Project managers should determine the required duration of required activities and include additional slack time in putting together a schedule. It is far easier to adjust for an activity that completes early than for an activity running longer than expected. Project scheduling is a key task that will determine the success of a project. The process starts with establishing the objectives for the project. The scope must be considered. A plan must be set in place with milestones and the final goal.

Introduction

The introduction is the best opportunity to convince your audience that you have something worthwhile to say (one solid paragraph). An introduction can accomplish this by fulfilling five important responsibilities, as follows:

Five Phases of Project Management

List and discuss the five phases of project management.

Project Schedule

1. Explain the purpose of the project schedule.

1. In which phase is the schedule completed in the project life cycle?

1. Who creates the project schedule?

Project Schedule Importance

1. Why is the project schedule important?

1. Who updates the project schedule?

Project Resources

1. Discuss project resources.

1. Examine four main resources required for a house construction project including identifying to which project resource category each belongs and the criticality of each resource to the project's schedule.

Theories

Resources-Based Theory (RBT)

1. Explain the RBT

Resource Advantage Theory (RAT)

1. Explain the RAT

Resource Planning

1. Explain the process of resource planning relative to creating the project's schedule.

1. Explain the importance of resource planning in project scheduling.

1. Describe one risk that can be associated with resource planning.

Resource Allocation

1. Explain the process of resource allocation relative to creating the project's schedule.

1. Explain the importance of resource allocation in project scheduling.

1. Describe one risk that can be associated with resource allocation.

Contrast

1. Contrast the roles of resource planning and resource allocation in project scheduling.

Scheduling Issues

Slack time

1. Define slack time and its effects on a project schedule.

Estimating Activity

1. Explain the estimating activities process relative to project scheduling.

Estimating Total Project Time

1. Explain the process of estimating total project time relative to project scheduling.

Conclusion

The conclusion is the last thing that the reader will remember about your essay.

1. The conclusion should be a summary of the highlights of your statement of purpose.
2. The conclusion should include the main points of the statement of purpose.
3. The conclusion should be as well-constructed and grammatically correct as everything.