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Replanning and Shifting the Critical Path
July 21, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Time Management, Critical Path
Replanning and Shifting the Critical Path
By Johanna Rothman
Replanning
Replanning is necessary when there is a project advance or delay. Project delays propagate to later project steps (Goldratt, 1997). Time can never made up, only plans can change.
In traditional completely-planned projects, there are only two alternatives to project delays (Weinberg, 1994):
- Reduce the number of features
- Slip the schedule
If you understand precisely what it will take to complete the features, and you understand the current project state, there are no other alternatives. The reason is that the project critical path is fixed.
Shifting the Critical Path
In a less well-defined project, however, there are alternatives. For example, if you understand the current critical path by task and person performing that task, there may be an alternative to who performs the task at what time.
If the critical path cannot be shifted, then the project manager only has the two choices above- reducing features or slipping schedule.
This article is an excerpt from the article “Iterative Software Project Planning and Tracking”, which can be found at: http://www.jrothman.com/Papers/7ICSQ97.html
Johanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. Johanna is the author of Manage It!’Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management’. She is the coauthor of the pragmatic Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management, and author of the highly acclaimed Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People. And, Johanna is a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference (http://www.ayeconference.com). You can see Johanna’s other writings at http://www.jrothman.com.
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