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Durations become three numbers instead of one: the fast case, the likely case, and the bad case. Each node is drawn as a range, and the ranges add along the path. The output is a spread for the whole job, which is honest in a way that a single date is not.
Durations become three numbers instead of one: the fast case, the likely case, and the bad case. Each node is drawn as a range, and the ranges add along the path. The output is a spread for the whole job, which is honest in a way that a single date is not.
Example
Best when the steps are unfamiliar enough that any single duration estimate would be a guess wearing a number.
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