This free 45-page eBook is a collection of 19 essential rules, based on PMI and DoD standards and codes, which I find very important and useful. I tried to explain the reason behind each one and the way you can apply them in your schedules.
You can find more information and the download link here: http://en.khorramirad.info [1]
TOC:
- Rule 01: Document the Scheduling Methodology
- Rule 02: The Schedule Should Have a Complete Scope
- Rule 03: Be Careful with Level-of-Effort Activities
- Rule 04: Activities Should Have Unique Names
- Rule 05: Activity Names should have a verb
- Rule 06: Each Activity Should Have at Least One Predecessor and One…
- Rule 07: Activities should not be Dangling
- Rule 08: Most Relationships should be FS
- Rule 09: Try not to Use SF Relationship
- Rule 10: You should not Use Large Lags
- Rule 11: Use Lags as Less as Possible
- Rule 12: Be Careful with Leads
- Rule 13: Be Careful with Negative Floats
- Rule 14: Activities should not Have Large Floats
- Rule 15: Do not Split Activities
- Rule 16: Do not Use a Lot of Date Constraints
- Rule 17: Make Milestones for Date Constraints
- Rule 18: Activities should not have Large Durations
- Rule 19: Use Only One Duration Unit