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Schedule management is a cornerstone of good Project Management. How the schedule is developed is just as important as how it is managed. For the past 15+years, I’ve looked and reviewed a number of different schedules: hand-sketched tasks on a piece of paper (yes, one time it was on a napkin) to 30,000+ activities in robust schedule software. Depending on the nature of the project, a hand drawn diagram with a few activities may do the trick. However, more often than none, projects that need scheduling help cannot be achieved via a sketch on a piece of paper. This is where proper schedule develop and management comes in.