Clarke, It is fun to see people who swing in from other circles. I also love it when people refer to themselves as Gurus. All I can say to that is Mariska...
My favorite one is: "We already do Critical Path." No, I said Critical Chain. "What is the Difference?" Rick Denison _____ From: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com...
Yes, this is a challenge. Prove me wrong! If you can't, you learn. If you do, I learn. So, we can't lose, and perhaps we both might learn and win. For very...
Tony, I totally agree with you although I do not have anything to learn from this excellent post. Yesterday, I made a very similar clarification in the...
Tony, Work breakdown structures are not designed for the integration of labor, they are meant for the division of labor. They are a great model for that. But I...
... relationships/dependencies. > ... Jack, Yes, most scheduling tools are weak because they are based on stupid logic. In fact, they caused a serious damage...
Tony I agree with you. For me the weakness lies in the logic used to construct them. Most people that I have seen using them use what I call "flow logic" not...
Yes, this is a challenge. Prove me wrong! If you can't, you learn. If you do, I learn. We can't lose, and perhaps we both might learn and win. For very many...
I think the message #5348 dated 4/22/07 and the others in the same thread are relevant to this topic. In another message # 7902 dated 2/20/08, I said: Whenever...
That was what impressed me about your TMx tool - which got much closer to the logic used in building and checking PRTs: But took it to the next level to...
Hi, Tony The WBS has nothing (directly) to do with the tasks in a project schedule. It is a tool to integrate the project and assign responsibility for the...
Hi, Jim I do not understand your point. The WBS has nothing to do with flow. I also never understood what Kathy meant by that statement. Regards, Larry Leach ...
Larry, One source of misunderstanding of the WBS comes from MSProject which historically has misdefined the WBS as an internal numbering scheme based on the...
I don't know if you're wrong, as much as possibly in need of some clarification. At least where the gov't is concerned, they require the use of work breakdown...
Tony, The WBS and the network diagram show two completely different things. Only the lowest-level components of the WBS should be used to create the network...
Larry I agree with you about the milestone approach. I have found that this is the one remaining area in which the activity-on-arrow network diagramming method...
... Thanks. The discussion has now focused on WBS rather than the dependency relationships among the tasks. Tony said: "To be useful as a tool for managing...
The WBS and the network diagram show two completely different things. Only the lowest-level components of the WBS should be used to create the network diagram...
Tony, I believe Microsoft Project uses the term Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) for the concept you're trying to describe. The book MIcrosoft Project 2003...
Hi, Jay Yes, I think that might be part of the cause. Most people that do not understand the WBS do not display the column, though. I do not think it is part...
Hi, Kik In the second edition of Critical Chain Project Mangemement, you can find it on pps. 112-113. In Lean Project Management, 112-114 (pure conincidence...
Hi, Prasad Your assertion that CCPM uses a tree structured network is wrong. Where did you ever get that idea? Regards, Larry Leach ... Project ... also ... ...
Hi Larry, Are you really sure that you can convincingly handle any network structure other than tree structure in CCPM? I would like to see a case study...
Hi, Prasad Sorry, you will have to study some PM 101 on networking on your own. I am not going to do it for you. No project networks support loops. (Well, one...
Hi, All Anyone have a logic they would like to share on where to set the intercepts for the green to yellow and yellow to red lines on fever charts; i.e. (x=0,...
Hi, Prasad BTW, do loops mean you have a time machine? Regards, Larry ... structure other than tree structure in CCPM? I would like to see a case study where...
OK. What I meant by loop is the following. If A --> B --> C --> G and A --> D --> E --> F --> G, then I am describing it as a loop. The task A precedes two...
Hi Larry, Consider any project network in which (1) Each task of the project except one directly precedes some other task, (2) The task in exception does not...
One can find a simple example of general network structure at Cambridge University web site http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/dstools/simulation/cpapert.html . We...
Prasad Maybe you have a different view of trees from me but here is a simple network that is not a tree according to the correct definition: Task A can start...
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