{"id":329,"date":"2018-12-03T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelray.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2019-01-09T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:10:04","slug":"before-you-perform-a-time-impact-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Before You Perform a Time Impact Analysis . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/icons8-skyscrapers-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many organizations, as they are considering the impact of a <g data-gr-id=\"4\" id=\"4\" class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_hide gr_premium Enhancement\">considered<\/g> change to a project, perform a <strong>Time Impact Analysis<\/strong> (TIA).\u00a0 A time impact analysis is a scheduling technique that models the change <g data-gr-id=\"6\" id=\"6\" class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_hide gr_premium Style\">being <g data-gr-id=\"5\" id=\"5\" class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_hide gr_premium Enhancement\">considered<\/g><\/g> and its impact (cost, time, resources) on the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any article you read on performing a TIA stipulates as a requirement that your schedule must have a valid critical path.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But what does &#8220;valid&#8221; mean?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/icons8-search-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this context, &#8220;valid&#8221; means <strong>high quality<\/strong>.\u00a0 Are the activities linked together properly?\u00a0 Are constraints being used properly and only where necessary?\u00a0 Are relationship types, lags,\u00a0and leads being used properly?\u00a0 Is there hidden trouble (e.g. negative float) that isn&#8217;t being addressed?\u00a0 Does the schedule have the proper level of detail?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>All of these questions help assess whether the critical path can be trusted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/icons8-workers-64-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Russian proverb made famous by President Reagan goes, trust but verify.\u00a0 Large corporations are required to have a system of internal controls for their finances.\u00a0 At Steelray, we believe that they are needed for project schedules as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Does your organization have internal controls for schedules?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelray.com\/contact.php\">Let&#8217;s talk<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many organizations, as they are considering the impact of a considered change to a project, perform a Time Impact Analysis (TIA).\u00a0 A time impact analysis is a scheduling technique that models the change being considered and its impact (cost, time, resources) on the schedule. 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