scheduling definition

scheduling

Assigning an appropriate number of workers to the jobs during each day of work.

Determining when an activity should start or end, depending on its (1) duration, (2) predecessor activity (or activities), (3) predecessor relationships, (4) resource availability, and (5) target completion date of the project.

scheduling is in the HR, Teams, & Training, Planning & Scheduling and Project Management subjects.

scheduling appears in the definitions of the following terms: shop calendar, theory of constraints (TOC), backwards scheduling, construction management, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), manufacturing resource planning (MRP-II), micro-scheduling, materials management, daypart, online transaction processing (OLTP) and

scheduling appears in the other terms: resource allocation and multi project scheduling (RAMPS), manpower scheduling and loading, forwards scheduling, flexible scheduling, master production scheduling (MPS), scheduling agreement, level scheduling

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