Scheduling

CTC-415

Short Interval Scheduling

Plan & manage day to day activities

Focus on individual activities
Goal Oriented to get activity done
Two Categories
Look Ahead
Production

Look Ahead Scheduling

Focuses on what needs to be accomplished
during next time period
Extract from overall schedule
More detailed than overall schedule since
looking at day to day activities
Must make sure that look ahead schedule
matches the overall schedule

Production Scheduling
Plan and Schedule one specific activity or
group of sub activities related to a particular
construction process
Good for subcontractor work
Types of schedules
Date list, Bar Chart, Network Schedule
Graphic Schedule, Matrix Schedule, Velocity
Diagram

Production Scheduling
Date List
List of Dates used to plan and manage an
activity
Difficult to follow without a narrative
Can also be by hour

Bar Chart
Like a regular bar chart but for sub activities

Production Scheduling
Network Schedule
More complicated
More info
AON diagram

Graphic Schedule
Easy to read
Several types follow

Production Scheduling
Matrix Schedule
Good when identical activities with very similar subactivities
When work is repetitive

Matrix Schedule

Production Scheduling
Velocity Diagrams
Relationship between time and output
Very effective, easy to read

Velocity Diagram

Precedence Diagram Method

Extension of AON Network
Allows concurrent activities to overlap
Restraints not required to model logical
relationships
Schedule logic is easier and quicker to develop
Easier to modify
Better represents work flow in continuous
operations

Precedence Diagram Method

Disadvantages
Need to use finish to start relationships
Harder to update and manage due to reduced
network detail

Precedence Diagram Method

Activity Lead Lag
Lag = time that a following activity is delayed
from the start of the previous activity
Lead = time that an activity precedes the start
or finish of the next activity

Precedence Diagram Method

PDM Relationships
Finish to Start
Like AON when no lag

Start to Start
Gives a time between the current activity start and
when next activity can start

Finish to Finish
Gives a time between the current activity finish and
when next activity can finish

Precedence Diagram Method

Calculation Assumption
Once work starts it runs until complete
Activities are scheduled based on their duration
Work is not interrupted or stretched

Precedence Diagram Method

Controlling Relationships
Forward pass
Relationship that results in latest early finish time

Backwards pass
Relationship that results in earliest late start time

Precedence Diagram Method

Forward pass
Calculates the earliest time each activity in
network can start and finish
Minimum project duration

Backwards pass
Calculate the latest time an activity can start
and finish