Saturday, October 26, 2013

Tips for Building Good Schedules

From the current issue of ENR Engineering News-Record (Why the Best Schedulers Don't Rely on Software):
  • Keep work breakdown structure (WBS) simple.
  • Provide clear description for all activities.
  • Do no use negative lags.
  • Model parallel work using start-to-start (SS) and finish-to-finish (FF) relationships.
  • Don't update a schedule based on percent complete.
  • Make milestone easy to find, e.g., at top of each section.
  • Don't embed milestones into a schedule (hard to find).
  • If the milestone is good, that section is good.
Several good points - - knowing a software package versus knowing how to schedule, a lack of training in the art and science of schedule develop, etc.  I love the comment about just because you know Microsoft Word doesn't make you a writer.  You can replace Word with Project and writer with scheduler and get the point.

The article recommended the book - CPM in Construction Management.


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