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RyanRattazzi started the topic Estimating Project Timeline in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development 6 years, 7 months ago
In the lecture this week, it was emphasized that the entirety of the team working on the project is consulted when determining the duration of each task in the work breakdown structure. This makes sense, as this seems as if it would be the most difficult part of the process to estimate. Especially for tasks that aren’t necessarily trivial, it could be very difficult to estimate the time frame required. In this case, estimating the duration of the step either too long or too short could be detrimental to the planning of all other steps and the overall project. Other than giving the task wide range of time between earliest completion and latest completion, what can be done to remedy this situation? Is there ever a point where the team will have to update the whole planned process due to finishing a tasks too early?