Overview

In the previous chapter on Reporting, we printed or published our optimized schedule to gain approval for it. In this chapter, we will explore what you need to do after you have the go-ahead and can start the work in the project.

After this chapter you will:

• be able to prepare your schedule for updating

• be able to set the baseline and know how to maintain it

• be able to choose the appropriate way of updating your schedule:

  • updating the tasks, or

  • updating the assignments (time sheets)

• be able to update on the task level using actual start and finish, actual and remaining duration

• be able to update on the assignment level using Project Web Access or Microsoft Office Outlook time sheets

• be able to handle the wide variety of update situations that occur in practice

• know how to communicate the status and the forecasts of the project

• be able to check if the schedule is updated properly using scheduling best practices

• be able to optimize the schedule after updating to compensate for slippages