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July 2017
Session 4
Project Schedule Planning and Controlling
(continuation)
Finish to Start
10 8
Task A Task B
Finish to Start
1 10 10 11 8 18
Task A Task B
Start to Start
10
Task A
8
Task B
Lag: 4 days
Start to Start
1 10 10
Task A
5 8 12
Task B
Lag: 4 days
1 10 10 11 8 18 19 12 30 31 20 50
Task A Task B Task C Task D
1 10 10
Task A
5 8 12
Task B
Lag: 4 days 11 12 22
Task C
Lag: 6 days 18 20 37
Task D
Lag: 7 days
Pros Cons
Dig Ditch
A
Dig Ditch
B
Lay Pipe Dig Ditch
C
A
Lay Pipe
B
Cover Lay Pipe
Ditch C
A Cover
Ditch B Cover
Ditch C
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Time-cost tradeoff
Normal No expediting
Time
Time-cost tradeoffs
Time
Time-cost tradeoffs
Total cost
Direct cost
Time
Crashing
Pros Cons
Activity Initial time, Initial direct Max. possible Time cut direct
days cost, $ time cut, days cost,
$/day
4 3500 0 0
B 5 2000 2 1000
C 5 2500 1 300
D 4 2000 3 500
E 5 2500 2 300
F 5 2000 2 500
G 4 2500 1 700
H 4 3000 1 700
I 3 2000 1 1000
B F G
5 5 4
A D I
Start End
4 4 3
x
C E H
5 5 4
ABFGI
4 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 3 = 21 Initial Duration:
21 days
ACDGI
4 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 20
ACDHI
Initial Direct Cost:
4 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 20
$22 000
ACEHI
4 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 3 = 21
B F G
5 4 4
A I
D End
Start 3
4 4
x
C E H
4 5 4
x
Crashing Step 1:
ABFGI
4 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 20 Crashed activities:
ACDGI F, C
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 19
Duration:
ACDHI 20 days
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 19
Direct Cost:
ACEHI
$22 800
4 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 3 = 20
F
B 3 G
5 x 4
A
I
Start 4 D End
3
x 4
C E H
4 4 4
x
ABFG-I Crashing Step 2
4 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 3 = 19
Crashed activities:
ACDGI F, C, F, E
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 19
Duration:
ACDHI 19 days
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 19
ACEHI Direct Cost:
$23 600
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 = 19
F
B 3 G
5 x 4
A I
D End
Start 2
4 4
x x
C E H
4 4 4
x
ABFG-I Step 3:
4 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 18 Crashed activity:
ACDGI F, C, F, E, I
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 18
Duration:
ACDHI 18 days
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 18
Direct Cost:
ACEHI
$24 600
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 18
F
B 3 G
5 x 3
x
A I
D End
Start 2
4 4
x x
C E H
4 4 3
x x
ABFG-I Step 4:
4 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 17 Crashed activity:
ACDGI F, C, F, E, I, G, H
4 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 17
Duration:
ACDHI 17 days
4 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 17
Direct Cost:
ACEHI
$26 000
4 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 17
F
B 3 G
5 x 3
x
A I
D End
Start 2
4 4
x x
C E H
4 3 3
x x x Step 5:
6 1 6
1 2 2
D
A
6 0 6
1 0 2 11 2 12
3 3 5 7 3 9
C F H
3 0 5 8 1 10 11 0 12
Res
ID TF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Dur
A 2 2 0
B 2 1 2
C 2 3 0
D 2 1 0
E 2 2 0
F 1 3 1
G 2 2 0
H 2 2 0
Resource scheduled
Resource available 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 1 3 7 2 8 9 2 10
B
E G
5 2 5
7 0 8 9 0 10
6 1 6
1 2 2
D
A
6 0 6
1 0 2 11 2 12
7 3 9
3 3 5
F H
C
8 1 10 11 0 12
3 0 5
Res
ID ES LF TF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Dur
A 2 2 1 0 0 2 2
B 2 1 6 6 0 2
C 2 3 3 5 0 2 2 2
D 2 1 7 7 0 2
E 2 2 8 9 0 2 2
F 1 3 10 12 0 1 1 1
G 2 2 13 14 0 2 2
H 2 2 15 16 0 2 2
Resource scheduled 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Resource available 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Critical Chain Project Management
Why do projects take so long?
Parkinsons Law
Self-protection
Dropped baton
Excessive multitasking
Resource bottlenecks
Student syndrome
How normally we plan our projects?
Beta Activity
distribution
start
0 o m p
Elapsed
Activitytime
start
Task 1 Project
Task 2 Task 3
Buffer
Scarcity of Resources
Resource
Buffer
(people or Feeding Project
Activities
equipment) Buffer (time) Buffer (time)
A1 A2
A5 A6 A7
A3 A4 Project
Completion
Critical Chain Scheduling