Leads and Lags – Definitions, Explanations & Examples Leads and Lags are essential for making a good project schedule. They are the basic building blocks of scheduling. Many scheduling experts don’t use them. Instead, they often apply (incorrect) alternatives. In my opinion, Leads and Lags are easy to use and implement. They should always be…
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Start To Finish is a logical relationship (or dependency) in which a successor activity cannot finish until its predecessor activity has started. Start to Finish (SF) is one of the four activity relationships of project management. These are used while preparing project schedule. The other three relationships are: Finish to Start (FS) Start to Start…
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Finish To Finish is a logical relationship (or dependency) in which a successor activity cannot finish until its predecessor activity has finished. Finish to Finish (FF) is one of the four activity relationships of project management. These are used while preparing project schedule. The other three relationships are: Finish to Start (FS) relationship Start to…
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Start To Start is a logical relationship (or dependency) in which a successor activity cannot start until its predecessor activity has started. Start to Start (SS) is one of the four activity relationships of project management. These are used while preparing project schedule. The other three relationships are: FS Relationship FF Relationship SF Relationship Let…
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Finish To Start is a logical relationship (or dependency) in which a successor activity cannot start until its predecessor activity has finished. Finish to Start (FS) is one of the four activity relationships of project management. These are used while preparing project schedule. The other three relationships are: Start-to-Start (SS) dependency Finish-to-Finish (FF) dependency Start-to-Finish…
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A project schedule network diagram is used for pictorial representation of logical relationships among the project activities. They are drawn to depict project dependencies or relationships between two activities and/or milestones. They are also called logical network diagrams. There are three ways to draw a project network diagram. These are: Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM): This…
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There are 4 types of dependencies in project management viz. Mandatory, Discretionary, External, & Internal. You will find definitions, detailed description, and examples of different types of schedule dependencies in this article. Some authors do not distinguish between project dependencies and activity relationships, which is incorrect. They are different from each other. You will also…
I have written this article to provide complete details of project dependencies. It discusses all aspects of dependencies in project management including definition, meaning, and description. It also includes explanatory diagrams and small examples. You will also find difference between project dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and risks in this article. Project Dependencies – Definition & Meaning…
You might want to understand what project constraints are and how are they different from assumptions, dependencies and risks. A project constraint is any factor that hinders or restricts the options of the project team. There are six primary constraints in project Management viz. Scope, Time (Schedule), Cost (Budget), Quality, Resources, and Risk. Out of…
Project Assumption is a factor in planning process that is considered to be true, real or certain often without any proof or demonstration. It simply means that some things are supposed to be true. Human beings are presumptuous and work on suppositions. Sometimes these suppositions come out to be true while at other times they…
