Project Scope and Schedule Management

1 – PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

• Project Scope Management Overview
• Project Scope Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
• Project Time Management Overview
• Project Time Mgt. Processes and Key Outputs
• Case Study Selection
• Requirements, Scope, and Negotiations

2 – PLAN SCOPE AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

• Plan Scope and Schedule Mgt. Overview
• The Scope Management Plan
• The Requirements Management Plan
• The Schedule Management Plan

3 – COLLECT REQUIREMENTS

• Collect Requirements Overview
• Types of Requirements
• Effective Product/Solution Requirements
• Other Stakeholders and Requirements
• Collect Requirements Techniques
• Voice of the Customer
• Requirements Traceability Matrix

4 – DEFINE SCOPE

• Define Scope Overview
• Project Scope Statement Sections
• Create a Project Scope Statement

5 – CREATE WBS

• Create WBS Overview
• WBS by Deliverable
• WBS by Phase
• When to Subdivide a Work Package Further
• Effective WBSs
• General Process for Creating the WBS
• Create a WBS

6 – DEFINE ACTIVITIES

• Define Activities Overview
• Practical Considerations for Defining Activities
• Activities and Steps
• Milestones
• Create Activities and Milestones

7 – SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES

• Develop Schedule Overview
• Critical Path
• Resource Optimization ? Resource Leveling
• Resource Optimization ? Resource Smoothing
• Resolve Overallocations
• Critical Chain
• Schedule Compression Techniques

8 – ESTIMATE ACTIVITY RESOURCES

• Estimate Activity Resources Overview
• Resource Breakdown Structure
• Estimate Activity Resources
• Assign Resources to Activities

9 – ESTIMATE ACTIVITY DURATIONS

• Estimate Activity Durations Overview
• Expert Judgment
• Ratio Estimating
• Analogous Estimating
• Parametric Estimating
• Forecasting
• Three Point Estimating and PERT Estimating
• Reserves
• Estimate Activity Durations

10 – DEVELOP SCHEDULE

• Develop Schedule Overview
• Critical Path
• Resource Optimization ? Resource Leveling
• Resource Optimization ? Resource Smoothing
• Resolve Overallocations
• Critical Chain
• Schedule Compression Techniques

11 – VALIDATE SCOPE

• Validate Scope Overview
• Verify Scope Best Practices
• Create a Scope Validation Form

12 – CONTROL SCOPE AND SCHEDULE

• Control Scope Overview
• Control Schedule Overview
• Control Scope Best Practices
• Change Control Stakeholders
• Determine Change Control Stakeholders
• Change Control Process
• Change Request Form