Project scheduling is a systematic approach to coordinating tasks and resources to ensure project completion within a specific timeframe. It involves defining activities, estimating costs and time, determining task dependencies, and assigning necessary resources. Effective scheduling requires clear communication and structured planning to meet project deadlines.

1. Software Engineering: 11
Software Project Scheduling
Prof Neeraj Bhargava
Vaibhav Khanna
Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Systems Sciences
Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University Ajmer

2. Project Scheduling
• Project scheduling is a mechanism to
communicate what tasks need to get done
and which organizational resources will be
allocated to complete those tasks in what
timeframe.
• A project schedule is a document collecting all
the work needed to deliver the project on
time.

3. Tasking and organizing
• A project is made up of many tasks, and each task
is given a start and end (or due date), so it can be
completed on time.
• Likewise, people have different schedules, and
their availability and vacation or leave dates need
to be documented in order to successfully plan
those tasks.
• Project Scheduling tools have task lists, which
enable the manager to schedule multiple tasks,
their due dates

4. How to Schedule a Project
• Project scheduling occurs as a sub part of
planning exercise.
• We need answers to three questions to start:
• 1. What needs to be done?
2. When will it be done?
3. Who will do it?

5. Define Activities
• What are the activities that we have to do in
the project?
• By using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
and a deliverables diagram, we can begin to
take these activities
• Next we organize them by mapping out the
tasks necessary to complete them in an
ordered sequence.

6. Cost and time Estimates
• Once the activities are defined and broken
down into tasks, we have to determine the
time and effort it will take to complete them.
• This is an essential piece of the equation in
order to calculate the correct schedule
• There are several estimation techniques that
can be used to arrive at an appropriate
estimate.

7. Determine Dependencies
• Tasks are not an island, and often one cannot
be started until the other is completed.
• That’s called a task dependency
• The schedule should reflect these linked tasks.
• One way to do this is by putting a bit of slack
in your schedule to accommodate these
related tasks.

8. Assign Resources
• The last step to finalizing the planned
schedule is to decide on what resources are
needed to get those tasks done on time.
• Organizing and work allocation is conducted
after assembling a right team in accordance
with Job Analysis, Job Specification and Job
Description.
• Also and their time will need to be scheduled
just like the tasks.

9. Assignment
• What do you understand by project
scheduling. Discuss the steps in scheduling a
software project
• Thank You