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Case Study: Jabel Ali Refinery Major Shutdown

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/case-study-jabel-ali-refinery-shutdown-2016-mujahid-ali-akhtar/Hi, I wrote a case study for a major Shutdown in the past and would like to share in this group for feedback as well as for your information who are in the shutdown/turnaround business.Thank you,Mujahid…

22 Mar 2019 · Mujahid Akhtar · 1 min read

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4 Bad (Planning) Habits to Kick this Year

4 Bad (Planning) Habits to Kick this Year February 15, 2018 | By Dr. Dan Patterson, Guild Fellow of Planning & Scheduling, PMP

23 Feb 2018 · Dan Patterson · 6 min read

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GAO is Wrong

GAO IS WRONG:Activities have hundreds of fields and many might still be active if you only change a few.GAO Schedule Assessment Guide Best Practices for Project Schedules suggests keeping deleted activities and logic while setting duration to 0. See page 140 of 240.http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/6744

27 Aug 2017 · Rafael Davila · 1 min read

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Diversity Risk in the Canadian Workplace

A good understanding of diversity risk must be part of planning. The world is laden with so many cultures. Mixtures of these various norms creates a new norm that must be considered seriously.If we look in the past, multiculturalism has a long and wide history in Canada. It was then adopted by the g

29 Jan 2017 · Rufran Frago · 6 min read

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Planning, Scheduling, and Safety

All of us have seen the aftermath of those who defied the traffic sign “Drive slowly! Do not exceed the speed limits" or "Slow down, dangerous curve." As you drive on the highway, you begin to recognize that many drivers just ignore the speed limit and drive 10, 20, or sometimes 30 kilometers per ho

29 Oct 2016 · Rufran Frago · 5 min read

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Risk relativity

For a thief, a good security system is a threat. To a security guard, that same system is an opportunity to lessen the risk of robbery and to increase the chance of catching the thieves.A person’s perspective depends on which side of the fence he is sitting on. With that in mind, a risk can be a thr

21 Oct 2016 · Rufran Frago · 5 min read

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Effective Project Planning with Mind Map - Case Study

Mind Map is a graphical and pictorial illustration of the interrelated ideas for a common goal or objective. It truly makes its mark for empowering imagination to produce new theme of ideas. Mind Mapping drives people, with a multi-dimensional approach, to generate a consolidated and concentric solu

9 Aug 2016 · Yasir Masood - PMP, RMP · 2 min read

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A Brief History of Scheduling

The science of ‘scheduling’ as defined by Critical Path Analysis (CPA) celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2007. In 1956/57 Kelly and Walker started…

5 Feb 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 5 min read