The Importance of Schedule Controlling
MBS 641 Project Management Assignment 1
The Importance of Schedule Controlling
MIRANDA ARNIKA BUNARTO
312 11 535
Lecturer & Tutor
Mr. Frank Krause
Dr. Lim Yew Ban
CONTENT
1 Introduction 1
2 Managing Project Time 1 2.1 Control Changes 2 2.2 Observe Performance 3 2.3 Follow Up, Follow Up, and Follow Up 3 2.4 Develop and Implement a Reporting Strategy 4
3 How Do Scheduling Control Play an Important Role During Project Development 5 1. Influencing the Factors that Create Schedule Changes to Ensure that Changes are Beneficial 7 3.2 Determining When Schedule is Amended 8 3.3 Managing the Amended Schedule 9
4 Conclusion 10 References 11
1. Introduction
Every projects aim to reach their goals on schedule without any delays. As a project manager, one main responsibility is to ensure keeping the project as scheduled. This becomes a reason that time management takes an important part as one of the nine areas in the Project Management. Failed to manage it properly, it would not be able to carry on as planned. There are many aspects to be concerned in the time management, such as; define activities, add sequences in all activities, estimate activity resources, estimate activity duration, develop schedule and control schedule. All of these sections run an important role to accomplish the time management. However, every part of development plans and actions will be futile without controlled, especially when there is a changing occurs in the on-going project. Upon that schedule control is necessary to determine the time management within a project.
2. Managing Project Time
“Time is a unique resource as we cannot rent, hire, buy or otherwise obtain more times as once has gone, it will never come back.” (Drucker 2002).
One of the most common afflictions of project failure is due to ineffective time management. Furthermore, ineffective time management or the lack of it
The Importance of Schedule Controlling
MIRANDA ARNIKA BUNARTO
312 11 535
Lecturer & Tutor
Mr. Frank Krause
Dr. Lim Yew Ban
CONTENT
1 Introduction 1
2 Managing Project Time 1 2.1 Control Changes 2 2.2 Observe Performance 3 2.3 Follow Up, Follow Up, and Follow Up 3 2.4 Develop and Implement a Reporting Strategy 4
3 How Do Scheduling Control Play an Important Role During Project Development 5 1. Influencing the Factors that Create Schedule Changes to Ensure that Changes are Beneficial 7 3.2 Determining When Schedule is Amended 8 3.3 Managing the Amended Schedule 9
4 Conclusion 10 References 11
1. Introduction
Every projects aim to reach their goals on schedule without any delays. As a project manager, one main responsibility is to ensure keeping the project as scheduled. This becomes a reason that time management takes an important part as one of the nine areas in the Project Management. Failed to manage it properly, it would not be able to carry on as planned. There are many aspects to be concerned in the time management, such as; define activities, add sequences in all activities, estimate activity resources, estimate activity duration, develop schedule and control schedule. All of these sections run an important role to accomplish the time management. However, every part of development plans and actions will be futile without controlled, especially when there is a changing occurs in the on-going project. Upon that schedule control is necessary to determine the time management within a project.
2. Managing Project Time
“Time is a unique resource as we cannot rent, hire, buy or otherwise obtain more times as once has gone, it will never come back.” (Drucker 2002).
One of the most common afflictions of project failure is due to ineffective time management. Furthermore, ineffective time management or the lack of it
References: Drucker, Peter F. (2002) Managing In the Next Society, Truman Talley Book. Grundy, T, & Brown. L. (2004) The Ultimate Book of Business Skills, Capstone Publishing Limited Martin, Stevens (2002) Project Management Institute (2008). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) Versace, Vince