O B J E C T I V E S
When you finish this chapter, you will be
able to:
• Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting
• Describe work breakdown structures, task
patterns, and critical path analysis
• Explain techniques for estimating task completion times and costs
• Describe various scheduling tools, including
Gantt charts and PERT/CPM charts
• Analyze task dependencies, durations, start
dates, and end dates
• Describe project management software and
how it can assist you in project planning,
estimating, scheduling, monitoring, and
reporting
• Discuss the importance of project risk
management
• Understand why projects sometimes fail