5. Setting up a project schedule

Once you've defined the skills you need, you need to find the people who have them, inside or outside your organization, and assign them to the tasks. We then check that the planning is still in line with the expected project completion date.

As soon as the results to be delivered in a project are known, the necessary activities can be defined and estimated.

Once the project deliverables have been defined – and the associated breakdown structure – deliverables by batch and activities can then be identified. Don't forget to check that there is a logical sequence of activities leading to the batch deliverable, and that responsibilities can be clearly assigned. This list must be complete, and must include all preparatory work, as well as the support required to enable a reliable estimate of the resources that will be allocated to it....