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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

Develop Schedule

Process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resources, and constraints to create the schedule model.

Definition

Techniques include schedule network analysis, critical path method, resource optimization, data analysis (what-if, simulation), leads and lags, schedule compression, and agile release planning. Output includes the schedule baseline.

Example

The PM runs CPM, then levels resources and baselines the schedule.

Exam tip

Schedule compression and resource optimization are tools of Develop Schedule.

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