Plan alternatives

What would change if we moved the plan?

Try different dates or costs in a copy of the plan and compare. Nothing changes until the Owner chooses.

Function planPlan alternatives: Job sheets by October

In three steps

  1. Copy the working plan

    Nothing in the working plan changes while you try things.

  2. Try different dates or costs

    Move work earlier or later, or change a cost assumption, and save the copy.

  3. Compare, then choose

    Each dependency is checked again in both plans. Only the Owner can switch to the copy.

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Plan alternatives

What am I looking at?

How you try different dates or costs in a copy of a plan and compare, without changing the plan everyone works to. The picture builds in three steps. The examples come from one invented 80-person engineering firm, the same on every page.

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Function
A team, department or service, with its own plan.
Dependency
One piece of work needs another to finish first.
Timing conflict
Work planned to start, or finish, before the work it needs has finished.
Plan alternative
A copy of a plan with different dates or costs, to compare before choosing.
Change impact
How much a piece of work changes people's jobs, rated from 0, no change, to 5, fundamental.
Owner
Keeps a Function's plan current and decides on suggested changes.