Project Management Scheduling Best Practices

A well-defined project schedule is the single most important tool that will guide your project to completion. Anticipating project twists and turns will help you make better decisions, manage scope creep and hit your targets. … Yet even experienced project managers struggle with creating a schedule that works. In this course you’ll learn key techniques to map out your project successfully.

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• Separate core project tasks into more manageable components
• Determine the proper sequence of project tasks
• Use network logic diagrams to understand key task dependencies
• Identify and analyze project risks and deploy effective risk-response strategies
• Overcome common scheduling mistakes

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The Work Breakdown Structure

• Explain the Purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Precedence Diagrams

• Create Precedence (Network) Diagrams to Show Task Dependencies and to Put Tasks into a Logical Sequence

Risk Management Planning

• Adjust Schedules for Risk as Needed to Ensure They Are Realistic

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