The topic of this book is known as dynamic scheduling, and is
used to refer to three dimensions of project management and
scheduling: the construction of a baseline schedule and the
analysis of a project schedule s risk as preparation of the project
control phase during project progress. This dynamic scheduling
point of view implicitly assumes that the usability of a project s
baseline schedule is rather limited and only acts as a point of
reference in the project life cycle. Consequently, a project
schedule should especially be considered as nothing more than a
predictive model that can be used for resource efficiency
calculations, time and cost risk analyses, project tracking and
performance measurement, and so on.
In this book, the three dimensions of dynamic scheduling are
highlighted in detail and are based on and inspired by a
combination of academic research studies at Ghent University
(www.ugent.be), in-company trainings at Vlerick Business School
(www.vlerick.com) and consultancy projects at OR-AS (www.or-as.be).
First, the construction of a project baseline schedule is a central
theme throughout the various chapters of the book, and is discussed
from a complexity point of view with and without the presence of
project resources. Second, the creation of an awareness of the weak
parts in a baseline schedule is discussed at the end of the two
baseline scheduling parts as schedule risk analysis techniques that
can be applied on top of the baseline schedule. Third, the baseline
schedule and its risk analyses can be used as guidelines during the
project control step where actual deviations can be corrected
within the margins of the project s time and cost reserves.
The second edition of this book has seen corrections,
additionsand amendments in detail throughout the book. Moreover
Chapter 15 on "Dynamic Scheduling with ProTrack" has been
completely rewritten and extended with a section on "ProTrack as a
research tool.""
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