Mobile Application Development Project: Schedule Component Details

This document outlines a project schedule component for a mobile application development project. It details the purpose and overview of the schedule, including tasks related to schedule baseline creation and schedule control. The schedule baseline tasks involve creating an activity list, estimating activity resources using Microsoft Project, developing duration estimates using a bottom-up approach, and obtaining schedule approval. The schedule control section discusses managing changes through a formal change control process, conducting performance reviews using Earned Value Analysis (EVA), and setting schedule control thresholds with weekly status reports to project stakeholders. References to relevant research articles are also included.

1. Schedule Component
1.1 Purpose/Overview
The purpose of the component is to manage and define the schedule for the project. The project
includes the mobile application development for a business firm. There will be a wide range of
activities that will be involved in the project and this component includes the schedule baseline
and schedule control tasks.
1.2 Schedule Baseline
Tasks Description
Creation of the Activity
List and attributes
The creation of the project activity list and their associated
attributes will be regulated using the project management
methodology being used in the project. Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) is the methodology that is being
used and the development of the activity list will be done using
the five phases defined under the methodology. The Project
Manager will be the primary resource that will be involved in
the process of creation of the list and will be assisted by the
other resources, such as Business Analyst, Technical Expert,
and Finance Officer.
Estimation of activity
resources
The estimation of the activity resources in terms of the human
resource hours to be assigned and the involvement of
equipment/tools will be done using Microsoft Project as the
tool. The resources will be mapped as per the requirement of
every project activity and the over-loading of the resource(s)
will be tracked by the tool (Yaghootkar & Gil, 2012).
Activity duration
estimates
The use of bottom-up estimation technique will be used to
develop duration estimates. In this technique, the activities at
the lowermost level will be selected first and the schedule
estimation of these activities will be done. It will then be
followed by the activities at the higher levels. The combination
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of the duration of all of these activities will give the total project
duration.
Approval of the schedule
baseline
The schedule baseline will be internally approved by the Project
Manager and it will then be sent to the Project Director for
approval.
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2. Schedule Control
Any of the changes in the schedule baseline will be approved only if the changes go through a
formal change control basis. The evaluation of the impact of the changes proposed on the project
areas will be assessed before the approval.
Performance reviews The technique that will be used to conduct performance reviews
will be Earned Value Analysis (EVA). According to this
technique, the actual value and planned value of the project
schedule will be determined. The schedule variance will be
calculated at regular intervals during the project timeline. The
negative value of schedule variance will indicate the issue of
schedule variance while zero or positive value will be accepted in
the project (Wang, He & Zhao, 2014). The performance reviews
will be conducted by the Project Manager and the Business
Analyst.
Schedule control
thresholds
5% tolerance will be acceptable in the project schedule till the
project execution phase. In case of variance higher than this
percentage, there will be control measures that will become
necessary to be taken.
Schedule performance
reporting
There will be weekly status reports that will be shared with all the
project stakeholders and the schedule performance will be
included as a section in the report.
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3. References
Wang, W., He, E., & Zhao, Y. (2014). Earned Value Analysis Application in Project
Management. Advanced Materials Research, 971-973, 2494-2497. doi:
10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.971-973.2494
Yaghootkar, K., & Gil, N. (2012). The effects of schedule-driven project management in multi-
project environments. International Journal Of Project Management, 30(1), 127-140.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.02.005
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