http://www.pmhut.com/project-scheduling-tips-part-ii Thu, 24 May 2012 09:07:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.pmhut.com/project-scheduling-tips-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1158 Patrick Weaver Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:18:13 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/project-scheduling-tips-part-ii#comment-1158 Lonnie's ideas may work for small IT projects that don't really need a plan. The recommendation for all projects is for the activity duration to be between 1 and 2 times the update cycle. On relatively stable major projects this could be as long as a couple of months. For more see Chapter 3 of the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling. You can also download a stack of free scheduling resources (papers – not software) from http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Planning.html Lonnie’s ideas may work for small IT projects that don’t really need a plan. The recommendation for all projects is for the activity duration to be between 1 and 2 times the update cycle. On relatively stable major projects this could be as long as a couple of months. For more see Chapter 3 of the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling. You can also download a stack of free scheduling resources (papers – not software) from http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Planning.html

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