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 Accordions and Iron Bars 
– by Brooks Johnson, PMP
This article is about a critical attribute associated with the project schedule, which can help you in your planning activities as well as help others better understand one of the most basic yet significant of all project task attributes. That attribute is the ability of a task to flex and compress under the inevitable changes of the project.

Deliverable-Oriented and Schedule-Driven Project Execution
– by Dong Choi
By focusing on only the work required to complete the project within a customer-specified time span, engineering, procurement, and construction companies can eliminate waste and the overuse of resources, which will help them survive cutthroat lump sum turnkey competition. Deliverable-oriented and schedule-driven project execution is essential in optimizing manpower utilization and meeting the client’s ever-shortening project schedule requirements.

Fast Tracking or Backtracking?
– by Joel Kohler, PMP
We’ve all been there. The customer or the calendar demands a quicker than planned completion to the project. Should you consider fast tracking to compress the schedule? Can you fast track, without backtracking through new costs or delays?

The Five Secrets of Project Scheduling 
– by Michelle Colodzin, PMP, PMI-SP, MCTS, MS Project Black Belt, MetaVista Consulting Group
This document defines five factors—or "secrets"—which, when consistently implemented together, result in project schedules that are more likely to be used and maintained throughout the life of a project. A project schedule that is followed and maintained throughout a project can provide early identification of potential schedule slippage, project risks and other issues.

Developing and Tracking of a Total Schedule Outline Based on Three Airport Construction Projects 
– by Jia Guangshe, Cao Li, chen Jianguo, Tang Kewei and Xue Xiangdong, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
The authors, experienced in project scheduling on large projects and programs, detail their methodology in developing and tracking management of a total schedule outline for three large airport construction projects in China.