Scheduling:

Scheduling procedure involves the decision making regarding the allocation of available capacity or resources. Therefore, the process can be called as time-phased plans or schedule of activities. There are various objectives viz., high efficiency, low inventories and good customer services, which can be achieved via scheduling process.

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The procedure of converting a general or outline plan for a project into a time-based graphic presentation given information on available resources and time constraints.

Types of Schedule

There may be several ways to represent the scheduling associated information; some of them are given as :

1. Gantt charts

2. Milestone chart

3. Progress chart

4. Networks

5. Earned values

6. Line of balance