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Definition: A project schedule is a document that includes, at least, the planned start and finish dates for each activity, and the planned date of each anticipated milestone, in the project. These dates remain preliminary until resource assignments are confirmed. The project schedule may be presented in summary form or in detail, and isusually presented graphically, in one of the following formats:
Project Network Diagrams— illustrate the project's logic, its critical path activities, and date information Bar Charts— also known as Gantt Charts, show activity start and stop dates and, sometimes, indicate interdependencies between activities
Milestone Charts—similar to bar charts, but generally identify only the planned start and completion dates of major deliverables and key external interfaces.
Acceptance Level: Generally accepted
Alternative or Related Terms: Schedule
Application Areas/Intended Uses: project schedule is an output from the schedule development process.
Chief Advantages: Provides an essential timeline encompassing major activities in a project and their expected durations, allowing more accurate management of resources needed to bring the project to completion on deadline.
Additional Reading:
A Heuristic to Maximize the Net Present Value for Resource-Constrained Project-Scheduling
Problems. Ghaleb Y. Abbasi and Yasser A. Arabiat. Project Management Journal, June 2001, 17-24.
Are Your Projects On Schedule? How Do You Know? Fred H. Martin. PMI 2001 Seminars & Symposium Proceedings, Nashville, Tennessee USA.
Delivering Successfully Under Short Time Constraints. Thomas Lawrence Shrum. PMI 2001
Seminars & Symposium Proceedings, Nashville, Tennessee USA.
Five Ways to Reduce Resistance to Schedule Management: Introducing Schedule
Management Into Your Organization—Part 2. Terence J. Plaza. PM Network, April 2000, 53, 55-57, 59.
Improving Resource-Constrained Project Schedules with Look-Ahead Techniques. Douglas
D. Gemmill and Michelle L. Edwards. Project Management Journal, September 1999, 44-55.
Long-Duration Projects and the Fixed-Rolling Schedule. Adrian Abramovici. PM Network, December 2000, 47-48.
Project Schedule Risk Analysis: Monte Carlo Simulation or PERT? David T. Hulett. PM Network, February 2000, 43-47.
Pump Up Your Project Scheduling. Marilee Camblin and Thomas Schrimsher. PM Network, January 1998, 36-39.
Risk-Based Scheduling and Analysis. Chris Weiler. PM Network, February 1998, 29-33.
Scheduling High-Tech Projects. [Executive Notebook] Alan Gump. PM Network July 1997 15–17. 11.0 6.4.
Seven Excuses for Resisting Schedule Management: Introducing Schedule Management Into
Your Organization—Part 1. Terence J. Plaza. PM Network, March 2000, 56, 59-60.
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