Chapter Six Time Robbers

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Time Robbers continued • Executive meddling or micro‐management • Poorly motivated or educated customers • Vague goals and objectives • Poor time management • Ill defined project scope • Company politics • Working on under‐funded projects Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 6 ‐ 3 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 6‐4 1/8/2010 2
Project Time Management Processes Project time management describes the processes and methods required to create and manage appropriate schedules hdl to complete l the project: Activity Definition – identifies the lowest level of work on the WBS, “work packages”, that needs to be performed to create the finished product deliverable Activity Sequencing – identifying and documenting the logical and sometimes physical relationships among schedule activities Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 6 ‐ 5 Where Do Schedules Come From? Step 0. Build the WBS St Step 1. 1 Define Dfi Atiiti Activities ( (work kpackages) k ) Step 2. Sequence Activities and Assign proper activity dependencies Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 6 ‐ 6 1/8/2010 3
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