Scheduling is an important project management tool that converts work plans into a timeline to ensure timely completion. Schedules provide a baseline to measure progress against and integrate budgets, costs, and resources. They are also used to assess the impact of changes, support payment applications, and analyze causes of cost and time overruns in court. The purpose of the chapter is to provide an understanding of scheduling terms, methods, dependencies between tasks, and managing schedule changes.
The Self-Inspections (Internal Audits) Process As A Part of The Pharmaceutical Quality System: Formation of A Risk-Based Approach To Internal Audits Planning
Scheduling is an important project management tool that converts work plans into a timeline to ensure timely completion. Schedules provide a baseline to measure progress against and integrate budgets, costs, and resources. They are also used to assess the impact of changes, support payment applications, and analyze causes of cost and time overruns in court. The purpose of the chapter is to provide an understanding of scheduling terms, methods, dependencies between tasks, and managing schedule changes.
Scheduling is an important project management tool that converts work plans into a timeline to ensure timely completion. Schedules provide a baseline to measure progress against and integrate budgets, costs, and resources. They are also used to assess the impact of changes, support payment applications, and analyze causes of cost and time overruns in court. The purpose of the chapter is to provide an understanding of scheduling terms, methods, dependencies between tasks, and managing schedule changes.
Scheduling is an important project management tool that converts work plans into a timeline to ensure timely completion. Schedules provide a baseline to measure progress against and integrate budgets, costs, and resources. They are also used to assess the impact of changes, support payment applications, and analyze causes of cost and time overruns in court. The purpose of the chapter is to provide an understanding of scheduling terms, methods, dependencies between tasks, and managing schedule changes.
INTRODUCTION Schedules provide a baseline for measurement and a means
for collecting and recording progress. Budgets, costs, and Why Scheduling is Important resources can be integrated into project schedule activities Scheduling is the process that converts the project work plan providing a basis for measuring cost as well as time per- into a road map, that if followed, will assure timely project formance. completion. Scheduling is one of the tools used for monitor- ing and controlling projects to ensure the objectives of cost, Schedules may be used as a basis for payment applications quality, and time are met. Schedules provide the baseline supporting work completed. Critical path schedules are used against which progress is measured. Schedules are used to and relied upon by courts for amending contract completion assess time impact of changes to the work scope. dates. When projects are faced with significant cost and time overruns, schedules are used as analytical tools to support Effective project management involves coordinating activities assessments of labor efficiencies resulting from compression such as planning, organizing, implementing, and controlling or extension of time, congested work areas, and disruption to time and cost. Time control is usually achieved by preparing planned work. and using schedules to make the most efficient use of available time. Scheduling is an important and integral part of the over- The cost engineer must have an understanding of the impor- all planning effort, since the scheduling process forces people tance of using schedules effectively. Knowing only the cost to quantify their effort in discrete terms and to place activities and cost estimating functions limits the ability of the cost in proper relationship to each other. The planning (as dis- engineer to perform as a true project controls professional. cussed in Chapter 12) and scheduling functions are usually performed iteratively in order to accomplish all required tasks within the specified time frames. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Benefits of Scheduling The purpose of this chapter is to provide a basic understand-
Scheduling provides a basis for management of the work, ing of scheduling for seasoned, as well as new, project staff improves communications, and facilitates coordination. and other department personnel who rely on timely project Using a schedule improves the effective use of resources. The completion. The objectives are as follows: project schedule gives the user a baseline to monitor and con- trol the work. • Become familiar with scheduling terms. • Gain an understanding of scheduling methods and tech- Scheduling provides a way of contributing input during proj- niques including each one’s benefits and risks. ect execution concerning means, methods, techniques, • Become familiar with the most commonly used method sequences, or other conditions affecting the plan’s outcome. and technique that will meet your project objectives. Scheduling provides a means for obtaining feedback since • Obtain an understanding of work breakdown structures the development and use is a team effort incorporating the (WBS) and the dependencies between work tasks to ideas and objectives of those responsible for the work. enhance team efficiencies. Schedules are good motivational tools providing intended • Apply overlapping schedule techniques and calculations work plans to those having to perform the work and report- that reflect real-world management applications. ing progress against them. • Become familiar with managing changes to the schedule.
The Self-Inspections (Internal Audits) Process As A Part of The Pharmaceutical Quality System: Formation of A Risk-Based Approach To Internal Audits Planning