Book: CPM Mechanics [Digital] Book: CPM Mechanics [Digital] CPM Mechanics: Three Learning Options. Collectively, this CPM Mechanics website offers you three Learning Options, when it comes to learning all about the Critical Path Method.
Three Learning Options CPM Mechanics, the Book Learning Option 1 – READ: CPM Mechanics, the Book This book is far and away the most comprehensive and understandable book ever written about the raw mechanics of Critical Path Method. Its almost 500 pages are packed with over 225 colorful illustrations and a friendly conversational writing style. Murray B Woolf - Faster Construction Management. Critical Path Myth, Part 2: Diffusion and Infusion. Overview Blog Series Abstract The widespread faith in the Critical Path Concept is not justified by the facts.
Still, those with a vested interest in their projects finishing timely continue to support the Critical Path Concept and embrace recommended practices that they are told will lead to more successful projects. This three-part blog series is intended to shed light on the Great Delusion under which most Project Management stakeholders unknowingly suffer. Courses. Increasingly, busy Construction Professionals are choosing Online Learning program over more conventional options, such as classroom training, expensive conferences, seminars, or customized in-house training.
Online Learning offers many attractive benefits, including lower costs, greater convenience, self-pacing, accomodation of busy work and personal schedules, and higher quality content. ICS-Institute is constantly evaluating new educational products, assessing their content for accuracy, relevance, obsolescence, consistency, and quality of presentation. Select with confidence (in ICS-Institute) that the following Construction Project Time Management courses will represent a smart investment of your time, money, and effort. CPM Mechanics Symposium (Non-Credit); Tuition is FREE; Requires book. CPM Mechanics Symposium. Books on Construction Project Time Management.
ICS-White Paper: Schedule Acceleration Using Free Float and Multi-Path Analysis. SUMMARY Pages: 33Illustrations: 29Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 22Product Number: WPA-MF-28Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents.
ICS-White Paper: When is the Critical Path Not the Most Critical Path. SUMMARY Pages: 37Illustrations: 4Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 24Product Number: WPA-KK-14Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents Introducing the Monitored Path Ranking System.
ICS-White Paper: A Cognitive Project Management’s Three Relationship Categories. SUMMARY Pages: 29Illustrations: 2Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 17Product Number: WPA-KL-13Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents Introducing Communal, Symbiotic, and Progressive Relationships Project Time Management Tools are either Static or Dynamic.
ICS-White Paper: Understanding the Point-of-Day Perspectives. SUMMARY Pages: 15Illustrations: 20Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 20Product Number: WPB-KJ-28Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents A Calculation Perspective When performing Manual Date Calculations This White Paper explains the importance and application of three possible Date Calculation Perspectives that can be used when performing manual Date Calculations as part of Forward Pass and Backward Pass Procedures.
The Point-of-Day Perspectives refer to the choice that a Project Facilitator makes before performing manual Date Calculations* (either Forward Pass or Backward Pass). ICS-White Paper: How to Calculate Dates in the Critical Path Method. SUMMARY Pages: 46Illustrations: 18Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 26Product Number: WPB-KI-13Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents Introducing the Ten Essential Formulas This White Paper explains the Ten Essential Formulas that are used to determine the Four Basic Calculated Dates associated with every Activity in a Critical Path Method (CPM) Schedule. Four Basic Calculated Dates Earliest StartEarliest FinishLatest StartLatest Finish The Ten Essential Formulas. ICS-White Paper: How the WBS Can Break a Schedule. SUMMARY Pages: 24Illustrations: 2Bookmarked: YesGlossary Items: 9Product Number: WPB-LA-11Digital Format: Static PDF Download White Paper View Table of Contents.
Papers on Construction Project Time Management. Puzzles on Construction Project Time Management. We have known a lot of professional Planners and Schedulers over the years.
One thing that all seem to have in very common: they’re too serious! We think it would do them a bit of good to let their hair down once in a while, and have some fun. So like the dog who chews on a bone to keep his teeth sharp, we thought it might be fun to have puzzles for Schedulers to work on to stay at the top of their game. PTM TALK ROOMS. Feel free to join as many PTM TALK ROOMS as you have time for.
Here is a list of all of the current PTM Talk Rooms: hyperlinks to summaries below PTM Talk: Construction Attorneys and Claims Consultants [LEGL] This PTM TALK Room is for Construction Attorneys and Claims Consultants, professionals who find themselves on the failing end of Project Time Management efforts gone wrong. Blogs. Overview Blog Series Abstract The widespread faith in the Critical Path Concept is not justified by the facts. Still, those with a vested interest in their projects finishing timely continue to support the Critical Path Concept and embrace recommended practices that they are told will lead to more successful projects.
This three-part blog series is intended to shed light on the Great Delusion under which most Project Management stakeholders unknowingly suffer. A Comprehensive Examination of Construction Project Time Management. CPM Mechanics: The Symposium. Thinking Outside the Box. Book: CPM Mechanics [Digital] CPM Mechanics Course and Book » THREE ways to learn how CPM actually works "under the hood." Surely, ONE option will fit your busy calendar, tight budget, and personal training requirements. Project Management. The topic of Project Management is hot these days … very hot. Panic Sets In Panic begins when someone suggests a Project Management Office (PMO) capable of implementing a project management program that will apply the latest principles of project management in order to ensure a successful project delivery. So they turn to the Internet to find out how to manage a project.
