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Retain or Override – The question is logical

Posted Thu, 2017-11-23 21:49 by Steve Paterson

Title: Retain or Override – The question is logical

Author: Stephen J.C. Paterson

GAO is Wrong

Posted Sun, 2017-08-27 20:00 by Rafael Davila

GAO IS WRONG:

Activities have hundreds of fields and many might still be active if you only change a few.

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GAO Schedule Assessment Guide Best Practices for Project Schedules suggests keeping deleted activities and logic while setting duration to 0. See page 140 of 240.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/674404.pdf

Planning, Scheduling, and Safety

Posted Sat, 2016-10-29 22:19 by Rufran Frago

All of us have seen the aftermath of those who defied the traffic sign “Drive slowly! Do not exceed the speed limits" or "Slow down, dangerous curve."  

As you drive on the highway, you begin to recognize that many drivers just ignore the speed limit and drive 10, 20, or sometimes 30 kilometers per hour over the limit.

Everyone knows that speed kills, and seeing someone traveling above the limit makes us question how any intelligent person can commit such a reckless act. It is one of the number one ways to cause or get into a car accident. 

The story behind the negative float in P6

Posted Thu, 2016-08-25 18:58 by Assem Osman

The negative float is a very popular hot topic in the scheduling field and it’s generated when the late dates are less than the early dates and usually it’s accompanied with a delay in the project, and a lot of project management professionals think that the only reason for a negative float is because a constraint that has been used in the schedule. Although the first thing you look for when you see a negative float is the constraints that are applied to the schedule, but that not the only reason that generates the negative float in P6.

Scheduling Training Slides

Posted Tue, 2016-05-24 05:50 by Craig Relyea

Description 

1) Purpose:  This slide deck allows the user to quickly develop a training presentation for how schedules are developed and maintained.  It may be easily customized to reflect any specific SOP’s.

CPM Scheduling for Construction – Best Practices and Guidelines

Posted Sat, 2015-01-31 09:15 by PP Admin

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Title: CPM Scheduling for Construction – Best Practices and Guidelines

Author(s): Multiple contributing authors, 22 primary authors

ISBN: PMI / ISBN: 978-1-62825-037-4

Description:

Coming from the back of the book:

This compiles the work coordinated by the Scheduling Excellence Initiative Committee (SEI) to improve standardization and provide best practice guidelines for scheduling processes in the construction industry.

Scheduling 101: Don't Neglect this Essential Planning Tool

Posted Tue, 2015-01-06 13:29 by Debra Shelton

"Scheduling 101: Don't Neglect this Essential Planning Tool" by Debra Shelton

Abstract:

The lack of scheduling knowledge and experience can lead to a few common pitfalls.  This article explains some of the main issues.

 

Dynamic Scheduling

Posted Fri, 2014-10-24 08:14 by Patrick Weaver

"Dynamic Scheduling" by Patrick Weaver

Abstract:

Diagrammatic representations of activities or events plotted against a time axis has been around since the mid eighteenth-century. For the first 200 years, static bar charts were the norm; dynamic schedules were only developed in the late 1950s. Unfortunately despite the many advantages offered by a well constructed dynamic schedule, by the mid 1990s most schedules had reverted to static displays.

A Guide to Scheduling Good Practice

Posted Fri, 2014-10-24 08:09 by Patrick Weaver

"A Guide to Scheduling Good Practice" by Patrick Weaver

Abstract:

This paper is designed to provide guidance on ‘generally accepted good practices’ for the development of an effective, dynamic project schedule. The contents of this paper are consistent with the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 5th Edition (PMBOK® Guide) and the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling.

Focus on CPM Scheduling

Posted Thu, 2014-09-04 08:12 by Raphael M. Dua

Introduction

It can be argued that in today’s environment more and more of the major projects in Australia and other countries are failing much more than they used to. Just look at Boeing with the extensive delays and overruns of the “Dream Liner aircraft and Lockheed Martin with the JSF, and not forgetting our own disasters such as Pluto, Desalination Plants in Sydney and Melbourne, the new trains in New South Wales.

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