How to Create a Project Schedule

A schedule sequences your work into a realistic, trackable timeline. Build one properly.

For the full concept, see Project Scheduling.

Steps

1. Break scope into activities using your WBS.
2. Estimate each activity’s duration (three-point estimates handle uncertainty).
3. Sequence activities by their dependencies.
4. Assign resources and resolve over-allocations (levelling/smoothing).
5. Identify the critical path and add milestones.
6. Baseline the schedule and track actuals against it.