Figures

Figure 1: A Process for Creating and Maintaining Reliable Schedules
Figure 2: A Milestone’s Dates
Figure 3: Detail Activities
Figure 4: Summary Activities
Figure 5: The WBS and Scheduling
Figure 6: Redundant Activity Names
Figure 7: Unique Activity Names
Figure 8: A Finish-to-Start Relationship
Figure 9: A Start-to-Start Relationship
Figure 10: A Finish-to-Finish Relationship
Figure 11: Early and Late Dates
Figure 12: Start-Date Dangling Logic
Figure 13: Start-Date Dangling Logic Corrected with Predecessor Logic
Figure 14: Finish-Date Dangling Logic
Figure 15: Finish-Date Dangling Logic Corrected with Successor Logic
Figure 16: A Linked Summary Activity
Figure 17: A Lag
Figure 18: A Negative Lag (or Lead)
Figure 19: Using a Lag to Force an Activity’s Start Date
Figure 20: The Effect of a Lag on Successor Activities
Figure 21: Eliminating Leads with Finish-to-Start Links
Figure 22: Logic Failure Associated with a Lead
Figure 23: Enumerating Lags
Figure 24: A Profile of Expected Construction Labor Costs by Month
Figure 25: A Smoothed Profile of Expected Construction Labor Costs by Month
Figure 26: Resource Overallocation in a Correctly Sequenced Network
Figure 27: Resource Leveling in a Correctly Sequenced Network
Figure 28: The Critical Path and Total Float
Figure 29: The Critical Path and the Longest Path
Figure 30: Critical Path Activities Not on the Longest Path
Figure 31: The Longest Path and the Lowest-Float Path
Figure 32: The Effect of Multiple Calendars on the Critical Path
Figure 33: The Critical Path and Lags
Figure 34: An Incorrect Critical Path with Level-of-Effort Activities
Figure 35: Total Float and Free Float
Figure 36: A Simple Schedule as a Network Diagram
Figure 37: The Cumulative Distribution of the House Construction Schedule
Figure 38: House Construction Schedule Results from a Risk Driver Simulation
Figure 39: Sensitivity Indexes for the House Construction Schedule
Figure 40: Evaluation of Risk Sensitivity in the House Construction Schedule
Figure 41: Risk Criticality of Selected Activities in the House Construction Schedule
Figure 42: Probabilistic Branching in a Schedule
Figure 43: Probability Distribution Results for Probabilistic Branching
Figure 44: Probability Distribution Results for Risk Analysis with and without Correlation
Figure 45: The Original Plan for Interior Finishing
Figure 46: Retained Logic
Figure 47: Progress Override
Figure 48: Baselined Activities
Figure 49: Updated Status Compared with Baseline
Figure 50: Updated Status and Proposed Plan Compared with Baseline
Figure 51: Start-Up and Testing Network
Figure 52: Early Start and Early Finish Calculations
Figure 53: Successive Early Start and Early Finish Calculations
Figure 54: Complete Early Start and Early Finish Calculations
Figure 55: Late Start and Late Finish Calculations
Figure 56: Early and Late Dates of a Start-Up and Testing Network
Figure 57: Total Float in a Start-Up and Testing Network