Plan and schedule your project the pragmatic way

A pragmatic project manager knows that there are many possible "right" ways to schedule a project, and that an initial project plan will always evolve as the project gets underway. As a pragmatic project manager, your job is to start the project with just enough planning and to continue to plan (and replan) as you proceed. In this chapter download from Manage It: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, learn how to schedule and estimate a project, borrowing from the best methodologies as appropriate for your particular project. Chapter coverage includes:

• Pragmatic approaches to project scheduling
• Selecting the most appropriate scheduling technique
• Top-down scheduling
• Bottom-up scheduling
• Inside-out scheduling
• Hudson Bay Start
• Start with a short iteration
• Start scheduling with a low-tech tool
• Basic sticky scheduling
• Sticky scheduling with arrows
• Sticky scheduling for each group
• Sticky scheduling for features
• Benefits of using sticky scheduling
• Deliverable-based planning

Title: Manage It: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
Author: Johanna Rothman
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Chapter 4: Scheduling the Project
ISBN: 0-9787392-4-8; Copyright 2007, Pragmatic Bookshelf. All rights reserved.
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