MPUG HK - Sept. 22nd 1999

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Steal Time Within Project
MPUG HK - Sept. 22nd 1999
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Project Management in Dilberts World -from
Dilbert Principle, Scott Adams 1995
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How to Start

• 80/20 Principle is a principle of selectivity.
• Achieve maximum
• effectiveness by
• concentrating on
• 1/5 of activities
• which really matters.

Causes - Consequences Inputs - Outputs Effort -
Results
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Agenda

• Looking into the Plan
• Managing Critical Path
• Looking at Communication
• And More

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Steal Time Within Project - Managing Critical
Path
Why

• Basic Assumption
• No change to the project scope
• Planning use ASAP style

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• What is critical path
• In a network diagram, any path of activities
  with
• 0 or negative total slack the most
  time-consuming
• (longest)path of activities.
• - Gido Clements 1999

Why
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• Crash Critical Path
• 1. Change network logic to SS, FF
• 2. Recalculate duration - decrease work
• 3. Assign Over Time
• 4. Assign extra resources
• 5. Delete/combine Tasks
• 6. Breakup tasks

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• Crash Critical Path
• 1. Change network logic
• 2. Recalculate duration
• 3. Assign OT
• 4. Assign extra resources
• 5. Delete/combine Tasks
• 6. Breakup tasks

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• Crash Critical Path
• 1. Change network logic
• 2. Recalculate duration
• 3. Assign OT
• 4. Assign extra resources
• 5. Delete/combine Tasks
• 6. Breakup tasks

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Steal Time Within Project - Managing Critical
Path
Important 1. It is not static 2. Crashing
usually means trade-off between time and cost
- so select tasks with least cost per day
the easiest, or the most effective. 3. Be
aware of the complexity involved
Handle With Care