Vbook: Project Time Management
Time cannot be managed - we cannot slow it down or speed it up, but what we can do is manage the schedule. This unit dives into tools and techniques project managers can use to deliver projects on schedule.
Course introduction
Chapter introduction
Importance in projects, simple techniques and the human side
Level of effort
Triple constraints
Triple constraints: Impact of time
Cost and time relationship
Time and risk
Elapsed time, duration, effort and work
Effort, duration and work
Effort and duration
Effort vs non-effort
Milestones
Chapter outro
Chapter introduction
The work breakdown structure
Chapter introduction
Estimation
Three point estimation
Chapter introduction
Fundamentals of schedule development
Overview of the development process
WBS to WBT
Making the network diagram
Forward and backwards pass calculations
Critical path and float
Network diagram to Gantt
Different types of scheduling relationships
Lag
Chapter introduction
Optimising the schedule