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• Project: Temporary endeavor undertaken to create or provide service or product
• Project schedule (a.k.a., work-breakdown-structure): Hierarchical decomposition of project into phases, activities, and tasks with resources and dependencies
• What makes for a good schedule?
  • Accurately predicts and guides the project’s future
  • Realistic: All tasks included, accurately estimated, risks understood and mitigated
  • Actionable: Clear ownership by committed individual contributors, assigned resources, known dependencies

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