The Schedule – Dependency Chain

“Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.”                                                                                                               – Nagarjuna In my previous post on scheduling basics, I listed the essential requirements to have a well-formed schedule, which is also the sequence for developing them: WBS Dependency chain Task effort estimates Resource assignments …

The Schedule – Basics

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.                                                                                                 – Jim Rohn On completing my recent series on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), I promised to continue the series on project management fundamentals with The Schedule.   In this post, I’ll discuss …

The WBS – Intermediate

Two (or six) months into your project, you and your business owner disagree about whether a particular feature or component is included in the project.  You, of course, consider this controversial item obscure and expensive to include;  the business owner, in contrast, asserts that it is absolutely essential, the whole …