Managing to be On-Time
Project Time Management
April 1, 2007
Prepared by:
Tong Wang
Assignment 2
Computer Science 605
Project Management for Information Systems
Athabasca University
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 4
2 What is Time Management? 5
3 Why is Time Management Important? 6
4 What are some of the Challenges in Time Management? 10
5 Summary 12
6 References: 13
Table of Figures
Figure 3 1 Typical Project Performance 8
Figure 3 2 Project Performance after Milestones are Identified 9
1 Introduction
All project managers know about or should know about the ¡°triple constraints of project management¡± - all projects are constrained by three elements: scope, time and cost. It is ultimately one of the most valuable resources available to us, but it has the least amount of flexibility. We cannot control the rate at which time is spent, and time cannot be stored to be used later. Time is a fixed commodity.
Project managers normally work under strict time deadlines. The manager must deliver the not-fully-specified product, produced by a not-fully-specified process, but on a specified date. There is constant pressure around schedules and the monitoring of progress towards the due date. This often becomes the overriding concern of the project manger.
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