Slack time, crashing tasks and the assumptions and limitations of the model

What this note covers

1. Slack time: the outline's formula, exactly as written
2. A worked project: slack for every task
3. Interpreting slack: what one day of slack actually buys
4. Crashing: shortening tasks to reduce the completion time
5. Assumptions of the critical path model
6. Reasonableness of results in context
7. How this is examined in the SACE paper and what separates a top answer

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes