Larry, To avoid misunderstandings, are you talking about 1) overlapping tasks that logically should be sequential or 2) starting a later task (e.g. on a...
... I had the pleasure of having coffee with Michael Kasiak yesterday. This thread came up. How sad. As is oft the case, it seems to me that everyone wants to...
Hi, Kik Either or both, I guess. People do tasks out of the initial sequence for several reasons. The two most common are that a resource is idle, and that it...
Hi, All BTW, if you want a fun exercise, check out what MS project does on this. Create a chain of tasks, and go to tracking and save the baseline. Then turn...
Hi, Tony Thanks for your input. I do like it, and anticipate it would be your answer. I do not limit the question to non-physical systems. Even in most ...
Tony - ... Most likely the case. From my perspective, as soon as you injected ethics into the discussion the likelihood of further meaningful communication ...
Larry The "4 hour house" is now 3.5 hours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ph0rA-A9U Bryan ... your ... when ... work. ... people ... is ... are ... or ... ...
... Larry, Rescheduling of the entire workload in a single project or multiple projects subject to resource constraints and dependency relations (even with the...
Models are my pet peeve. To paraphrase a couple of people* - they should be as simple as possible and useful. Making the MODEL "match" reality defeats the...
I don't think there is anything wrong with starting early (as long as there is no inherent issue of future re-work, such as detailed coding before we have...
Thanks, Tony! ... I don't think this is inherent. One would expect the PMO directors to be subordinated to the mission. However, what it does indicate, as ...
... Rob, First, lest others from Ohio and beyond should misconstrue my argument as well, let me state that I do not oppose the use of prototypes or of ...
... Jack, Other than by using an empirical model, how do you achieve realistic and usable results with any model, if not by designing the model to represent...
... LOL! ... Frequently, the real job of a PMO Director is to take the blame, so that the senior few can continue to do what they've done all along and not...
Honestly, I don't have the wherewithal to address all of these posts. Some of you have a real gift for writing and are prolific as well. Most of you are...
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Anthony Rizzo ... Tony, Physics an easy way to understand that the model is not reality. Physics models frequently ignore a...
A discussion the other day brought up the idea of using multi-project CCPM techniques in a CPM environment. I am still working through what I think might work...
Hi, Bryan That was just the title. It was actually under three hours...over 20 years ago, no CC, and a much nicer house. Actually, they built two. Regards, ...
Hi,Prasad We use Finsh-to-start relatiionships in CC networks. lags are a legacy of subtle determinism...a desire to use task dates. They are unnecessary in CC...
Hi Jack We agree. I am pretty sure Tony does too. Regards, Larry ... MODEL "match" ... your ... when ... work. ... people ... right. ... is ... are ... the ......
Hi, Doug EV is fundamentally flawed for schedule control. I won't go into all the reasons, but that main one is that the measure fails the very basic...
... It better not be, because it isn't true. SV = BCWP - BCWS If you finish the project early and set status date to project completion date, the BCWP is...
Hi Larry, You said, "Don't confuse the status update calculation, which takes seconds or minutes, with a human scheduler actually changing the network". You...
Hi Jay, This is in response to the caption, "Multi-project techniques without CC". Our finite capacity scheduling tool schedules thousands of of tasks of...
This discussion raises an important point: when to re-baseline. My rule is "only when the corresponding, signed-off scope and objectives are officially...
Re; Doug's point 4 (Executive Controllability): "Why would an organization go to all this trouble to try to start something that really they do not want to do?...
I have always found that film a rich source of discussion. Of course it has very little to do with project management since all the film shows is the...
Larry, You say that lags do not belong in CC networks. I did not realize that. How do you allow for physical restrictions that require a (resource-free) timing...
Kik, ... timing gap (e.g. for the 4-hour house, the time required for the concrete to cure)? Just add a task that says "concrete curing" with a duration and no...
