Lecture Information technology project management (Eighth Edition): Chapter 6, after studying this section will help you understand: Understand the importance of project schedules and good project time management; Discuss the process of planning schedule management; Define activities as the basis for developing project schedules; Describe how project managers use network diagrams and dependencies to assist in activity sequencing. | Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Note See the text itself for full citations. Understand the importance of project schedules and good project time management Discuss the process of planning schedule management Define activities as the basis for developing project schedules Describe how project managers use network diagrams and dependencies to assist in activity sequencing Understand the relationship between estimating resources and project schedules Explain how various tools and techniques help project managers perform activity duration estimates Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 2 Use a Gantt chart for planning and tracking schedule information find the critical path for a project and describe how critical chain scheduling and the Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT affect schedule development Understand how time management is addressed using Agile Discuss how reality checks and discipline are involved in controlling and managing changes to the project schedule Describe how project management software can assist in project time management and review words of caution before using this software Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 3 Managers often cite delivering projects on time as one of their biggest challenges Time has the least amount of flexibility it passes no matter what happens on a project Schedule issues are the main reason for conflicts on projects especially during the second half of projects Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 4 One dimension of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator focuses on peoples attitudes toward structure and deadline Some people prefer to follow schedules and meet deadlines while others do not J vs. P Difference cultures and even entire countries have different attitudes about schedules Information Technology Project Management Eighth Edition Copyright 2016 5 In contrast to the 2002 Salt Lake
