Critical path management is a method for identifying, scheduling and dealing with tasks that directly affect a project's end date. Unlike project tasks that have some degree of float, critical path ...

Anytime you have to complete a project with multiple tasks, scheduling becomes a problem, especially when some tasks are done simultaneously while some are dependent upon the completion of others. The ...

Stuart Ockman is president of Ockman & Borden Associates, project management consultants based in the Philadelphia area. He started his career at Bechtel working on power projects but now specializes ...

One of the key purposes of project management software is organization. The ability to simultaneously manage people, priorities, deadlines, tasks, and timelines from one centralized place is a huge ...

We have seen on all our news feeds how inflation is at a 40-year high. It was the early 1980s when the U.S. experienced inflation at the rates we have now, peaking in April 1980 at 14.86%. Did ...

With nearly two decades of retail management and project management experience, Brett Day can simplify complex traditional and Agile project management philosophies and methodologies and can explain ...

If the PMBK definition of critical path has you puzzled, read Dr. Andrew Makar's explanation of this project methodology in real-world terms. If the PMBK definition of critical path has you puzzled, ...

First inaugural construction scheduling software survey shows more than two-thirds of respondents report having used Critical Path Method software More than two-thirds of construction professionals ...

Defined as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements,” project management has “always been practiced informally,” according to ...

The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) is a widely used method for planning and coordinating large-scale projects. As Harold Kerzner explained in his book Project Management, “PERT is ...