Plan schedule management

Plan schedule management 

Plan schedule management is the first step in schedule management. Involves creation of a schedule management plan to prepare and manage the project schedule. The key steps involved are;

• Defining the method to be adopted for the development of the schedule. This is tightly linked to the project’s strategy. Some projects demand for end to end schedules, whereas some demands a rolling wave, iterative approaches. If the project organization gives more emphasis on integrated project delivery (IPD), then early inclusion of the associated stakeholders into the plan schedule management is important.
• Defining the tools, number of licences to be used for schedule creation and updation
•  Decision on the number of schedules and their types
• Decision on the levels of accuracy for each type of schedule
• Units of measure to be used in the schedules
• Control thresholds
• Rules of credit (rules of performance measurement for earned value reporting)
• Reporting formats