Precedence Diagramming: Successful Scheduling in a Team Environment, Second Edition

Although the fundamental practice of precedence diagramming has been applied for more than 30 years, relatively little literature is about the subject is available. Project managers will find more information. About the activity-on-arrow approach than the precedence diagramming approach in both the academic and the popular press. Although the activity-on-arrow approach worked well in the early days of modern project management, today it applies only to a handful of software tools and packages. The precedence diagramming method, the most common method in software packages is far more flexible and easy to manage than the activity-on-arrow approach from both a visual and a team management perspective.

This guide will provide you with a clear understanding of how to interpret a precedence diagram, how to construct a precedence diagram, and how to use it to facilitate better schedules and more accurate sensitivity analyses.

Carl Pritchard is the principal of Pritchard Management Associates in Maryland, USA, and is a recognized project management speaker, author, instructor and consultant. He was the principle architect of ESI International's acclaimed distance learning programme in project management. He is that US correspondent for the British project management magazine, Project Manager Today.