Project  Scheduling  withLiquid  Planner

American  Society  for  QualityJanuary  25,  2012Lisa  Sieverts,  PMP

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Project Scheduling

Let’s  Review  the  Basics

The  Triple  Constraint

Scope Time Resources

Good  Schedules  begins  with  Good  Scope

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Are  we  building  a  log  cabin…

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Or  the  Taj  Mahal

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An  organized  list  of  project  deliverables

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Work  Breakdown  Structure

DeliverableA  tangible  result

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NOUN

For  Example• Hardware  or  soTware  • Planning  documents  • Widgets  • Process  documents  • Test  cases  • MeeVng  minutes

The  Party  Project

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Major  Deliverables

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Scheduling  Process

Define EsVmate  SequenceTasks

Task  =  Work  to  meet  a  deliverable.

Tasks

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VERB

For  Example• Order  materials• Design  widget• Test  subassembly• DraT  document• Organize  meeVngs• Print  meeVng  notes

Tasks:  Define  and  Sequence

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Tasks:  EsVmate

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Roll-­‐up  EsVmates

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So What?

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Scheduling  Process

Define

Develop

EsVmate  SequenceTasks

Schedule

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ThinkaboutTIME

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Packages  =  Folders  of  TIME

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Develop  Schedule

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Useful  InformaVon

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Early  Start Latest  Finish

Scheduling  Process

Define

Monitor  and  ControlDevelop

EsVmate  SequenceTasks

Schedule

Tracking:  ID  Task  Status

•Should  have  started•Should  have  completed•Are  “in  progress”

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Tracking:  QuesVons  to  Ask

•When  did  you  start  the  task?  •When  did  you  finish?• Hours  spent  so  far?• Hours  needed  (best  case/worst  case)  to  finish  the  task?

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Task  Didn’t  Go  As  Planned?

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Re-estimate&

Re-schedule

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Work  Remaining  =  Burn  Down

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Date  DriT

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Project Scheduling

Q  and  A