How can we make the free float zero ???
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Pranab Kumar DebMember for 19 years 8 months
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Dear Sirs ,
In a schedule i want to have the free float = 0 , how can i acheive this , let me explain a bit in my schedule i have separated the Procurement of Items in a separte WBS level now i want these items to just stick to the succeding activity for which this items are required , please advice how this can be achieved as now we are preparing a Schedule to complete,and so i expect that the procurement schedule will be overcrowded for the next 2-3 months i want to avoid this .
Hope i made my question clear
regards
deb
In a schedule i want to have the free float = 0 , how can i acheive this , let me explain a bit in my schedule i have separated the Procurement of Items in a separte WBS level now i want these items to just stick to the succeding activity for which this items are required , please advice how this can be achieved as now we are preparing a Schedule to complete,and so i expect that the procurement schedule will be overcrowded for the next 2-3 months i want to avoid this .
Hope i made my question clear
regards
deb
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Oldest first- 0Eva Martin ·It depends on how you would use it.
You have to be careful and limit the use of constraints in your programme as this can influence the real computation of free and total floats (critical path).
Putting zero float is (albeit free float is better than total float) compels an activity to be planned as late as possible. So everytime programme is time analysed this activity always on the critical path which should not be the case.
Assigning early constraint date is less poison because the constraint effect vanished once the data date overuns it.
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