PMP Training Project Time Management Part 1

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Professional (PMP)® Workshop

Project Time Management
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Introduction – Project Time Management
 Any management plan contains information on HOW the
project team intends to perform something
 Schedule management plan has the details on how to
perform time management processes like how to define
activities, how to estimate duration etc.

Introduction – Project Time Management
 PMP encompasses all subsidiary plans and schedule
management plan is one of the subsidiary plans
 Schedule management plan preparation effort is included as
part of overall PMP preparation effort
 Schedule management plan contains information on what
scheduling tools and what methodology to be used

 Plan Schedule Management
 Define Activities
 Sequence Activities
 Estimate Activity Resources
 Estimate Activity Durations
 Develop Schedule
 Control Schedule

Plan Schedule Management
Inputs
• Project
management
plan
• Project charter
• Enterprise
environmental
factors
• Organizational
process assets
Tools&Techniques
• Expert
Judgment
• Analytical
techniques
• Meetings
Outputs
• Schedule
management
plan

Introduction: Plan Schedule Management
 Plan schedule management has the details of how the processes
of time management knowledge area will be performed
 Schedule management plan is a subsidiary plan which forms
part of PMP

Inputs: Plan Schedule Management
 Project management plan contains scope baseline which
comprises of project scope statement, WBS and WBS
dictionary which aids in preparing schedule management plan
 Schedule related cost, risk is also used while developing
schedule management plan
 Project charter has the high level schedule which aids in
preparing the schedule management plan
 As part of EEF - organization culture, PMIS, work
authorization systems will influence this process
 As part of OPA - Templates, guidelines, processes, tools
influence this process

Tools & techniques: Plan Schedule
Management
 Expert judgment utilizes expert’s knowledge of domain,
industry etc. in preparing schedule management plan
 Analytical techniques such as estimating methodologies ,
scheduling software are evaluated and selected
 Meetings may be held among relevant stakeholders to perform
this process

Outputs: Plan Schedule Management
 Schedule management plan which is a subsidiary plan of
PMP has the information on how to perform the processes
of time management knowledge area
 Schedule management plan various from project to project
based on the project needs
 This contains the level of accuracy, units of measure,
permissible variation or limits, method used for measuring
performance, reporting formats etc.

Introduction – Define Activities
 Defining activities specifies a list of actions that would
accomplish a deliverable
 Deliverable is called as work package in Work Breakdown
Structure
 Usually, the list of activities is denoted directly below a work
package
 Activities are actions to be performed. Best way to differentiate
between deliverables and activities is to document activities in
verb-noun format as shown in the diagram below

Introduction – Define Activities

Define Activities
Inputs
• Schedule
management
plan
• Scope baseline
• Enterprise
environmental
factors
• Organizational
process assets
Tools&Techniques
• Decomposition
• Rolling wave
planning
• Expert
judgment
Outputs
• Activity list
• Activity
attributes
• Milestone list

Inputs – Define Activities
 How to perform the process Define activities is provided in the
schedule management plan which is part of PMP
 Project scope statement, WBS, WBS dictionary form the scope
baseline document
 EEF has the information on which system
the project management information is
stored. OPA has the templates etc…
Project
scope
statement
WBS
WBS
dictionary
Scope
baseline

Tools & techniques – Define Activities
 Decomposition is the act of dividing the work packages into
activities. This should always be done along with the team
members for better results
 Rolling wave planning is a form of progressive elaboration.
Detailed planning is performed for the immediately occurring
activities and high level planning is performed for activities
occurring at a later stage
 Expert judgment includes suggesting activities to accomplish a
work package. Even team members can
provide the expertise

Outputs: Define Activities
 Activity list is performed to accomplish a work package
 Activity attributes provide more information about activities
mentioned in activity list. For example, Activity attributes for
send email activity are:
1. This activity should be performed before gather
requirements activity
2. This activity should be performed on 31st Dec 2013
 Milestones are important events in the activity list. In the
example provided, Design completion can be marked as a
milestone

Introduction: Sequence Activities
 Each activity will have one or more predecessor and successor.
This ensures that all activities are connected
 Exception is that first activity will not have a predecessor and
last activity does not have a successor

Sequence Activities
Inputs
• Schedule
management plan
• Activity list
• Activity attributes
• Milestone list
• Project scope
statement
• Enterprise
environmental
factors
• Organizational
process assets
Tools&Techniques
• Precedence
diagramming
method (PDM)
• Dependency
determination
• Leads and lags
Outputs
• Project schedule
network diagrams
• Project documents
updates

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