Thursday, December 6, 2012

Activity Network Diagram(AND) - Scheduling sequential & simultaneous tasks : PART I

Why use it?
To allow a team to find both the most efficient path and realistic schedule for the completion of any project by graphically showing total completion time, the necessary sequence of tasks, those tasks that can be done simultaneously, and the critical tasks to monitor.

What does it do?

  • All team members have a chance to give a realistic picture of what their piece of the plan requires, based on real experience
  • Everyone sees why he or she is critical to the overall success of the project
  • Unrealistic implementation timetables are discovered and adjusted in the planning stage.
  • The entire team can think creatively about how to shorten tasks that are bottlenecks.
  • The entire team can focus its attention and scarce resources on the truly critical tasks.

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