All projects
need written schedules.
To create a schedule, you must determine two things:
- The order
in which tasks and events must occur, and
- The time it will
take to do them.
Determining these requires communications.
Schedules
are also fundamental to project control. Schedules will be
used to determine what tasks occur next, for
tracking status, and for reporting to stakeholders. So,
the primary
purpose of a schedule is for good communications. Think
of what you do with a schedule. You put it in reports,
post it in the Project Office, and show it on PowerPoint.
Therefore,
the schedules that emerge from the planning process
should be tailored for the different stakeholders and be ready
for
immediate use. |
