Microsoft Project and the As Late As Possible (ALAP) Constraint
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The default constraint in Microsoft Project is ASAP. This is the ideal for most forward scheduling situations. Here we look at the As Late As Possible (ALAP) Constraint http://ow.ly/XWd830aUwVd
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Oldest first- 0Tom Boyle ·
MSP ALAP's consumption of ALL
MSP ALAP's consumption of ALL TOTAL SLACK makes it pretty useless for CPM-type forward scheduling in my view. If you are scheduling just-in-time material delivery for an installation that has some slack (not the TS=0 case shown in the example), then the ALAP constraint will delay the installation. This is probably not what you intend.
MSP ALAP might be useful in a critical chain methodology, but those who are not explicitly managing feeding/project buffers should beware.
Just an opinion....
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