Ban These Planning Abominations

In 2009 I posted this article on Planning Planet, it caused a bitter controversy then but it is still applicable today, I called it:

Ban these planning abominations.

This is the code according to Mike Testro.

The only true critical path is developed by a Finnish start link between activities, all other adaptations are wrong.

Every activity should represent one trade in one location, anything longer than 10 days is too long.

Use bottom-up planning to form programme levels:

level 4 - individual task

level 3 - task summary showing geographical location.

level 2 – Zone or Section of work

level 1 - Project.

Never ever use;

Lead Lag Links either + or -

start start and/or finish finish links

start – finish links - ever.

Mid Chart Links

Start – Stop Constraint flags

ALAP positioning

any task with no successor links.

Any of the above abominations will combine to distort the true critical path.

Why did the software suppliers still allow these abominations in the systems?

True planners everywhere, join me in my crusade to ban these abominations.

Mike Testro 16 January 2009.

Anyone disagree today?