Assignment on Schedule Management

Running head: SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT
Part A – Module 2 Discussion Activity Schedule Management
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SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT1
Changes to project scope affect project schedule
The scope changes provide impact on project schedule by causing delay in completion
of the project plan. Scope creep occurs due to addition of extra new features and extra
requirements and change in the project goals. It can cause any time and provide impact on
project schedule as it requires additional project resources, time as well as cost accounted for
the project starting. The objective of change management is to make sure that proper
procedures are taken to minimize project scope creep. In vehicle maintenance facility case
study, scope creep is occurred due to lack of clarity as well as depth of the original project
specification documents on fixed price contracts. It allows unmanaged contract among owner
as well as general contractor (Corvello, Javernick-Will, & Ratta, 2017). There is poorly
defined initial requirements of the development plan. Therefore, the manager thinks to make
scope changes in the existing venture management idea.
The project is based on fixed price contract, therefore under this contract, the set price
is not changed unless there is any variations in the project scope. Therefore, based on the
project, there is change in the scope of the project affects schedule as there is change in the
contract price and the price will increase (Sanghera, 2019). At the time of project execution,
the processes of project control as well as record keeping helps to manage the project scope
creep occurred in project plan. There is lack of formal scope documents and unpredictable in
gathering requirements of the product.
Communicate project variances to project stakeholders
The project manager is responsible to efficiently interact with the project stakeholders
about the project scope as well as project purposes. The project manager can interconnect
with the stakeholders through weekly project meetings. When management the venture plan,
it is vital to keep each of the shareholders (internal and external) informed on what is going in