The Project Workout

20 Managing the schedule

1. The project schedule
2. Summary and detailed schedule plan
3. Critical path, float, slack, and other jargon
4. Tracking progress toward your objectives
5. Schedule reports
6. Reports used when drafting a plan
7. Report used to update the forecast
8. Reports used for progress reporting
9. So why are we nearly always late?

The management of the project schedule is one of the most important and fundamental of project management techniques; so much so that many people (wrongly) think that schedule management is project management.

“There can’t be a crisis next week. My schedule is full.”

HENRY KISSINGER

• Plan in outline for the full project.
• Break the ...