Advanced Scheduling Technology for More Efficient (Shorter) Resource Constrained Schedules

Due to the inherent complexity of resource constrained scheduling, the project durations of resource constrained project plans can be two times or more longer than needed. This paper shows that the scheduling engine used effects the project duration even for relatively small projects consisting of a few dozen tasks, and the effect can become enormous as the number of tasks grows into the thousands and a number of types and quantity of resources expands. Unfortunately, the type of algorithm used by most commercial project planning software for handling resources, is a relatively inefficient methodology for scheduling resource constrained projects.