Schedules: Output
EFFECTIVE PROGRESS REPORTING
Information from a project schedule or schedule outputs, provides some of the most important tools with which to manage a project. The schedule provides a platform from where unique reports can be generated quickly by the Project Planner and distributed to the Project Manager and other responsible people to enable them to assess the progress, and identify problem areas. Without these tools, a Project Manager’s management information is seriously diminished, since he will not know where to put his focus, which processes he must give precedence to, and when to move and increase resources. This information in the schedule is at hand, and is updated as progress updates are done, resulting in the information always being current. There are a large number of reports and relevant information that can be generated from the project schedule.
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INCLUDED IN THIS CHAPTER: Schedule output – the Gantt chart (bar chart), Schedule output – milestones dates, Schedule output – project progress, Schedule output – s-curves, A further progression on the progress s-curve, More variations on the progress s-curve, Commodity curves, Other s-curves, Schedule output – critical path reporting, Schedule output – activity lists, Schedule output – resource histograms, Schedule output – group or work package progress, Schedule output – procurement operating plan, Schedule output – cost reports, Cost s-curves, cash flow forecast & Earned value.