Time Management

Make sure you study the following key concepts in Project Time Management.

Time Management Processes
Activity Definition; Activity Sequencing; Activity Duration Estimating; Schedule DevelopmentSchedule Control

Other Key Concepts

• Diagramming Definitions
• Network Diagram: Dependencies; How to develop the network
• Methods to Draw (Diagram Techniques): Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) or Activity-on-Node (AON), Arrow Diagram Method (ADM), I and J Networks , Conditional Diagramming Methods
• Critical Path, Slack (Float), Lead andLAG
• Estimating Methods: Critical Path Method; PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique); Monte Carlo; Other Estimating Methods
• Resource Levelling
• Shortening the Schedule: Crashing, Fast Tracking
• Scheduling Tools: Gantt/Bar Chart; Network Diagram; Milestone Charts; Flow Charts
• Heuristics
• Schedule Variance
• Project Schedule Control
• Different Charts: Milestone Charts, Gantt Chart, Bar Chart

The PM-Mentor Study Guide covers all of the above concepts and many others in much more detail.