Project Scheduling

Project scheduling is defined in detail using the Critical Path Method. Ed March, Co-Director of the MEM Program at Dartmouth, illustrates the use of the early start Gantt Chart with the Backward Pass Method. Total Slack and Critical Path Activities of the Gantt Chart are defined. Additional Gantt Chart functions, including Bottom-Up Budgeting and Staffing Profiles, are considered.

[@Arya_J]

Now this I would say single best video for project scheduling

[@ShannonQin]

Thank you! This is super helpful in understanding how the Gantt Chart and CPM relate to each other!

[@naziaahmed1190]

A true life saver! Thank you so much Dr Ed March!

[@facehookedup]

This guy writes backwards faster than I write forwards

[@hyeranyun1058]

It is not written backwards. I guess the video was taken from mirror image.

[@saleemaldarf8204]

This video is very helpful and well presented, thank you!

[@egmom2]

I am not a student in this class but I really love the way this instructor explains this process. It is much less complicated than other CP methods I have seen. I do not have the benefit of the book he refers to explain the backwards pass. If you have time, I would really love to see the backwards pass or be referred to a resource for the backwards pass method for this video. Is that possible?

[@virginiaelena3095]

Great presentation. It`s very useful to understand this before taking Microsoft Project.

[@tycoonrak]

Wow nice refresher video... straight to the point

[@bidwellmazibuko7363]

Very insightful for production scheduling

[@eduard6969]

Very well explained; MS Project can do all the sequencing and compressing/crashing techniques.

[@senanbassamalomari]

Very useful huge thanks for the Great Job

[@valorgaming9149]

thanks a bunch ,great work

[@tonymaina9110]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@magneticstyle6137]

How are project artifacts that are occur repetitively and stay with the project from planning to closing incorporated in the schedule and network diagramming? Examples include stakeholder engagement, monitoring and controlling, project document updates. All such activities involve time and expense so they need to be assigned resources and be elements of of both the schedule and network diagrams. If they are not included, we will always be under budget and over time. But they don't have discrete start and finish dates.

[@gailmarch5097]

The artifacts listed are responsibilities of the project manager, and as you stated are performed over the entire duration of the project. A simple way to depict these responsibilities for project costing is in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Create an item in the WBS called Project Management. Cascading below this level specify sub-levels (1) stakeholder engagement (2) monitor and control (3) documentation (4) change management. Create another sub-level called “documentation updates” that cascades below “documentation” and “change management”, since these updates are common to both responsibilities. Resources and budget may be assigned to each on these project management levels created in the WBS. In the project schedule or Gantt chart include one line labeled “project management” that extends from the beginning to end of the project. If there are specific deadlines for project reports, identify these as milestones on the “project management” path. This is an easy way to depict project management responsibilities in the schedule.

[@redvlogchannel9957]

Nice video for everyone thank u

[@fatimameher268]

Is the backward pass analysis part of drawing a Gantt chart?

[@Rene_Showalter_WFU]

love this explanation, ty! Curious, which learning software was utilized to provide this learning interface?

[@jacknicolledemoris]

Thanks a lot by this so clear explanation.

[@ThayerSchool]

Oscar Serna You're welcome!

[@user-Restricted75921]

Thanks a bunch this is great stuff.

[@georgegrat]

Y'r my man, Thank you!!!!

[@jaffarkhan4487]

is there any lecture on arrow diagramming method

[@officialtfoe-pe79]

thank you sir very educating.

[@henryuchenabo9552]

Activity D does not have a successor. How does that fit into the schedule? Because in every schedule, only the first activity is permitted not to have a predecessor and only the last activity is supposed not to have a successor. So what is the explanation here? I will like to see your response to that question, please.

[@mwangi766]

E and F are D's succesors. its stated.

[@ayahayah9591]

Well explained thank you

[@MrJeromejc85]

Hi, just a question. how could activity F be moved with out delaying the project? (it was mentioned in time around 10:08). or Maybe this is just example.

[@ThayerSchool]

+jerome cruz Activity F can be delayed because it has a total slack value of 2 months. This value was calculated using the forward and backward pass methods demonstrated in the video. Because of the total slack activity F can be delayed up to 2 months without affecting the completion time of the project. If the total slack of Activity F were 0, it would be a critical path activity and any delay in its completion will extend the completion time of the entire project.

[@91099Babar]

jerome cruz I guess you meant E activity which did not show any Slack Time .

[@dice856]

Very useful. Thanks so much.

[@mugeshpandi7579]

Thanks lot

[@wegotlost5269]

And then the sub woofers are installed in the car.

[@spidernerds]

fuxibility

[@lucio20006]

How the Hell he can write backwards?? ecin

[@dolorosacacanog9452]

PA hug po

[@BharatPatel-bb6lj]

Nice video... full of information.... the gentleman here is explaining very well

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[@sashaman1234]

A good, no BS explanation, straight to the point. Thanks Ed!

[@alexandermcrobbie6782]

literally saved me on my project management exam. Thank you so much!

[@qiannanli4766]

how did you do the mirror handwriting! that's amazing!

[@axie_farmbot7159]

He wrote and drew from the front of the camera side before he began shooting the video, after that he went to the other side of the mirror and began to make the video!

[@firozjalal1788]

It’s brilliant. Place a glass wall between u and the camera. Write and talk like you are talking to that glass wall. But the poor camera picks up all this in a reverse view, but this smart man then simply flips the video to correct in his post production. Noticed his pocket side goes to the left.?

[@yokedupbra]

Thank you for providing this video to us.

[@vivekvadodara85]

Thanks Ed for your guidance :) Today I passed PMP with Above Target (4 Above Target & 1 Below Target )

[@juno7893]

Very good explanation both verbaly and visualy. Thank you sir.

[@mybuddychad]

Can you provide the backward pass or direct link to how to perform within your presentation? Thanks!

[@DANNFIGDESIGNS]

Good stuff Ed. Going to have lunch with the girlfriend now to create a project. Using this info. Thanks...

[@munnaforever11]

Great video with clear explanation....A BIG THANK YOU

[@ife602]

Wow... best scheduling video I ever watched

[@tonyamichael8802]

Greetings sir. I have a question. The understanding from gantt chat to activity table is quite different. For example a task A take 0-2nd week and task B takes 4th-5th week while task C takes 7th-9th week on the gantt chart. But on the gant, there is an arrow linking only task A directly to task C. What do you say about the dependences of task B and C on the table?

[@alhamdulilla2216]

Excellent way of teaching.Thanks

[@nadluvshero7ai]

thank you for sharing. i will check it out ✔️

[@alnight3865]

dude is writing backwards! impressive

[@muhamedsamy895]

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