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Computer Support for Successful Project Management
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Computer Support for Successful Project Management

by Ulhaus M. Samant
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
170 pages
3h 33m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 5

Schedule Calculations

Objectives

On completion of this chapter, you should be able to

  1. Understand the meaning and significance of critical path
  2. Understand the meaning and significance of float
  3. Use forward pass and backward pass to compute float
  4. Use Resource leveling feature in MS-Project

Once a suitable network is drawn, with durations for all activities, the next step is to find out whether it meets the target completion date and what kind of flexibility exists in starting or ending these activities. In Chapter 3, we discussed about using different network diagrams for scheduling. In this chapter, we discuss how to arrive at the target completion date and how to find out the flexibility associated with starting or ending activities. ...

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ISBN: 9781606497517