Developing Project Schedule

Basic idea

Five-step procedure: break work into tasks (WBS) → identify dependencies (task network) → estimate effort and time per task → allocate resources → produce a schedule (Gantt / PERT).

Key facts

• WBS = hierarchical decomposition of project scope into manageable tasks.
• Task network is a DAG; critical path determines the project length.
• Resource allocation may extend the schedule beyond critical path due to contention.

Developing Project Schedule

1. Breakdown the task into small chunks you can deal with Work Breakdown Structure
2. Identify the interdependnecies between tasks and develop a task network.
3. Estimate the effort and the time allocation for each task.
4. Allocate resources for tasks and validate effort
5. Develop the project schedule

Siblings

• Definitions
• Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
• Effort-time estimation
• Milestones vs Deliverables
• PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) chart
• Planning in Agile
• Project Schedule
• Project Scheduling
• Project Tracking and Control
• Tasks