Abstract: A reliability buffering technique applies a reliability time buffer to a project planning model having activities. The reliability time buffer is placed before an associated downstream activity to provide a buffered downstream activity. The reliability buffer is provided having a time duration value and an activity time precedence relationship, including a lead or lag value, with at least one upstream activity. The time duration value and the activity time precedence relationship are generated so as to reduce the overall schedule delay resulting from possible time delays that occur in the one or more upstream activities and to increase the overall project schedule advance from possible schedule advances in the one or more upstream activities.

Abstract: A dynamic planning method (DPM) generates a DPM project planning model. The DPM project planning model provides an activity pre-structured process model for activities of a DPM project plan. The DPM project planning model also provides a relationship pre-structured model for activity time precedence relationships of the DPM project plan. The DPM project planning model is dynamically adjusted to generate a DPM project plan, whereby reliability buffers are associated with one or more activities of the plan. Time precedence relationships are associated with the reliability buffers and with the activities. A variety of DPM simulation outputs are also generated. The DPM simulation outputs provide a comparison of the DPM project plan with conventional project plans generated by conventional project planning models.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a rules based method and system for monitoring and reporting the status, progress and performance of a project. The invention further includes a method and system which include indicators which are selected as a function the rules to identify variances in the project status, progress and performance. The invention further provides for a dashboard type way of presenting the information which presents the information in the form of indicators that allow a user to determine whether a project or component of a project is not performing as it is expected or planned to perform. The rules according to the invention can define variance limits for the data representative of the project performance and be used to change the indicators as a function of applying the rules to the project data.