Tag: Project Management

Schedule planning is often attributed to uncertainty or the unforeseen circumstances which have to be compensated by monitoring time estimates. Critical chain scheduling focuses on bottlenecks that impede the smooth flow of the system.     This method is a series of dependent tasks to identify and fix the bottlenecks which aims to improve the overall system. These tasks are carefully scheduled to manage uncertainty and finish projects quickly.   Critical chain scheduling consists of two types of dependencies: Hands- off Dependencies mean having pre-requisites. An output coming from another party becomes the input for another. To simply put,...

There are several project planning related techniques that exist nowadays and critical path method is just one of them. Critical path method is a set of sequential activities and it requires finishing first, before the other activities can finally start. This creates complexity in the web of activities or process. The number of critical paths that may be utilized depends upon the type of project that needs to be accomplished. However, if there will be blockages that occur in the middle of the process, acceleration or re-scheduling may be done to patch up the problem.     This method...