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GAO is Wrong

6 years 34 weeks ago

GAO IS WRONG:

Activities have hundreds of fields and many might still be active if you only change a few.

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GAO Schedule Assessment Guide Best Practices for Project Schedules

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Why so many poor schedules?

6 years 36 weeks ago

Why so many poor schedules?

Schedule logic is not the issue, what makes our schedule models so poor is how we deal with resources. Without resources nothing is done.  Schedules that do not take into account all resource constraints are incomplete and most probably wrong.

We favor simplicity over substance and give the project manager very poor schedules he

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Baseline Change Management

6 years 37 weeks ago

Changes to the Baseline must be accommodated so that the baseline accurately represents the current plan. Timely incorporation of changes is necessary so that managers are not tracking to obsolete plans and generating "false" variances.

Baseline Change Management Procedure

To keep baseline variance can be a monumental task in complex schedules. Is it worth it?

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The USACE CPM Schedule Specification

7 years 1 week ago

The Specification is full of errors and is biased in favor of specific software.

Just take a look at a few sections, it is a disaster.

2.1 SOFTWARE - 2.1.2.2 Other Than Primavera - If the contractor chooses software other than Primavera P6, that is compliant with this specification, provide for the Government's use two licenses, two computers, and training

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