project timelines
Work completion schedules
Project timelines are schedules showing when different phases of work should begin and end.
They map out milestones, deadlines, and dependencies—what must finish before something else can start.
In workplace contexts, project timelines often appear in planning software as horizontal bar charts: The project timeline shows we need the design approved before development can begin.
Discussions of project timelines frequently involve negotiating what's realistic versus what stakeholders want.
- critical path methodScheduling via sequential dependencies
- Gantt chartProject scheduling diagram
- TrelloVisual project management tool
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
slippage · behind schedule · timeboxing · contingency planning · lead time · risk assessment · budgeting · dashboards · float · buffer time · deadlines · deadline pressure · moving target · dependencies · performance metrics · goal setting · task management · countdown
- course materialssyllabi, course outlines, course descriptions, learning objectives, assignments
- design leadershipcreative director, art director, creative direction, creative vision, team leadership
project timelinesproject budgets
Planned expenditure for undertakings
budgets · financial resources · project scope · resource allocation · headcount