Control schedule process is about comparing the actual schedule with the schedule baseline to determine the variations and also to determine what corrective actions require, to get the project on track. The primary function of all monitoring and controlling processes are to see monitor the variation …
Develop project schedule is about creating the schedule for the whole project. Develop schedule process uses all the outputs from time management knowledge area. Many aspirants confuse easily thinking that project schedule is as same as the project management plan. However project schedule is about only …
Estimate activity duration process is all about estimating the duration for each activity in the project. The estimate activity duration process is an important process before developing the project schedule. You might have already observed we are talking about duration and not the effort. What is …
Estimate activity resources process in time management knowledge area tell us about the resource requirements for the activities. Broadly resources could be of two types. Human resources – Human resources are the people who work on the project. Physical resources – these could be machinery, tools, …
Sequence activities process will define the order of execution of the activities in the project. In the previous process define activities, we have seen how the project scope decomposes into project activities. Since we have the complete list of activities now it is time to plan …
Network diagram is primarily used to understand how the activities in a project are sequenced, understand the dependencies between activities and finally to understand the critical path in the project. On the very simple terms, network diagram shows how the activities related to each other. Meaning …
Define activities process is all about breaking down each work package from work break down structure (WBS) into smaller activities, to estimate each activity. So the first step in this sequence is to define the scope, create the work breakdown structure (WBS) and prepare the scope …
Plan schedule management process is about planning of how the other processes of time management knowledge area are going to be performed. Whenever you mention about the project plan, lot of people visualize that they are asking about schedule management plan. However schedule management plan is …
Dependencies in project management shows the relationship between project activities. When you plan to schedule activities, you as a project manager would figure out the relationship between these activities in order to figure out the order of the execution of the activities. In the activity on …
