Introduction to project management/IPM103/Time/Overview

Scheduling activities

The purpose of this learning pathway is to learn how to schedule the sequence of activities taking dependencies into account and to produce a visual representation of the time allocations.

We will do this by exploring key concepts and components. A case study is provided that demonstrates the concepts by applying them to the planning for a wedding.

The discipline of project management is best learned by doing. The learning pathway concludes with a learning challenge where you are tasked to produce your own Gantt chart for your selected project.

Objectives

At the end of this learning pathway you will be able to:

• Identify necessary activities
• Recognise dependencies between activities
• Develop and explain the logical sequence of events
• Create a visual schedule (Gantt chart) for a specific project