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Effective capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization or individual is capable of completing in a given period due to constraints such as quality problems, delays, material handling, etc. The phrase is also used in business computing and information technology as a synonym for capacity management. IT capacity planning involves ...
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For example, if a project is testing a solar panel and task 'B' requires 'sunrise', a scheduling constraint on the testing activity could be that it would not start until the scheduled time for sunrise. This might insert dead time (total float) into the schedule on the activities on that path prior to the sunrise due to needing to wait for this ...
A statement of work (SOW) is a document routinely employed in the field of project management.It is the narrative description of a project's work requirement. [1]: 426 It defines project-specific activities, deliverables and timelines for a vendor providing services to the client.
In many industries, such as engineering and construction, the development and maintenance of the project schedule is the responsibility of a full-time scheduler or team of schedulers, depending on the size and the scope of the project. The techniques of scheduling are well developed [1] but inconsistently applied throughout industry.
This chart lists the tasks to be performed on the vertical axis, and time intervals on the horizontal axis. [4] [7] The width of the horizontal bars in the graph shows the duration of each activity. [7] [8] Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. [1]
In project management, a task is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards work-related goals. It is a small, essential piece of a job that serves as a means to differentiate various components of a project. A task can be broken down into assignments, which should also have a ...
Projects in Less Time: A Synopsis of Critical Chain, by Mark Woeppel; Critical Chain in Practice: Using the Theory of Constraints to Manage Projects & Portfolios, by J.P.Bernard & I.Icord, ISBN 978-2-35422-253-6; A critical look at critical chain project management, Tzvi Raz, Robert Barnes and Dov Dvir, Project Management Journal, December 2003.