When the project absolutely must get done: marrying the organization chart with the precedence diagram

Presents a new project planning technique to marry the organization chart with a project´s task precedence diagram. This permits one to simulate the project at a micro-scale, project-specific level. One can perform “what-if” scenarios related to organizational structures, the deployment of specific individuals and skills, and the structure of information flow and exception handling in a project. The tool used, ViteProject, was developed in a Stanford University laboratory, where substantial results have been achieved when it was applied to design activities other than software. The author presents his real-world experience with several software projects, where ViteProject has improved project visibility and allowed projects to be rationally optimized in a way that has hitherto been impossible