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Project Scheduling withLiquid Planner
American Society for QualityJanuary 25, 2012Lisa Sieverts, PMP
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Project Scheduling
Let’s Review the Basics
The Triple Constraint
Scope Time Resources
Good Schedules begins with Good Scope
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Are we building a log cabin…
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Or the Taj Mahal
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An organized list of project deliverables
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Work Breakdown Structure
DeliverableA tangible result
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NOUN
For Example• Hardware or soTware • Planning documents • Widgets • Process documents • Test cases • MeeVng minutes
The Party Project
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Major Deliverables
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Scheduling Process
Define EsVmate SequenceTasks
Task = Work to meet a deliverable.
Tasks
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VERB
For Example• Order materials• Design widget• Test subassembly• DraT document• Organize meeVngs• Print meeVng notes
Tasks: Define and Sequence
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Tasks: EsVmate
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Roll-‐up EsVmates
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So What?
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Scheduling Process
Define
Develop
EsVmate SequenceTasks
Schedule
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ThinkaboutTIME
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Packages = Folders of TIME
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Develop Schedule
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Useful InformaVon
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Early Start Latest Finish
Scheduling Process
Define
Monitor and ControlDevelop
EsVmate SequenceTasks
Schedule
Tracking: ID Task Status
•Should have started•Should have completed•Are “in progress”
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Tracking: QuesVons to Ask
•When did you start the task? •When did you finish?• Hours spent so far?• Hours needed (best case/worst case) to finish the task?
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Task Didn’t Go As Planned?
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Re-estimate&
Re-schedule
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Work Remaining = Burn Down
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Date DriT
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Project Scheduling
Q and A