Abstract

The effectiveness of a project manager can be seen in the way he manages key project variables like time, cost and quality. Caselet 01 discusses a typical project management problem which requires the manager to use various techniques to schedule activities so as to complete the project within the minimum possible time. Caselet 02 explains the process of identifying the project activities while preparing a project schedule.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• The process of scheduling project activities
• The relationship between project variables like time, cost and quality
• The process of crashing a project schedule

Keywords

Case, effectiveness, project manager, manages, key, project variables, time, cost, quality, project management problem, techniques, schedule activities, minimum possible time, identifying, project activities, project schedule