Project Time Management

Chapter 6: Project Time Management

Learning Objectives

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Understand the importance of project schedules and good project time management Define activities as the basis for developing project schedules Describe how project managers use network diagrams and dependencies to assist in activity sequencing Understand the relationship between estimating resources and project schedules Explain how various tools and techniques help project managers perform activity duration estimating

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Not enough Time??

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Importance of Project Schedules

 Managers often cite delivering projects on time as one of their

biggest challenges  Time has the least amount of flexibility; it passes no matter what happens on a project  Schedule issues are the main reason for conflicts on projects, especially during the second half of projects

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Individual Work Styles and Cultural Differences Cause Schedule Conflicts

 One dimension of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator focuses

on peoples’ attitudes toward structure and deadline  Some people prefer to follow schedules and meet deadlines while others do not  Difference cultures and even entire countries have different attitudes about schedules

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Project Time Management Processes

 Defining activities: identifying the specific activities that the project   

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team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables Sequencing activities: identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities Estimating activity resources: estimating how many resources a project team should use to perform project activities Estimating activity durations: estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities Developing the schedule: analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule Controlling the schedule: controlling and managing changes to the project...