Mary and John on the Critical Path
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 20, 2024
In project management school, the lesson on Critical Path includes this rule:Apply resources first to the critical path, and subordinate demands of other paths to ensure the critical path is never starved.Beware this hazard: Resources may be real people: The problem of applying resources arises when we move from the abstract of 'headcount' to the real world of 'Mary' and 'John'.
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