Tools:

Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project

Conclusion

It is evident that ‘project planning and scheduling’ go hand-in-hand and are essentials of project management. In a nutshell, ‘Project planning’ is an elaborative process that includes all details of the project, from its inception to completion. And ‘Project schedule’ is the tracker that monitors the sequences and tenure of project-related tasks.

A project schedule notifies/alerts the project team on any delays or if the project is not incorrect direction. It is a live document, requires periodic updating and recording. The tools and techniques deployed for project planning are ‘Task Breakdown Structure’, ‘Scope of Work’ and ‘Critical Path Method’ abbreviated as ‘TBS’, ‘SOP’ and ‘CPM’ respectively. While, project schedule uses software tools and methods such as ‘PERT’ (Program Evaluation Review Technique), Gantt charts, Pareto charts, and other networking illustrations.

A project is incomplete and cannot be a success without a well-developed project-plan and precise project-schedule.To attain project milestones, Plan and Schedule it!