Is the longest path necessarily the critical path of the project? Case Study
PROJECT MANAGEMENT I was assigned a tower project - 5 basement levels with 17 floors above. They are subject to a schedule! There is no need to devise it -…
HCP-Go – Project Management Tool
Looking for a project management app, software or tool? If your project involves a small number of tasks, you will probably choose Excel, but if you have multiple tasks, you’ll…
MS Project case study – Project management case studies: Two Projects in One
Project management case studies - HCP analysis HCP analysis has already been performed on more than 200 projects. Even though the same analysis is performed in all projects - the…
HCP-Go SaaS Schedule Analysis Report
When you receive a schedule from someone else, you probably wonder what is hidden inside it. When you create a schedule for your project or to submit it to your…
Jerusalem Chords Bridge
One of our very first projects was the Chords Bridge in Jerusalem. I met with Baruch Gover, the project manager, in his room. He looked at me with a smile,…
“Mystery of Lost Time” – or – How to Create the 25th Hour / 13th Month?
What would you give for another hour in the day? To sleep, to finish getting ready for an exam, or maybe just to have another hour of fun?In reality, probably…
Project Schedule Management: The five steps in Project Schedule Life Cycle
Project Schedule Management Every project has a life cycle. It begins in the project’s development point – continues to the planning stages, from there to execution and eventually – the…
Critical Path (or – What is CPM?) and Hidden Critical Path (or – What is HCP?)
When building a schedule for a project, the first question is: Well… What is my critical path? What is a critical path? The critical path in the project - according…
Friday – to Work or not to Work – That is the Question…
Schedule management: Friday – is it a full workday, a partial workday or not a workday at all? First - let's emphasis: this problem is unique for places where people…
“Magic Trick”: How to Increase Activity Duration and Reduce Project Duration?
Once, I learned a magic trick – how to increase task duration in a project, on the critical path, thereby reducing the overall project duration!