Project Planning and Scheduling

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Course Outline

  1. Project Management Processes
  2. Project Scope and Constraints
  3. Work Breakdown Structure
  4. Resources and Cost Estimates
  5. Networks and Activity Scheduling
  6. Critical Path Method
  7. Plan Evaluation and Tradeoffs
  8. Evaluating and Cutting Project Costs
  9. Monitoring Execution and Project Variances
  10. Revising the Work Breakdown Structure
  11. Responding to Execution Problems
  12. Project Closure and Lessons Learned
  13. Management Plan Project Requirements

1. Project Management Processes

Essential Points

  • The PMBOK processes are:

    • project initiation
    • project planning
    • project execution
    • project control
    • project closure
  • Project planning includes:

    • setting project deliverables
    • defining project activities
    • defining resources
    • obtaining estimates
    • scheduling the project
    • evaluating the plan

Memory Hook

Initiation → Planning → Execution → Control → Closure

2. Project Scope and Constraints

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Practice quiz preview

1. Which sequence lists the project management processes presented in the PMBOK framework used here?

2. A project manager is preparing a plan by identifying deliverables, activities, resources, estimates, and the schedule before assessing the plan itself. Which project process is being performed?

3. A client adds several required features to a project without changing the deadline or budget. Which consequence is most consistent with the project triangle?

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What are the five PMBOK project management processes presented?

Project initiation, project planning, project execution, project control, and project closure.

What activities are included in project planning?

Setting deliverables, defining activities and resources, obtaining estimates, scheduling, and evaluating the plan.

What three constraints does the project triangle balance?

Scope, time, and cost or budget.

What is the maximum budget for the Summer Palace project example?

100,000€.

PMBOK processes

Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, Closure.

Project scope triangle

Balances scope, time, and cost.

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