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AB4 Estimate resources and develop programmes

AB4.2 Develop programme and schedules for the project

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. agreeing the required degree of accuracy of the programme and schedules with clients
2. estimating, justifying and agreeing with clients the resources and time needed to achieve the required outcomes of the project and schedules
3. verifying that programme links between component activities are correctly identified
4. where reductions in duration are requested by clients, analysing scope for changes to identify the most significant areas for reduction
5. verifying that schedules are mutually compatible with impinging programmes
6. agreeing programme with clients in a manner conducive to their continuing support

Occupational Context

1. Degree of accuracy:
   • related to requirements for control of resources
   • compliance with project objectives
   • compliance with external factors (legal, regulatory, funding)
2. Links:
   • chronological
   • inter-dependence
   • hierarchical

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Deal with uncertainty
• Schedule resources - determined by demand

You need to know about:

• Methods of preparing and structuring programmes and schedules
• Significance of terms used in planning and scheduling
• Dependencies and restraints between starts and ends of activities
• Proprietary computer based planning tools

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• How to work with clients and colleagues to achieve agreed ends
• How to budget
• How to schedule
• How to justify and verify methods used for budgeting and scheduling
• The use of computer planning tools

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can develop programme and schedules for the project that includes:

• estimates of costs involved in programming
• choices of planning tools and methods
• project programmes and component activity schedules
• links between programmes, schedules and work breakdown structure
• clients changes accommodated
• final project programme

Evidence Rules

• The candidate should have been involved in at least 3 substantive projects submitted for approval.

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