Time Management

By Rod Hutchings MAppSc MAIPM MACS RegPM(MPD)

Estimating how long it will take to complete work, develop project schedule, and ensure completion. Project Schedule – for each project a project schedule should be defined early on. Tasks should be identified down to the task/person level. Project schedule templates (plans for software upgrades, software development etc…) should be developed so that project managers have a “pool” to pull from.

• All projects that have more than 5 resources and have duration of longer than 1 month should utilize Microsoft Project to develop a project schedule.
• Requirements should be done prior to development work.
• In areas where business changes are needed, significant time should be allotted to do this.
• Include entire project team in planning. This will help minimize tasks being overlooked in the plan.
• Break the project into small pieces. Not all functionality has to be delivered with one release.
• Time needed for the project by the various resources needs to be better identified. Often the time is underestimated.
  

   

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