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What tools do you use for Project Scheduling?- Google Project Mgmt

Google Project Management Interview Question and Answers -What tools do you use for project scheduling?

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Categories of Scheduling tools

  • Enterprise / Heavy-duty scheduling & PPM — for large, multi-year programs that need baselines, complex dependencies, resource leveling at scale, and portfolio governance.

  • Traditional scheduling / Gantt tools — good for task-level plans, critical-path analysis, and stakeholder roadmaps.

  • Agile / Backlog-based tools — for feature-driven, sprint-delivery teams that need velocity, sprint planning and cross-team dependency tracking.

  • Hybrid / Spreadsheet-friendly collaboration tools — flexible for cross-functional teams and stakeholder reporting, often easier for non-technical stakeholders.

  • Resource & capacity planning tools — to plan and level people across projects and control utilization.

  • EVM / Forecasting & risk analysis tools — for formal earned-value management, forecasting (EAC) and schedule risk analysis (Monte Carlo).

  • Reporting, dashboards & integrations — BI tools and automation to produce executive dashboards, rolling-wave forecasts and alerts.


Tools Commonly Used

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