Aditya Chinni, PMP

Project Management made easy!!
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Framework (Fundamentals)
Process groups, Knowledge Areas
Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Time Management
 (For PMP Certification Exam preparation, based on PMBOK 3rd Edition)
   
In this tutorial I explain, Project Time Management that provides a basis to activity definition, Sequencing them in an order, Estimate Resource and Duration, Develop schedule and control it.
 
 
 
 IntiationPlanningExecutionMontitoring and ControllingClosing
Processes 

Activity Definition
Activity Sequencing
Activity Resource Estimation
Activity Duration Estimation
Schedule Development 

 Schedule Control  

 

 

In a simplest way to understand the Project, it is a collection of different Activities/Tasks those are needed to be performed in an order to achieve projected results. To execute/perform those tasks certain resources (material or/and labor) are required for a period of time. And those resources should operate in a Controlled way. All of these specifications are achieved by Time Management Knowledge Area of PMBOK Guide. Look at Processes listed in the above table, they exactly satisfy these requirements. Even those names are self explanatory. The Major out come of this Knowledge Area will be Time Management Plan which is part of the big Project Plan document. (Please note the difference between the MS Project Plan and PMI Project Plan. MS Project Plan that we lay down to run the project is just sub-set of the Project Plan suggested PMI. PMI Project Plan is an elaborative document constituting all strategies to run the project)