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BSBPMG421
Apply project time management techniques

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with project scheduling activities, apply and monitor the agreed project schedule, and evaluate the effectiveness of time management for the project.

The unit applies to individuals who are project practitioners working in a project support role.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

support project managers and other team members to apply project time management techniques during at least two different projects.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

create a project schedule showing tasks, deliverable milestones, sequence, dependencies and time estimates

apply time-management techniques in a project

use relevant tools and techniques to maintain, monitor and update a project schedule.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

contents of work breakdown structure detail to enable effective project planning and control

implications of time management for project resources, costs and risks

methods for estimating task duration and resource requirements

tools and techniques for managing project time and their particular applications

methods to evaluate the effectiveness of time management

techniques used to measure, record and report progress of activities.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documentation relevant to project management

planning tools.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

support project managers and other team members to apply project time management techniques during at least two different projects.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

create a project schedule showing tasks, deliverable milestones, sequence, dependencies and time estimates

apply time-management techniques in a project

use relevant tools and techniques to maintain, monitor and update a project schedule.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

contents of work breakdown structure detail to enable effective project planning and control

implications of time management for project resources, costs and risks

methods for estimating task duration and resource requirements

tools and techniques for managing project time and their particular applications

methods to evaluate the effectiveness of time management

techniques used to measure, record and report progress of activities.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

workplace documentation relevant to project management

planning tools.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Contribute to developing work breakdown structure 
Contribute to estimating duration and effort, sequence and dependencies of tasks to achieve project deliverables 
Contribute to identifying schedule impact on project time management, resource requirements, costs and risks using project scheduling tools and techniques 
Contribute to achieving an agreed schedule baseline and communicating the schedule to stakeholders 
Record and report progress of activities in relation to agreed schedule using selected tool 
Record baseline variance between actual and planned progress 
Contribute to forecasting impact of change on the schedule and analysing options 
Update task status and agreed changes to maintain currency and accuracy of schedule 
Participate in determining effectiveness of time management from review of project performance 
Contribute to document scheduling and time-management issues and responses to assist in project evaluation 

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