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The Project Management Tool Kit, 3rd Edition
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The Project Management Tool Kit, 3rd Edition

by Tom Kendrick
December 2013
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
6h 18m
English
AMACOM
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TIME PROCESS

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Activity Duration Estimating (PMBOK® Guide 6.5)

  What: Forecasting durations for all identified project activities.
  When: Project planning and execution.
  Results: Duration estimates in workdays for all project tasks.

Determine Duration

Duration estimates are central to project plan development. For each listed task in your project activity definition, use responsibility analysis and other planning data to develop a timing estimate, in workdays, using the process defined in your schedule planning. Useful sources for activity duration data:

  • History (lessons learned, databases of project metrics)
  • Activity owner analysis and personal team member experiences
  • Data from previous similar work
  • Experts (consultants, peers, ...
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ISBN: 9780814433454