Project Management Simplified

Appendix G: Project Schedule

Based on the sequenced schedule network diagram, George completes the project schedule. As with the deck example in the text, the project schedule includes, for each task, the applied time (effort), percent of time, duration, and resources, both number of resources and skills/specialties, if appropriate.

G.1 Time Increments

For this project, the schedule tracks time by week, rather than by day (as is the case for the deck project). For longer duration projects, it is challenging to track work in small time increments; the rule of thumb is to increase the time increment to weeks, months, or quarters. For very long duration projects, the schedule may initially plan and track in weeks, months, or quarters; for the near ...