7.3. Deadline-Orientated Projects
A project schedule should be a reflection of the WBS, the accumulation of all of the work packages within the project, and then the assignment of resources for each task. Most new project managers work around specific target dates for milestones, phases, and a completed project. This makes the most sense, right? IT professionals are used to working from a specific calendar for so much of their lives that this next concept can be a little confusing at first: do not schedule project tasks to happen on a specific date if at all avoidable.
Project managers should not work around specific dates when creating the project plan, but instead should initially work around units of time—for example, one day, two weeks, ...
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