Planning Time

Planning Time

1. Plan Schedule Management

   • IP:3, I:4, T&T:3
   • M: Includes appropiate control thresholds
   • Inputs
     • PMP (Scope Baseline)
     • Project Charter (Milestones, Approval requirements
     • E/O, Software, procedures, control tools, policies
   • Output: Schedule Management Plan
     • 1. Schedule model development
     • 2. Level of accuracy (range, contingencies)
     • 3. Units of measure (time and resources)
     • 4. Organizational procedures
     • 5. Schedule model maintenance
     • 6. Control thresholds (amount of variation, percentage deviations)
     • 7. Rules of performance measurement (%, EVM, SPI, SU, accounts)
     • 8. Reporting formants and frecuency

2. Define Activities

   • IP:3, I:4, T&T:3
   • M: Breakdown Work Packages into activities (work effort)
   • Inputs
     • SMP: level of detail
     • Scope Baseline
     • EEF/OPA: PMIS
   • Output: Activity list (description)
   • Output: Activity attributes
     • Duration, resource, cost, responsible
     • LOE: level of effort
     • When completed
     • Predecessor, successor
   • Output:Milestone list (significat point or event)

3. Sequence Activities

   • IP:4, I:7, T&T:3
   • M: relationships among the activities. Logical sequence of work
   • Inputs
     • SMP: scheduling method
     • Activities, Milestones
     • Project Scope Statement
     • EEF/OPA: tools
   • Output: Project Schedule Network Diagrams, PSND (graphical representation)
   • Output: Project documents updates
     • Activity lists
     • Activity attributes
     • Milestone list
     • Risk register

4. Estimate Activity Resources

   • IP:7, I:8, T&T:5
   • M:Material, human, equipment, supplies
   • Inputs
     • SMP: level of accuracy and unit of measure
     • Activities
     • Resource calendars (available)
     • EEF/OPA: procedures of rental and purchase
     • Estimate costs
     • Risk register
   • Output: Activity resource requirements (for each work package and period
     • Types and Quantities
     • Basis of estimate
   • Output: Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) (hierarchical representation by category and type)
   • Output: Project Documents Updates
     • Activity list
     • Activity attributes
     • Resource calendars

5. Estimate Activity Durations

   • IP:8, I:10, T&T:6
   • M: progressively elaborated
   • Inputs
     • SMP: method, level of accuracy
     • Activities
     • RBS
     • RC
     • PSS
     • RR
     • EEF/OPA: productivity metrics
   • Output: Activity Duration Estimates
     • Number of time periods
     • Not include lags
     • Indication of the range
   • Output: Project documents updates
     • Activity attributes
     • Assumptions

6. Develop Schedule

   • IP:10, I:13, T&T:8
   • M: dates for completing activities
   • Inputs
     • SMP
     • Define activities (activities)
     • PSND
     • RBS
     • RC
     • Activity durations
     • RR
     • Acquire Project Team (Staff assignments)
     • EEF/OPA
   • O: 1. Schedule Baseline (approved version)
   • O: 2. Project Schedule (presentation)
   • O: 3. Schedule data
   • O: 4. Project calendars (available)
   • O: 5. Project Management Plan Updates
     • Schedule Baseline
     • Schedule Management Plan
   • O: 6. Project documents updates
     • Activity resource requirements
     • Activity attributes
     • Calendars
     • Risk Register