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How Do We Schedule?

Scheduling noncritical tasks is important in project planning. Watch Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne explain more.

In this video, Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne explains how scheduling noncritical tasks is important in project planning. She poses the questions:

When do we schedule those noncritical tasks activities?
When do we think that we would like to perform the work?

During this video, you’ll work through the startup project example as several of the activities are non-critical and have some slack associated with them. As you watch the video, think about these questions posed above and how you would answer them in relation to your own project/s.

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