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CPM Scheduling: Retained Logic Explained

The document discusses two approaches to updating a CPM schedule when activities progress out of sequence: retained logic and progress over-ride logic. Retained logic ignores actual start dates and looks at remaining work to calculate finish dates, retaining the original logic relationships. Progress over-ride logic uses the reported progress to calculate new finish dates, which can result in incorrect float values since it does not account for remaining work. The document recommends using retained logic over progress over-ride logic to avoid inaccurately reporting more float than actually exists.

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CPM Scheduling: Retained Logic Explained

The document discusses two approaches to updating a CPM schedule when activities progress out of sequence: retained logic and progress over-ride logic. Retained logic ignores actual start dates and looks at remaining work to calculate finish dates, retaining the original logic relationships. Progress over-ride logic uses the reported progress to calculate new finish dates, which can result in incorrect float values since it does not account for remaining work. The document recommends using retained logic over progress over-ride logic to avoid inaccurately reporting more float than actually exists.

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RetainedLogic/OutofSequenceProgress

OriginalPlan

RetainedScheduleLogic(Acceptable)

ProgressOverRideLogic(Unacceptable)

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ProjectCPMScheduling |1

RetainedLogic/OutofSequenceProgress(continued)

TheCPMnetworkisupdatedasoftheDataDate.IntheexamplebelowtheDataDateisworkday151.

ActivityAhasstarted,butasoftheDataDatetheactivityisestimatedbythesuperintendenttorequirean
additional5workdays(WD)tocomplete.

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isalsoestimatedbythesuperintendenttorequireanadditional5WDtocompleteafteractivityAhas
finished.

Notethathistoricalinformation(actualdates)arenotincludedintheforwardorbackwardpass
calculations.

RETAINIEDLOGICIGNORESTHEACTUALSTARTDATEANDLOOKSATTHEREMAININGWORKOFTHE
PREDECESSORANDWILLNOTPERMITTHEREMAININGWORKOFITSSUCCESSORTOBEGINUNTIL
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TOSTARTRELATIONSHIP

DataDate=151

EF=155

ActivityA
RD=5wd

151+51=155

Dashedlineis

impliednot

graphicallyshown
FSRelationship

EF=160

ActivityB
RD=5wd
156+51=160

FLOATVALUESWILLBEINCORRECTISUSINGPROGRESSOVERRIDEANDWILLSHOWMOREFLOATTHAN
THEREREALLYISNEVERUSEPROGRESSOVERRIDE

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ProjectCPMScheduling |2

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