The Benefits of an Accurate Project Schedule By Kiron D. Bondale A project schedule is a foundation tool. For most accidental project managers, the schedule is the plan. Given this, one would expect that...
A Project Scheduling Primer By Steven DeSomer Introduction There are some very basic concepts that must be understood before Project Management can be successful. Success, in this instance, is defined as: Finishing Projects On...
Was Your Project Late or Underestimated? By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation It’s amazing how a simple tool such as a project schedule, with multiple tasks and a project completion date, can create so...
Fundamentals of Range Estimating By William R. Duncan Few project management terms are as misunderstood and misused as “estimate.” In the following paragraphs, we address some common misconceptions about this vital subject. What exactly...
Avoiding Padding Problems when Scheduling Projects By Kuntal Thakore A Project Manager colleague recently transitioned into software industry from hardware manufacturing. He was complaining about the problems he’s been having to come up with...
How to Compress Project Schedules By Michael D. Taylor There are times when the project schedule duration must be shortened (compressed) either to meet market opportunity dates, to meet the desires of key stakeholders,...
The Generic Project Schedule By Clifford Ananian Although every project is unique, and its execution plan is specific to its goals and objectives, there are some common rules and tendencies of project schedules that...
How to Calculate the Project SPI By Dave Nielsen You have a feel for whether your project is on schedule or not because you are the project manager and you have your ear to...
Scheduling, Precedence Diagramming and the Critical Path (#23 in the Hut Introduction to Project Management) By JISC infoNet Planning the project activities helps us to work out and clearly communicate what we need to...
Waterfall vs. Cyclical PM: Estimating Time to Implement a Functionality Is Difficult (#21 in the Hut Project Management Handbook) By Wouter Baars The waterfall method assumes a number of phases. In their project plans,...
