Project Schedule Management involves the processes required to plan, develop, and control a project timeline to ensure timely completion. This knowledge area includes defining activities, sequencing them logically, estimating durations, developing the schedule, and monitoring progress. It equips project managers with the tools to create realistic timelines, manage dependencies, allocate resources efficiently, and adjust plans as needed. Strong schedule management is critical to meeting deadlines, optimizing team performance, and achieving project success.
A Tale of Two Speeds Back in 2019, I was managing a data integration initiative for our upstream systems. The field hardware team ran on waterfall — rigid specs, fixed milestones. Meanwhile, the software team back in Houston was using Agile — sprints, demos, and standups. Between them? Weeks of misalignment, idle time, and a […]
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One of the most common problems in projects is exceeding timelines and budgets. You could even argue that failed projects don’t truly exist — there are only those whose deadlines stretch into infinity, and whose budgets have already run out. Notably, both the client and the contractor suffer from missed deadlines. The client doesn’t get
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In 1998, I was overseeing the construction phase of a pipeline extension project in the North Sea. Everything was on track — literally. Our Gantt chart was flawless. Dependencies, milestones, resource allocations — all buttoned up. Until a rogue weather system shut down offshore operations for six weeks. That was the moment I stopped believing
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