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• What is Project and Programme Management?
• What is Programme Management ?
• What is Project Management ?
• Project Start-Up Project Foundation
• Through Life Management
• Through Life Finance
  • What is Through Life Finance ?
  • Summary of Mandates
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Training and Competences
  • Common Terms
  • Points of Contact
• Earned Value Management
  • Introduction to EVM
  • EVM Process
    • Readiness Review
    • Systems Review
    • Integrated Baseline Review
    • Demonstration Review
    • Surveillance Review
  • Analysis and Forecasts
    • Cost Variance
    • Schedule Variance
    • Estimate At Complete
    • Estimate To Complete
    • To Complete Performance Index
    • Payment By Earned Value
  • Further Information
  • Training
  • Common Terms
  • Points of Contact
• Planning and Scheduling
  • Principles of Planning and Scheduling
  • What is Planning and Scheduling ?
  • When Should Planning and Scheduling be Carried Out ?
  • Who is Involved in Planning and Scheduling ?
  • How are Plans and Schedules Developed ?
  • The Planning and Scheduling Process
    • Stage 1 – Define Scope and Responsibilities
    • Stage 2 – Schedule Resources
    • Stage 3 – Estimate Costs
    • Stage 4 – Manage Risk
  • Training and Competences
  • Common Terms
  • Points of Contact
• Risk Management
• Managing Quality
• Configuration Management
  • What is Configuration Management ?
  • Who has Responsibilities for CM ?
  • CM Policy and Principles
  • CM System Process Diagram
  • CM in Acquisition
    • Control of CM
  • What to do Checklist
  • Further Information
  • Training and Competences
  • Common Terms
  • Points of Contact
• Standardization
  • Introduction to Standardization
  • Standardization Management Objectives
  • Standardization Management Policy
  • Standardization Management Principles
  • Standardization Management Process
  • Training and Competences
  • Common Terms
  • Points of Contact
• Infrastructure for Equipment Projects
  • Introduction
  • Infrastructure Acquisition
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Advice and Support for Equipment Projects
  • Points of Contact
• Learning From Experience
  • Introduction to Learning From Experience
  • Learning From Experience Process
  • Learning From Experience Triggers
  • Learning From Experience Workshops
    • What is a Learning From Experience Workshop ?
    • How to run a Learning From Experience Workshop
  • Benefits of Learning From Experience
  • Further information

Content

Principles of Planning and Scheduling

Planning and scheduling is the process of identifying the activities, resources, actions, dependencies and timings required to accomplish an objective.

The ability to plan and schedule well is critical to any programme or project. This guidance provides an overview of Planning and Scheduling and its associated techniques.

It contains basic planning and scheduling information including:

• What is Planning and Scheduling?
• When Should Planning and Scheduling be carried out?
• Who is involved in Planning and Scheduling?
• How are Plans and Schedules developed?

What is planning concerned with?

• Defining the products that will be delivered.
• Defining quality requirements associated with products.
• Identifying and recording activities needed to deliver the products.
• Identifying and recording dependencies that may affect the programme or the project.
• Analysing the resources needed to carry out the activities.

What is scheduling concerned with?

• Developing the timing model, or schedule.
• Estimating how long activities will take to complete.
• Confirming the sequence activities should be completed in.

Change History

Change History

1 March 2010

Minor amendment made incorporating programme management.

1 November 2009

Minor amendments made for Plain English review.