Schedule Allocation means mapping out the pieces of work (tasks, activities, etc) on a schedule to visually represent their durations and arrangement in terms of chronology. Schedule allocation may mean breaking down a time necessary to complete certain task into smaller periods being scheduled on different days throughout the entire project timeline, so employees are assigned to the work at this task in smaller portions, but regularly (for example several working hours every day, or twice a week, etc). This method works well for tasks involving a lot of routine work which can be hardly expressed in terms of particular activities, stages and steps.
Since a working task has an allocated timetable (work is allocated over a prolonged period of time), it is necessary to keep control over the time dedicated by employees to this task (to make sure their efforts actually match the allocated schedule). For this purpose a time-sensitive system of control over the check-ins and check-outs needs to be established, so the task supervisors can inspect the compliance of timing which was spent by employees at the task with the plan they have to follow. Besides the time controlling, it is necessary to inspect amount and quality of work done (which are regulated by specific level of plans standing behind the allocated schedule).