Skip to 0 minutes and 18 secondsWelcome to the Time Management Module. Time Management is covered in Section 6 of your PMBOK Guide.
Skip to 0 minutes and 24 secondsThis module is divided into five separate lecture videos: First, Time Management Overview, Second, Define and Sequence Activities, Third, Critical Path Method and Schedule Compression, Fourth, Critical Chain Method and Resource Optimization, And the fifth lecture video, Schedule Baseline and Project Schedule. In this lecture video, we will present an overview of Time Management.
Skip to 0 minutes and 51 secondsAt the end of the lecture video, you will be able to: List the time management processes, and Identify components of the schedule management plan. Project Time Management includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project. Plan Schedule Management is the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule. The output for this process is the schedule management plan, the playbook for how you will plan and manage your schedule, how it will be reviewed, and how often. Plan Schedule Management is the first process in Project Time Management.
Skip to 1 minute and 36 secondsThe others are: Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, and Control Schedule. These processes interact with each other and with processes in other Knowledge Areas as described in Section 3 of your PMBOK Guide. If you are unfamiliar with any of these terms, pause this lecture video and review the Project Time Management processes, including their inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs, found in your PMBOK Guide. This brings us to the end of this lecture video overview of Time Management. Now would be a good time to review this section in your workbook and complete the Knowledge Check, while the information is still fresh in your mind.
Time Management Overview
Project Time Management Overview Knowledge Highlights
Learning Outcomes
- list the time management processes
- identify components of the schedule management plan
Project Time Management
Project time management includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project.
Project Time Management Processes:
- Plan schedule management
- define Activities
- sequence Activities
- estimate Activity resources
- estimate Activity durations
- develop schedule
- Control schedule
Plan Schedule Management
Plan Schedule Management is the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule.
The output for this process is the schedule management plan—the playbook for how you will plan and manage your schedule, how it will be reviewed, and how often.
Note: All learning materials you need to complete this short course are included in the online environment. The PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition serves as an optional secondary reading resource.
