6.1 Plan Schedule Management
Process Definition
Plan schedule management involves the creation of the polices, standards, execution and control of the project schedule. It is the guideline for the project team to ensure the schedule is created, updated and maintained within project boundaries.
Figure 12. Project Management Body of Knowledge Figure 6-3. Reprinted from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition" by Project Management Institute, 2013, p. 145. Copyright 2013 by Project Management Institute, Inc. Reprinted without permission.
Process Assessment
The schedule management plan provides the project team with the thresholds they require for proper schedule creation and management. It will define the scheduling tool or methodology to be utilized. The schedule management plan also provides suitable methods for the way the team conducts meetings, plans, and manages activities throughout the life of the project.
(Inputs) Project Management Plan
Scope baseline and other relevant information is derived from the project management plan in order to create the schedule management plan. The example is an excerpt from a group project in PGMT 611 Anatomy of Project Organizations, that was written by Jeremy Curbey, Domingot Tuckler, and Reese Darlington.
(Tools & Techniques) Analytical Techniques, Analytical Techniques
Analytical techniques are useful tools when creating the schedule in order to determine ways to fast track or crash the project. The first example is an excerpt from a group project in PGMT 612 Leading Projects Across Cultural, Corporate, and International
Boundaries, that was written by Jeremy Curbey, Khoi ChuChe, Corey Cowley, Reese Darlington, and Domingo Tuckler. The second is an excerpt from PMGT 502 Effective Communications for Managing Projects, that discusses earned value management.
(Outputs) Schedule Management Plan
The schedule management plan encompasses the schedule model, level of accuracy, units of measure, organizational procedures, model maintenance, and control thresholds. The example is a schedule created in Microsoft Project 2013 from a group project in PMGT 614 Planning, Directing, and Controlling Projects, created by Jeremy Curbey, Reese Darlington, Braylon Gurnell, Bret Kuhne, and Benjamin Lundy.