan Schedule Management Tools and Techniques

Expert Judgment along with historical
information about similar projects, expertise in
an application area, knowledge area, discipline,
industry etc.
During meetings, the project manager, sponsor,
selected team members, selected stakeholders,
anyone with responsibility for any of the
schedule planning or execution, and others might
develop the schedule management plan.
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Project Management

Plan Schedule Management Tools and Techniques

Analytic Techniques using specific scheduling
techniques and tools, estimating approaches,
formats, and project management software. The
plan may detail ways to fast track or crash the
project schedule. (All of these decisions might
affect project risk.) Techniques include, but are
not limited to rolling wave planning, leads and
lags, alternatives analysis, and methods for
reviewing schedule performance.
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Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

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Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

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Plan Schedule Management Outputs

Schedule Management Plan, a component of the Project Management
Plan, establishes the criteria and the activities for developing,
monitoring, and controlling the schedule. The document describes:

The scheduling methodology to be use and the tool(s)

The required level of accuracy of duration estimates
Each unit of measure to be used for each resource
The WBS to provide the framework for the schedule management plan
The process used to update the status and record progress of the project in
the schedule model during execution
Variance thresholds for monitoring schedule performance indicating the
points at which intervention is required.

The plan can be formal/informal, broad or detailed, and include control

thresholds, depending on the needs of the project.

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Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

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Project Management
Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

Michael A. Smith
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business