The Importance of Schedule Controlling

Changes to scope and requirements are a common threat to projects. To ensure this project is delivered in line with the scope described above in Section 4 Project Baseline and Section 5 Project Scope, a formal Change Control process will be instituted for this project to:

The project manager of a construction company has developed the following network diagram for her building construction project. After receiving the plans, the manager must coordinate a number of tasks. Key areas she want to focus on, is time and risk. “Planning is responsible for project Time Management. The Plan process selects a scheduling methodology, tool, sets the format and establishes criteria for developing and controlling the schedule of a project. Rules and approaches for scheduling process are defined by the scheduling methodology”. PMI (2008)

Scope Management includes following steps: clearly defining and documenting project business requirements by the company shareholders (collect requirements), develop a detailed description of the project (define scope), subdivide project deliverables and project work into smaller, manageable components (create WBS), formalize acceptance of the completed project deliverables, and monitoring the status and scope (verify scope), and managing changes to the scope baseline (control scope).

Scope management involves converting the owners or sponsors requirements into a definition of the asset and identify the work that is required to complete the project (Turner 2014, p.131). The vegetation elimination project manages scope primarily from the implementation business case, Project Scope Document (Table 1) and Work Breakdown Structure (Table 2).

Allowing frequent changes in the project scope is dangerous and disastrous if it is not accepted by the stakeholders involved (Larson & Gray, 2011).

During the project management process the triple constraints of scope, cost, and time play a key role. The project manager must work to control corporate resources within the constraints of time, cost, and scope (Kerzner, 2013, p.845). A scope of the project consists of the planning process that outlines all of the work that must be done to complete the project (South University Online, Scope section, 2016, para. 2). The scope of a project can become a constraint if an unplanned issue occurs that creates more work. For example, if an individual is replacing their window. The scope of the project only involves the labor need to

The project is broken down into two various sub-systems and estimates are made by those not responsible; these are then aggregated to provide a total estimate.

The duties of a project manager are made of many important tasks that guarantee the completion of a project on time. One of the most important obligations in project management is the resource scheduling and management duty. Due to economic principles and the theories on the demand and supply of goods and services, managers seek to efficiently utilize the resources available to the project (Sprecher, 2000). After reading many different articles on resource scheduling, I came to the conclusion that the person who is in charge of scheduling resources is the most critic player in the business project. Resource scheduling is a way of determining when activities should be performed (Larson & Gray, 2010). To smooth out the demand on the available resources, the manager decides how the resources are use and as such this prevents him from exceeding the given limits or availability of these resources (Lever, 2009). Adequate resource leveling is undertaken so that the project can be delivered on the planned due date. However, managers are faced with different constrains that delay project completion.

Project Scope will also include project risks – such as shortage of material, labor, and scheduling problems. Assumptions on information that is currently missing, but will be available as the project progresses should be included in the Project Scope as well. For instance, improvements in the motorcycle performance as changes are made to its engine or motor design could negatively affect comfort for the rider. Scope should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. Project Scope is a component of the Project Management Plan (Project Management Insitute, Inc.).

The main risk is the gap between user requirements and developers’ understanding. Project manager will take care to bridge the gap to ensure all are on same page. Also project manager along with team should always be ready to accept changes and should react quickly to the changes.

These meetings will be used primarily to report to the programme manager (Geoff Skates). Updates for the programme manager will be prepared prior to meetings, and will be used to verify that design decisions and workloads are still within the scope of this project.

-When the project is undergoing process, the project must be control and check all the time and ensured that it is being processed toward it goal.

To minimize scope creep some form of change control is generally implemented to manage and limit changes to the requirements of the project, once the scope of requirements has been approved. The goal is to try to achieve predictability and control over the project costs and schedule. Because of its sequential aspect developers cannot go back to a previous step without go back to the beginning, making very difficult to implement changes or correct errors from the scope of the project. All the details must be set at the beginning of the project with all the details to be followed carefully over the project life cycle.

Control and monitor are an important part of every project manager’s job, in this part, the project manager should always think about how to keep the project on-track, on time and within budget.

As with most project plans, updates or changes may be required as the project progresses or changes are approved. Changes or updates may be required due to changes in personnel, scope, budget, or other reasons.