Outline of Project Management - Project Management Tools

Project Management Tools

• Event chain diagram – : diagram that show the relationships between events and tasks and how the events affect each other.
• Gantt chart – is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. It illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project.
• Project plan – is a formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A project plan may be summary or detailed.
  • Integrated Master Plan – (IMP) is an event-based, top level plan, consisting of a hierarchy of Program Events.
• Project Management Simulator –s are computer-based tools used in project management training programs. Usually, project management simulation is a group exercise. The computer-based simulation is an interactive learning activity.
• Project management software – is a type of software, including scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.
• Project network – is a graph (flow chart) depicting the sequence in which a project's terminal elements are to be completed by showing terminal elements and their dependencies.
• Risk register – is a tool commonly used in project planning and organizational risk assessments.
• Schedules in project management consists of a list of a project's terminal elements with intended start and finish dates.
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a tool that defines a project and groups the project’s discrete work elements in a way that helps organize and define the total work scope of the project. A Work breakdown structure element may be a product, data, a service, or any combination. WBS also provides the necessary framework for detailed cost estimating and control along with providing guidance for schedule development and control.