This lecture is a glimpse into the career of a civil engineering PhD in project management that spans four decades with mindset of improving the practice, learning from every lesson, and having the […]
In the construction industry, project scheduling is a crucial component that oftentimes determines project success. Additionally, while project scheduling approaches have been in existence for several decades, consistency in using well-developed techniques is […]
The world of construction scheduling, as we know it, has been practiced for more than 50 years. And while the practice of scheduling has advanced significantly during that time, advances in best practices […]
This Guide is a deep dive into the practice of forensic scheduling, intended for use by practitioners with an advanced knowledge of the profession and the technical nuances associated with it. It is […]
While CPM (critical path method) and GPM (graphical path method) rely on activity-logic networks, and their kinship is undeniable, CPM is an early-date biased, early and late dates calculator and GPM is a planned-date biased, gap/drift/float calculator. […]
In the current competitive economic environment it is essential that businesses seek out and adopt the best management practices in order to prosper. This has directed many organizations to the use of an enterprise or […]
Have you ever wondered how to develop a project controls system and if the investment in computerized project controls systems, as well as the staff to collect and analyze the data and maintain […]
With the advent of a novel network scheduling technique, graphical path method, new paradigms are created which, when fully understood, offer planners and schedulers insights into and flexibility around designing and optimizing networks […]
Scheduling a project at the right level, at the right time, is an important consideration in project planning and scheduling. However, practitioners who develop schedules at different levels do not agree on the […]
Although adverse weather has impacted construction since before the pyramids, and when unusually severe is typically only deserving of a time extension without compensation, weather issues continue to generate their fair share of […]