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School of Information Technology Bachelor of Information Technology Project Management: CIT3114 Lecture 6: 15/10/2012 Topic: Project Time Management Learning Objectives To understand the importance of project schedules and good project time management To define activities as the basis for developing project schedules To describe how project managers use network diagrams and dependencies to assist in activity sequencing To explain how various tools and techniques help project managers perform activity duration estimating and schedule development To use a Gantt chart for schedule planning and tracking schedule information To understand and use critical path analysis To describe how to use several techniques for shortening project schedules To explain the basic concepts behind critical chain scheduling and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) To discuss how reality checks and people issues are involved in controlling and managing changes to the project schedule To describe how software can assist in project time management Project time management processes Project time management involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project. These processes include: Activity definition Activity sequencing Activity duration estimating Development Scheduling Control Scheduling Activity Sequencing Involves reviewing activities and determining dependencies Mandatory dependencies: inherent in the nature of the work; hard logic Discretionary dependencies: defined by the project team; soft logic External dependencies: involve relationships between project and non-project activities Dependencies must be determined in order to use critical path analysis Network diagrams Project network diagrams are the preferred techniques for showing activity sequencing A project network diagram is a schematic display of the logical relationships among, or sequencing of, project activities Activity Duration Estimating After defining activities and determining their sequen