Scheduling Techniques offered by MS Project

[AzamFarooq]

I would like to know what Scheduling Techniques (in theory) are offered by MS
Project.

Thanks in advance

 

[davegb]

I would like to know what Scheduling Techniques (in theory) are offered byMS
Project.

Thanks in advance

Only one I can think of, Critical Path Scheduling. There are other
'techniques", like EV, for related purposes. Maybe PERT can be
considered a "technique", but in truth it's statistically unsound and
I don't recommend it.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[Jim Aksel]

Hello Azam. Your question seems to be very general. Let me try to give you
a very general overview and then perhaps you will have some more specific
questions.

Project allows scheduling from either the start date or finish date of a
project (forwards or backwards). It allows you to define tasks and the
relationships among them such as Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start,
Finish-to-Finish.

Additionally some other constraints are allowed: Start-no-earlier-Than,
Start-No-Later-Than, Must-Start-On. Must-Finish-On, Finish-No-Later-Than,
Finish-No-Earlier-Than. Start-As-Late-As-Possible, Start-As-Soon-As-Possible.

Project allows you to assign resources and costs to discrete tasks, set
priorities for those tasks (the order they may be worked). If there is
resource overallocation, project can attempt to resolve the overallocation
issues for you.

Project also lets you track progress on the scheduled using different
methods to determine %Complete. It allows you to use the ideas of Earned
Value Analysis as is well documented on the web and various government
agencies most notably in the Australia, the United States of America, and
Great Britain.

Project allows, if desired, a triple point estimate for task completion
durations: Most Likely, Optimistic, and Pessimisitc. These can be weighted
to display any of these three Gantt Charts plus the Most Likely chart which
is a weighted value depending ont he other three. This feature is installed
and available, although not truly used widely as there are other techniques
avaialble.

There are many add on products that can assist you with MS Project. Some of
these allow you to perform risk analysis on the project, others allow you to
consider Critical Chain methods.

Project integrates well with the other products in the MS Office Suite
esepcially Visio and Excel.

If you have specific areas where you would like to ask additional questions,
please post.
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If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

Jim

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information
about Microsoft Project

 

[AzamFarooq]

thanx a many dave!

Only one I can think of, Critical Path Scheduling. There are other
'techniques", like EV, for related purposes. Maybe PERT can be
considered a "technique", but in truth it's statistically unsound and
I don't recommend it.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[AzamFarooq]

That was great! thanx Jim

Hello Azam. Your question seems to be very general. Let me try to give you
a very general overview and then perhaps you will have some more specific
questions.

Project allows scheduling from either the start date or finish date of a
project (forwards or backwards). It allows you to define tasks and the
relationships among them such as Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start,
Finish-to-Finish.

Additionally some other constraints are allowed: Start-no-earlier-Than,
Start-No-Later-Than, Must-Start-On. Must-Finish-On, Finish-No-Later-Than,
Finish-No-Earlier-Than. Start-As-Late-As-Possible, Start-As-Soon-As-Possible.

Project allows you to assign resources and costs to discrete tasks, set
priorities for those tasks (the order they may be worked). If there is
resource overallocation, project can attempt to resolve the overallocation
issues for you.

Project also lets you track progress on the scheduled using different
methods to determine %Complete. It allows you to use the ideas of Earned
Value Analysis as is well documented on the web and various government
agencies most notably in the Australia, the United States of America, and
Great Britain.

Project allows, if desired, a triple point estimate for task completion
durations: Most Likely, Optimistic, and Pessimisitc. These can be weighted
to display any of these three Gantt Charts plus the Most Likely chart which
is a weighted value depending ont he other three. This feature is installed
and available, although not truly used widely as there are other techniques
avaialble.

There are many add on products that can assist you with MS Project. Some of
these allow you to perform risk analysis on the project, others allow you to
consider Critical Chain methods.

Project integrates well with the other products in the MS Office Suite
esepcially Visio and Excel.

If you have specific areas where you would like to ask additional questions,
please post.
--
If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

Jim

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information
about Microsoft Project