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NETWORK
G N H L S T I P R C L B O P C
SCHEDULE
H A X Y C I N T H P V K N G T
CONTROLS
F M R A C I S E I M Q D T U U CRITICAL
M R H N N N D R M C A W R J K LOG
L O Q G O U T K K E A X O F N RACI
S F Q C L M O F K I L L L Q F CONSTRAINTS
Y R S E R O Q N B T N P S P P CRASHING
Q E K T C Q F F N H Q W M Z Y ISSUES
C P Q P P U X Y F D M L D I K PERFORMANCE
R C K R O W T E N V Q M Q T R TRIPLE
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Implementation
Schedule Management
Change management
Issue Management
Roles and Responsibilities
He has half the deed done who has made a
beginning.” – Horace
THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately
degenerate into hard work.” — Peter Drucker
Work Breakdown Structure
SCHEDULES: NETWORK DIAGRAMS
Install Latrine Build Structure
Build
Quality Audit Slab/Cap
Latrine
Slab/Cap
START
start END
Train
Community
Train WASH
Committee Dig Hole
NETWORK DIAGRAM: ANSWER
NETWORK DIAGRAMS
Dig hole Install Build
Latrine Cap Structure
Build WASH Comm
Start Latrine Cap Quality
Audit
Train WASH
committee
to build latrine
“Each completed task establishes certain parameters and
imposes constraints on the next task.” -– Louis Fried
CRITICAL PATH (CPA)
The critical path is the series of tasks that determines the minimum amount
time required to complete project activities. This sequence of tasks represents
the longest path between the project’s start and its end
Install Build
Dig hole
Latrine Cap Structure
14
3 7
Build Quality
start Latrine Cap Audit end
6 1
Train WASH Train
Committee Community
1 1
“Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast
as you could working five hour days.” -– Issac Asimov
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
How do you allocate roles and responsibilities in your projects?
“Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong
after that, the people will save you. That’s what management is all
about.” -– Tom DeMarco
RACI
Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
Responsible for Person People Parties notified
performing a accountable for communicated after a task is
task the task being with prior for performed.
complete input and
opinions
Task
Task
How a would the RACI matrix help your projects?
“Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.” —
Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement
PROJECT CHANGES
Have you ever managed a project where the scope,
budget or calendar has changed mid-course?
“When the territory and the map disagree,
believe the territory.” — Swiss Army Manual
WHAT GOES WRONG?
What lead to these changes being made?
"You can't cross a sea by merely staring into
the water.“ — Rabindranath Tagore
CONTROLLING CHANGES
Was there a clear process for managing (controlling)
these changes?
No – it was total chaos
Somewhat – but we were barely coping
Yes – we did ok and survived to see another day
Yes – we were good and bordering on amazing!
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting
started is breaking your complex tasks into small manageable tasks,
and then starting on the first one.“ — Mark Twain
CONTROLLING CHANGES: TOOLS
What tools did you use to manage the changes? How
effective were they?
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and
thereafter our tools shape us.” ― Marshall McLuhan
ISSUE LOGS
Issue Owner Status Date Date Resolution
Opened Closed
Two days of Provide 7/11 – Rain stopped July 11 July 12 Will work 3 extra
rain have Name of today. Will review hours to mitigate the
resulted in Owner work to see if work schedule delay.
no work is resumed. .
being 7/12 – Construction
accomplished site has dried. Work
has resumed.
How would this help?
"Do not lie in a ditch, and say God help me;
use the lawful tools He hath lent thee.“ — old
English Proverb
MAKING IT WORK
How would you make an issue log work in your context? Who
could change it? When? How? How often? Write your comments
on the screen.
“You can’t keep it all in your head. Project control tools are an
absolute necessity for the control of large projects.” -– Louis
Fried
Questions?
“A project without a critical path is like a ship
without a rudder.” — D. Meyer
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