Tools and Techniques

Tools and Techniques

Based on Planning Activity
Planning for activities and Costs
Planning for quality
Planning for time
Planning for resources
Planning for activities and costs
Breakdown structures
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Work Packages (WPs) and Statement of Work (SOWs)
Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)
Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS)
Benefits of Breakdown Structures
Summarising all the activities comprising the project,
including support and other tasks.
Displaying the interrelationships of the various jobs to each
other and the total project
Establishing the authority and responsibility of each part of
the project
Estimating project cost
Performing risk analysis
Scheduling jobs
Providing a basis for controlling the application of resources
to the project
Planning for quality
Project Quality Plan
Risk assessment
Project overview
Project requirements
Project organisation
Monitoring and reporting procedures
Key development stages and process
Key standards to be used in the project
Testing strategy
Procurement policy
Configuration management
Planning for time
Network Analysis
It is a general term, referring to various techniques
adopted to plan and control projects.
It is used to analyse the inter-relationships between the
tasks identified by the work breakdown structure and to
define the dependencies of each task.
Laying out a network it is often possible to see that
assumptions for the order or work are not logical or
could be achieved more cost effectively by re-ordering
them.
Critical Path Analysis
Process of CPA
Analyse the project
Draw the network Diagram
Estimate the time and costs of each activity
Locate the critical path
Schedule the project
Monitor and control the progress of the project
Revise the plan