1. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services1 Schedule Analysis 101 The Boring Stuff Is Essential By John F. Krahula Management Analytics Programming & Services (MAPS)

2. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services2 Why Do Schedule Analysis  Schedule is easier to status and maintain.  Schedule more closely models process.  Schedule becomes a better management tool.  Better historic analysis  Fancy gadgets work better  You know WHATS going on!

3. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services3 What to Look Out For  Structure  Baseline/Reference/Variance Information  Coding  Status  Criticality

4. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services4 Structure  Starts, Finish, and Isolated Tasks  Relationship Types and Lag  Duration  Constraints

5. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services5 Baseline/Reference/Variance Information  Save Baseline for reference information  Save Interim Baseline for status period to status period reference  Start Variance  Finish Variance  Duration Variance

6. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services6 Coding  WBS  OBS  Special Tasks/Milestones  Find information

7. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services7 Status  Missing Status  Out of Sequence Status  Progress

8. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services8 Criticality  Definition of Total Slack/Float  Zero or Negative Total Slack  Using Constraints to Quantify Total Slack  Number of Tasks and Milestones that are critical matters as much as minimum Total Slack

9. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services9 Let’s Look at a Real Project  Show you some summarized data  Go into MS Project and show you how to derive the information  Show more detailed Data  Question and Answers

10. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services10 Summarized Information

11. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services11 Detailed Information

12. Copyright 2000 Management Analytics Programming & Services12 Questions and Answers