Software Project Scheduling (8)[detail]

Calendar

Simplest form of scheduling

key factors for scheduling

(i) Activities, (ii) milestones, (iii) start and end date of project, (iv) concurrent activities required, (v) sequential activities required, (vi) the presence or potential for resources conflicts, (vii) resource limitations.

3 point cost effort estimation

real/optimistic/pessimistic estimates

Earned value

difference between scheduled completion and actual completion

parametric estimation

estimate using a project variable e.g. lines of code for cost, budget, or duration

analogous estimation

estimate based on historical data from a similar project or activity

schedule variance

difference of earned value and planned value

cost variiance

difference of earned value and actual cost