PROJECT PLANNING

PRIMER
THIS FAMILY KNOWS EVERYTHING IN THIS
WORLD, DO YOU KNOW THEM
 PLANNING PROPOSES ACTIONS

TIME

COST SCOPE
KEY OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 MONITORING COLLECTS DATA

TIME

COST SCOPE
KEY OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 CONTROLLING TAKES CORRECTIVE
ACTION BASED ON DATA COLLECTED

TIME

COST SCOPE
KEY OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PURPOSE OF PROJECT PLAN

PROVIDE STRUCTURE
PURPOSE OF PROJECT PLAN

PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION
PURPOSE OF PROJECT PLAN

PROVIDE COMMUNICATION
PURPOSE OF PROJECT PLAN

PROVIDE BASELINE
PLANNING PROCESS

Final Plan
Schedule
WBS
Design Plan
Technical
requirements
Functional
requirements
Business
requirements
PROJECT PLAN A BUNCH OF PLANS
• SCOPE MANAGEMENT PLANS
• CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLANS
• COST MANAGEMENT PLANS
• RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANS
• HR MANAGEMENT PLANS
• COMMUNICATION PLANS
• PROCUREMENT PLANS
TOOLS OF PLANNING
BAR CHART
TOOLS OF PLANNING
NETWORK DIAGRAMS
MS PROJECT NETWORK DIAGRAM
NETWORK COMPUTATION PROCESS
PROJECT MANAGER TYPICALLY HAS TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING
• HOW SOON CAN I START THAT ACTIVITY – SAY HOW SOON CAN I
START PAINTING OF THE BUILDING IN A CIVIL PROJECT
• WHEN CAN I FINISH AN ACTIVITY
• HOW SOON CAN I FINISH THE PROJECT
• HOW LONG CAN AN ACTIVITY BE DELAYED WITHOUT AFFECTING THE
FINISH DATE OF A PROJECT

TO ANSWER ALL THESE WE USE NETWORK

COMPUTATION
NETWORK COMPUTATION
FORWARD PASS – EARLIEST TIME
• HOW SOON CAN AN ACTIVITY START – EARLY START (ES)
• HOW SOON CAN AN ACTIVITY FINISH – EARLY FINISH ( EF)
• HOW SOON CAN A PROJECT FINISH – EXPECTED TIME ( TE)
BACKWARD PASS – LATEST TIME
• HOW LATE CAN AN ACTIVITY START- LATE START- (LS)
• HOW LATE CAN AN ACTIVITY FINISH- LATE FINISH ( LF)
• WHICH IS THE CRITICAL PATH?
• HOW LONG CAN AN ACTIVITY BE DELAYED? SLACK OR FLOAT (SL)
NETWORK COMPUTATION

ACTIVITY
ES NUMBER EF

ACTIVITY
SL NODE
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY
LS DURATION LF
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PRECEDING ACTIVITY DURATION
A APPLICATION APPROVAL NONE 5
B CONSTRUCTION PLANS A 15
C TRAFFIC STUDY A 10
D SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHECK A 5
E STAFF REPORT B,C 15
F COMMISSION APPROVAL B,C,D 10
G WAIT FOR CONSTRUCTION F 170
H OCCUPANCY E,G 35

LET US NOW DRAW THE NETWORK

DIAGRAM AND FIND WHEN PROJECT
WOULD COMPLETE
 C E

TRAFFIC STUDY STAFF REPORT

H

OCCUPANCY
10 15

35

0 A B F G

APPLICATION CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION WAIT FOR

APPROVAL SL PLAN APPROVAL CONSTRUCTION

0 5 15 10 170

SERVICE CHECK

15 5 20
 5 C 15 20 E 35

200 H 235
5 TRAFFIC STUDY 165 STAFF REPORT

0 OCCUPANCY
10 10 20 185 15 200

200 35 235

0 A 5 5 B 20 20 F 30 30 G 200

APPLICATION CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION WAIT FOR

APPROVAL 0 PLAN 0 APPROVAL 0 CONSTRUCTION

0 5 5 5 15 20 20 10 30 30 170 200

5 D 10

10 SERVICE CHECK

15 5 20