Project Time Management. When it comes to Construction Project Management, time management is the most important ingredient to project success, more than any other factor. For a while, the term Project Time Management held great promise of something more and better than the Planning & Scheduling discipline it was proposing to replace. After all, traditional Planning and Scheduling had been around since the mid-20th century, and it was surely time for a Project Management support system that was more robust, relevant, and helpful to those performing the work of the project. But the hopes of a better tomorrow were gradually dashed as one Project Management “authority” after another merely slapped a fresh coat of Project Time Management paint on the old, beat-up Planning and Scheduling car. Under the paint, nothing was different. Ideological Underpinning. CPM Mechanics is the first book in a contemplated ten-volume reference series dedicated to effective Construction Project Management.
To fully appreciate the contribution this book makes one needs to understand the true relationship between Project Management and Project Time Management. Introducing Cognitive Project Management Early studies by ICS‑Research discovered that a surprising amount of the prevailing Project Management dogma, as advocated by the world’s leading Project Management authorities, was not especially well suited for the Construction Industry. This discovery seemed consistent with studies by other world-class organizations (e.g., Chaos Report 2009, Standish Group) that reported project failure rates on Construction Projects as high as 70%, in terms of Cost and Schedule goals not being met. Cognitive F.A.C.E. Diamond: The Concept. Cognitive T.I.M.E. Framework: The Concept. The ICS-Compendium. Commenced in early 2007, the ICS-Compendium is a ten-year project with the goal of producing a ten-volume set of books that will have been crafted specifically for Construction Project Management in North America.
Literary works take time, and the production schedule for this ten-volume set is expected to take years, with the last volume hitting bookshelves in December 2017. Dominant Project Management Series. Volumes 1 -4 of the ICS-Compendium The Dominant Project Management Series is more than some high-level, generalized introduction to a “one size fits all” framework for Project Management across multiple industries.
Cognitive Project Management Series. Essential Reference Series. Volumes 9 -10 of the ICS-Compendium The final two volumes are containers for continually-evolving work product. Owners of any of the above ICS-Compendium volumes are automatically enrolled to receive notice of revisions to these final two volumes. Project Management. CPM Mechanics Course and Book » THREE ways to learn how CPM actually works "under the hood." Surely, ONE option will fit your busy calendar, tight budget, and personal training requirements.
CTPS. White Papers. CPM Mechanics Course and Book » THREE ways to learn how CPM actually works "under the hood." Surely, ONE option will fit your busy calendar, tight budget, and personal training requirements. CPM Nechanics. ICS-Dictionary. The ICS-Global Store. Project Scheduling Standards, Best Practices, and Guidelines; Critical Path Method (CPM) The Compendium introduces an original set of job descriptions, specialization labels, and associated skills sets specifically intended for the construction Scheduling Practice. The Compendium offers, for the first time ever, a validated set of arcane terms that are correct, current, and relate seamlessly with one another. And it retires old terminology no longer in use, such as obsolete words related to the Arrow DIagramming Method. The Compendium sets forth the mathematical underpinning of the Critical Path Method in a way that is consistent with the Terminology, thereby providing guidelines for software developers to standardize their algorithms.
The Compendium presents a coherent set of principles and concepts that effectively tie theory to practice, aimed at three distinct audiences: the Owner/Executive; the Project Manager; and, the Scheduling Practitioner. The Compendium contains the specific guidelines, thresholds, and parameters in accordance with which all ICS components abide.
International Center for Scheduling, Advisory Panel; Corporate Support. International Center for Scheduling, Construction Planning and Scheduling. Start Up Money Needed! Investors Wanted. Outstanding ROI Possible. The business model for ICS is as unique and refreshing to the Scheduling Practice as are its many exciting components. ICS is not a non-profit organization, staffed by volunteers and managed by committee. Neither is ICS a limited commercial venture, providing one set of services to a limited market; nor is ICS a self-appointed authority hoping to convert the world to its unique "take" on the Scheduling Practice. Instead, ICS is a consortium of the Practice's leading experts and providers.
Project Planning and Scheduling Research for Project Management. Construction Project Scheduling Specifications Software, using Critical Path Method (CPM) Certifications for Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master Schedulers, (CPM) Even as recently as April 2008, the Scheduling Practice remains conflicted as to what constitutes project planning. The prevailing understanding is that planning entails the early steps in schedule development, beginning with scope definition, WBS assignment, and even the process of listing activities and estimating activity durations. Planning gives way to scheduling at the point that dates are introduced into the 'plan,' which then suddenly becomes the 'schedule.' This is the Conventional Wisdom, and one with which ICS disagrees. At ICS, we see planning as occurring during the Initiating Stage of a project. From the owner's perspective, feasibility planning is performed in order to decide whether the project is worth doing altogether.
By contrast, we see scheduling as that set of activities involved in designing, developing, maintaining, and utilizing the project schedule. Owners: Have Your Project (CPM) Schedules Evaluated by an Independent 3rd Party. Murray B. Woolf, PMP - Founder of ICS. Project Scheduling Standards, Best Practices, and Guidelines; Critical Path Method (CPM) News for Construction Scheduling Consultants; Critical Path Method (CPM) Careers and Jobs in Project Planning and Scheduling Training, including Critical Path Method (CPM) Construction Project Planning and Scheduling; CPM News. Project Planning and Scheduling, Critical Path Method (CPM) News for Construction Owners, Managers, and Contractors. News for Construction Owners, Managers, and Contractors. International Center for Scheduling (ICS-Global), Critical Path (CPM) Scheduling Services. The Global Epicenter of Construction Project Planning and Scheduling.