Construction scheduling
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Critical path method (CPM)
A scheduling technique that models a project as a network of dependent activities and identifies the longest path through it — the critical path — which sets the shortest possible project duration.
Virtual design and construction (VDC)
A project management method that uses integrated, multidisciplinary models of the product (the facility), the organization and the process to plan and control a project against explicit, measurable objectives.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
A hierarchical breakdown of the entire scope of a project into progressively smaller deliverables and work packages that can be estimated, scheduled, assigned and tracked.
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Buffer burn rate
In critical chain scheduling, how fast a time buffer is being consumed compared with how much of the chain of work has been completed — the main signal of whether a project will finish on time.
Critical chain project management (CCPM)
A scheduling and control method, based on the theory of constraints, that removes safety time from individual task estimates and pools it into shared buffers, then manages the project by monitoring how fast those buffers are consumed.
Earned value management (EVM)
A method that integrates scope, schedule and cost by comparing the budgeted value of work planned, the budgeted value of work actually performed, and the actual cost, to measure performance and forecast outcomes.
Last Planner System (LPS)
A lean, collaborative production-planning system in which the people who directly supervise the work plan it together, commit to what can be done, and measure how reliably they keep those commitments.
Look-ahead schedule
A short-interval schedule, typically covering the next three to six weeks, that breaks upcoming work into detailed tasks so constraints can be identified and removed before the work starts.
Schedule baseline
The approved version of the project schedule, frozen as the reference against which actual progress and changes are measured.