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Project Scheduling Still Struggles Over Software Honesty Issues

Fredric L. Plotnick

December 6, 2023

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A commentary on what’s happened in critical path method (CPM) scheduling and planning since 2003.

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Forensic Scheduling’s Groundhog Day: Dubious Practices ‘Recommended’ Again

Kurt Rossetti P.E.

July 13, 2023

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Members can make their voices heard as AACE drafts are released.

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Critical Path Method Software Flourished in the Inflationary 1980s

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Fredric L. Plotnick

April 27, 2022

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Can CPM scheduling software help in a time of inflation?

Obituary: Innovator Jim O'Brien, 91, Kept Projects, Clients, on Critical Path

Debra K. Rubin

January 6, 2021

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CPM scheduling guru and CM firm co-founder also authored the field's first textbook in 1965, still in wide use.

The Critical-Path Method

Viewpoint: The Fallacy of One Construction Project Schedule

Jose Berrios

June 3, 2020

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The amount of effort spent scheduling the work on today’s construction projects is staggering.

Critical Path Method Scheduling

Don't Delay: Sign Up Now For The 10th Construction CPM Conference

Come 'kick the tires' of competing software, learn and have fun, starting Jan. 19th at Disney World

Fredric L. Plotnick

December 20, 2019

There are three days of classes, plenary keynotes, basic and advanced training, claims prevention, discussion and hands-on opportunities with the competing software solutions.

Commentary on Construction Schedules

Why Many Contractors Prefer To Revert To Bar Charts

Fredric L. Plotnick

October 18, 2018

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So our challenge is to again teach that the mathematics and discipline of CPM, coupled with proper software, will deliver return on the intellectual effort required.

Commentary on Critical Path Scheduling

Some Thoughts Heading Into The Next Construction CPM Conference

Maybe we're making a difference by recommending adjustments to software

Fredric L. Plotnick

October 4, 2018

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We are having some success in nudging the software developers to serve our needs as well as those of their perhaps more numerous customers in other fields.

Commentary: The American Way of Building

Clear The Confusion About Construction Delay Analysis

Different techniques may provide different results when applied to the same set of circumstances

Phil Urwin

July 6, 2018

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One big problem is that names for different techniques have been and continue to be applied loosely and inconsistently.

How Firms Can Avoid the Construction Schedule Float Game

Allen Chilmeran

July 26, 2017

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Manipulation of project schedules by owners and contractors damages trust and diverts attention away from the real issues on a project

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Items Tagged with 'critical-path method'

ARTICLES

Project Scheduling Still Struggles Over Software Honesty Issues

Forensic Scheduling’s Groundhog Day: Dubious Practices ‘Recommended’ Again

Critical Path Method Software Flourished in the Inflationary 1980s

Obituary: Innovator Jim O'Brien, 91, Kept Projects, Clients, on Critical Path

Viewpoint: The Fallacy of One Construction Project Schedule

Don't Delay: Sign Up Now For The 10th Construction CPM Conference

Why Many Contractors Prefer To Revert To Bar Charts

Some Thoughts Heading Into The Next Construction CPM Conference

Clear The Confusion About Construction Delay Analysis

How Firms Can Avoid the Construction Schedule Float Game

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