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Project Management Orientation

Checking the Schedule   

After generating the schedule, you must check each input and assumption one more time to ensure that nothing has been overlooked.  Consider involving an outside person in the checking process.
  
The following questions will help you check the schedule:

  • Is there a complete set of roles for each task?  If not, add roles where needed.
  • Are there people assigned to these roles?  If not, assign staff where needed.
  • Do the assigned staff possess the needed skills?  If not, add or change people, or re-estimate the duration to allow for training time.  Arrange for training and add the training tasks to the schedule and the WBS.
  • Will the people really be available when needed?  If not, reschedule around nonavailable time, change utilization assumptions to adjust the duration, or add more staff.

Checking the schedule usually requires several iterative passes.

1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
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