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| Administrative computing department at
Dartmouth used the |
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| Critical Path Method for implementation phase
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| Experience: Elapsed time to complete projects was
consistently |
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to 40% longer than predicted by model. |
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| Analysis: |
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| • Some tasks not anticipated (incomplete understanding) |
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| • Some tasks had to be redone (change of requirements, |
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| technical changes) |
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| • Key personnel on many activities (schedule conflicts) |
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| • System ZZZ (non-billable hours) |
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