ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the small construction project to illustrate some of the principles of network time analysis and resource scheduling. Resource scheduling is the process of converting a project plan into a working schedule that takes account of the resources which can be made available. The resulting schedule has to be practical, which means that undue peaks and troughs in workload should be smoothed out as far as possible, while still attempting to finish the project at the earliest or required time. A small firm of builders has been commissioned to erect a detached garage. The building is to be constructed of brick, with a concrete floor, corrugated sheet roof, roof lights instead of windows. The building firm engaged on the garage project is a small outfit, comprising the not unusual father, son team. Independent float is quite rare and can only arise when the network logic allows an activity float that is truly independent of its predecessors and successors.
