Project Management Part 5项目管理第5部分.pptVIP

Part 5 - Project Scheduling * Management of Project Schedules Meeting project deadlines is often the most important goal in project management Careful scheduling of project activities is critical to meeting the project due date Effective project managers should have a good understanding of the issues involved in activity scheduling Part 5 - Project Scheduling * Ineffective Scheduling Notice: As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday, and employees will receive their cards in two weeks. Part 5 - Project Scheduling OPMA 5364Project ManagementPart 5Project Scheduling Part 5 - Project Scheduling * Topic Outline: Project Scheduling Identifying relationships among activities Project network diagrams Identifying critical paths and critical activities Determining activity slack times Gantt charts Project scheduling exercise Microsoft Project example Other precedence relationships Management of project schedules Part 5 - Project Scheduling * Identifying Activity Relationships In addition to estimating activity time duration and cost, relationships among activities must also be identified Relationships: What task immediately precedes this task? What task immediately follows this task? What tasks can be done concurrently? These are referred to as precedence relationships The main relationship for scheduling is ‘what task immediately precedes the current task,’ which is referred to as the immediate predecessor task Part 5 - Project Scheduling * Project Network Diagrams Network diagrams show the precedence relationships among activities It’s easier to understand these relationships graphically Network diagrams help to understand the flow of work in a project Network diagrams are a useful tool for project planning and control, as well as for scheduling One (perhaps exaggerated) claim is that the network represents ? of the planning process Part 5 - Project Scheduling * 2 Versio