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Carson States that, “a properly developed schedule is a guideline and map for a project. The Schedule Management Plan includes planning and designing the schedule, from identifying the end users to designing the reports, from identifying the WBS structure to designing the Calendars and Activity Codes, from determining the update frequency to establishing the level of detail, especially deciding on a bottom-up or top-down approach to development of the schedule” (Carson, 2011). William Malsam discusses in-depth this integral project step at the link below – and while he advocates using the projectmanager.com solution – there are numerous other solutions available that meet the task and are more robust.

First posted on ProjectManager.com Blog: A proper schedule management plan helps you deliver a project on time. The project scheduling process starts before the schedule is even made, and continues throughout the project life cycle. An ideal plan includes setting expectations, including how to develop,…Read More

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Carson, C. W. (2011). Design and development of a schedule management plan. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2011—EMEA, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute

First posted on ProjectManager.com Blog: Every project team needs resources to complete tasks. They need tools, equipment, materials and more to get the job done. Managing those resources throughout the project life cycle is critical for success, and measuring resource utilization is the first step…Read More

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From projecttimes.com: You’re a project manager, right? So, when you’re at home, you take the project management hat off, right? Wrong! You apply similar principles that you use in your organization to getting projects done at home. Case in point: I recently reorganized/refurbished my home office. I had a small idea of what this project would entail, […]

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