In this chapter, we will review schedule management in the planning process group. We will begin with the schedule management plan, which describes how to manage your schedule, from creation to monitoring and controlling. Then, we will review how to define and sequence tasks in a logical order, to best estimate durations, as well as the creation of the project schedule and the schedule's baseline.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Developing a schedule management plan
- Defining tasks
- Sequencing tasks
- Estimating task durations
- Creating the project schedule