Project scheduling guides
The ideas behind a plan that schedules itself, explained with examples.
What is a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
What a work breakdown structure is, the 100% rule, how far to break work down, how outline numbers work, and how a WBS turns into a schedule.
Read the guideThe critical path method, explained with a worked example
How the critical path method works: the forward pass, the backward pass, total float and the critical path, worked through on a five-task example.
Read the guideTask dependency types: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish
The four task dependency types — finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish — with examples, and how lag and lead shift them.
Read the guideSchedule constraints: ASAP, ALAP, SNET, SNLT, FNET, FNLT, MSO and MFO
The eight schedule constraint types — as soon as possible, as late as possible, start or finish no earlier or no later than, must start on and must finish on — and how each one behaves.
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