Abstract
Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) has been identified as a powerful
tool to plan the activity sequences, identify and manage information
exchanges. However, its application in scheduling is very limited.
So far, DSM has been used to enable critical path calculations by
assigning the 'amount of effort/work done' as duration to the activities.
This paper addresses 'communication time', a new concept while estimating
the normal project duration. The other issue arises, while planning
and scheduling compressed projects with DSM. When the activities
are overlapped to achieve the compressed duration, there arise two
cases – the natural overlap (involving minimum risk) and the forced
overlap (involves more risk). This paper focuses on the estimation
of natural overlap project duration using DSM. Further, the author
also proposes a detailed implementation procedure focusing on the
above ideas and is illustrated through an example.
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