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have to be done, such as administration, co-ordinating, holding
meetings. Ruthlessly eliminate anything that doesn't have to be
done. Once you have produced a finished list of project tasks, you
must then place time estimates against each task, ensuring you
are as accurate as possible.
Network Analysis
Network analysis is a generic name for a variety of techniques
which are used to analyse the sequence of tasks in a project. The
aim of network analysis is to make a complex series of tasks
simpler to understand and schedule. It does this by sequencing
tasks in order and doubling them up where possible to save time.
From this you can then calculate the overall time for the project
and the shortest time in which the project can be completed. This
is the critical path. You cannot carry out the project in less time
than the critical path without an effect on cost or quality.
Planning, Scheduling, and Tracking
Planning is an essential part of managing a project. Based on
your critical paths and network analysis, you should know the
best time your project will take as well as what problems might
get in the way of achieving these deadlines and what you will do
if any problems do arise. Once your plans are laid down, you
should enter them into a schedule based on the availability of
resources, both people and materials. You then need to track
progress through detailed auditing and reports, always with the
aim of being on, or ahead of, plan.
Crashing
Crashing means resolving project problems by shortening the
length of time that the project takes. This may be because you
are behind schedule or an opportunity arises to speed up work.
There are many ways to crash a project. You could transfer
resources from non-critical to critical tasks, do jobs in parallel

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