CALCULATE CRITICAL PATH & UNDERSTAND FLOAT & SCHEDULE SENSITIVITY, CONSTRUCTION PM TIPS & MS PROJECT

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5 ай бұрын

In this video I go through how the critical path method algorithm works so you know what is going on when you develop a schedule using scheduling software. I use MS project as an example to indicate how the calculations are done and run through adjustments to durations to indicate the sensitivity the critical path has to changes in durations.
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Video 2 WBS • MS PROJECT THE COURSE,...
Video 3 Calendars • MS PROJECT THE COURSE,...
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Video 5 Resources Part 1 • MS PROJECT THE COURSE,...
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Video 8 Updating Recovery Part 2 • MS Project The Course,...
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Video 12 Baselines Checks and Review • MS PROJECT THE COURSE,...
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Tom Stephenson is a national award-winning professor (George Brown College, University of Toronto) and best-selling author whose background in education spans nearly three decades. His diverse teaching disciplines include construction project management, business management, human resource management, architecture, carpentry, and brick and stone masonry. As a dual-professional, Tom is called upon by industry leaders to translate knowledge, reinvigorate corporate culture, and inspire innovation in emerging and established companies across Canada. Before breaking into the academic realm, Tom acquired more than a decade of practical project-management experience, operating a mid-sized Toronto-based general contracting firm. He is also the author of the newly released Planning, Scheduling, and Control of Construction Projects with American Technical Publishers and the four best-selling editions of Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings with Nelson Publishing Canada. Tom most recently received the Toronto Construction Association’s 2020 Chancellor’s Award for “helping his peers become more ethical, knowledgeable and professional.” A champion of change management, Tom takes pride in helping students and businesses navigate uncharted territories, take calculated risks and rise above the status quo. Some of the companies he’s worked with include Mattamy Homes, EllisDon, BIRD Construction, MCA, Maple Reinders, and Tucker HiRise, University of Toronto Project Managers.

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@danmuchwanju1757 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Tom. You are the teacher I've been searching for. I will start from the very first videos you posted to get the best. 🙂

@TomStephensontraining Ай бұрын

Great happy to help!

@petermartin4142 5 ай бұрын

Great work, Tom, I’m a generation X engineer, who has been struggling to use the software. Your videos are clear, concise to the point and also provides a more practical example of the work I do by providing examples specific to the construction trades.

@TomStephensontraining 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter, I’m happy the videos help!

@VoltOZ95 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Professor Stephenson for uploading content for free. I have been watching your tutorials, and the in-depth explanations with real-life examples helps me tremendously. Currently, I am working as a Project Coordinator with a developer/GC. Your knowledge about construction Project Management will help me widen my horizons.

@TomStephensontraining 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Happy to help!

@garyoliver7454 5 ай бұрын

I'm hooked! have just come across your videos. I'm generally programming approx. 50% of each week and although quite advanced for a self taught programmer I can see I will be learning a lot more from your tutorials. I'm recently been fine tuning my assigned resources to assist with the estimators during tender bids and also want to step up my reporting game. I'm looking at high level, one page reports that clearly show actual progress against baseline in a graph - thinking I will have to export to Excel? I have done it before a few years ago but it seemed laborious! Questions Questions!! I will keep digging into your catalogue!! Thank you Gary

@TomStephensontraining 5 ай бұрын

Great Gary, thanks for watching, sounds like you are pretty advanced.

@HEOXOTA 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Professor Stephenson. Amazing tutorial. Crystal clear, sequential and logical. Also, great thanks for the excellent diction, which is crucial for the international student, who dive into North America construction from Eastern Europe (and of course metric\imperial explanations follows). Next week will obtain the GC license but would like to see your name on it instead of ... whatever it will be written. Will be happy to purchase your books for Kindle.

@TomStephensontraining 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words. Where are you located? All the best!

@HEOXOTA 4 ай бұрын

@@TomStephensontraining Portland, OR

@northof6041 5 ай бұрын

Hi Tom, If a project has already started and the baseline was not set at that original start date, can you still set the baseline for that project start date at a later point ?

@TomStephensontraining 4 ай бұрын

You can but it won’t show the difference from the start it will show the difference from when you set the baseline. If you had the original file you maybe able to set its baseline and copy and paste those baseline dates for ver to the updated file. I would have to test it.

@cpwyou Ай бұрын

For some reason I can't see the critical path lines on the Network Diagram any ideas?

@TomStephensontraining Ай бұрын

Yes if you use constraints or apply a special calendar it may not display. I have video on one my playlists called why has my critical path disappeared.

@cpwyou Ай бұрын

@@TomStephensontraining The critical path is there just the connecting lines. Let me go search for your video

@TomStephensontraining Ай бұрын

Try to Go to the format tab then under the layout icon turn on the connecting lines

@cpwyou Ай бұрын

@@TomStephensontraining Thanks. Any ideas how you can get it to be on a single page. Say you have a 1000 line plan