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Computer Support for Successful Project Management
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Computer Support for Successful Project Management

by Ulhaus M. Samant
August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
174 pages
3h 9m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 3

Introduction to Project Scheduling

On completion of this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Understand what is meant by activity sequencing;

  2. Understand how network diagrams are used in scheduling;

  3. Understand different types of relationships between tasks (activities); and 4. Learn how to use Project templates to jump start planning in MS-Project.

In Chapter 2, we studied about creating a work breakdown structure (WBS). The WBS will help you to baseline the scope of the project. However, you have yet to arrive with the schedule of the project. There are five key project planning processes (according to Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK]) that will help you to arrive at the schedule once you are ready with the scope of the work. ...

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