Course Project Step 3 - Project Schedule Artifacts The third step in our nine step project lifecycle is to develop the project schedule. After the team has developed the scope and objectives for the...

Course Project Step 3 - Project Schedule Artifacts The third step in our nine step project lifecycle is to develop the project schedule. After the team has developed the scope and objectives for the project – the project schedule can be efficiently considered. In practice; schedule development often happens simultaneously with the scope and budget development processes. Developing the project schedule is an iterative process that can take some time to complete. For purposes of this assignment we will keep our deliverables as simple as possible, but sufficient enough to be meaningful. Multiple processes are used in this step including: Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Human Resource Planning, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, and Develop Schedule. Sections 4.2 and 6.1 of the PMBOK® Guide (5th edition) Develop Project Management plan an Plan cost Management describe the Schedule Management plan document. Schedule planning is intended to create the Project Schedule Management plan and to select a scheduling methodology (i.e. Critical Path Method (CPM)), a scheduling tool (i.e. Excel, MS Project, etc…), and sets the format and establishes the criteria for developing and controlling the project schedule. The other processes, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, and Develop Schedule, are described in chapter six of the PMBOK® Guide (5th edition). Human Resource planning is defined in chapter nine of the PMBOK® Guide (5th edition). The project schedule baseline is a version of the schedule model that is accepted and approved by the project management team; it contains planed (baselined) activity start and finish dates. For this portion of the course project you will develop the following project management artifacts: Schedule Management Plan/Statement Project Milestone List Resource Requirements Project Roles and Responsibilities (RACI) or other Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM). Project Schedule (you can use MS Excel or MS Project or another scheduling tool if you have access to these applications, otherwise a table or sequenced list with start/finish dates and activity durations is acceptable). Be sure to identify your project’s critical path.