Project Deadline

The project will not meet the deadline of June 30, 2012, there are numerous variables and tasks that must be completed in order to start the construction of the building. The construction of the building will begin July 25, 2011 and end in April 27, 2012. The planning phase alone will take ten full weeks to complete before the site preparation can begin. Not meeting the 2012 deadline may create a negative impact on the entire project and could potentially delay or jeopardize the introduction of the new plastic containers.
The goal was to make sure that the plant was fully operational by June 30, 2012. The deadline requirement would have assured that the equipment was properly installed tested and that the plastic products were tested for quality and thus guaranteeing full production capacity by the deadline of June 30 ,2012 set by the board directors.
The deadline that was set by the board of directors will be met promptly and ahead of time by six days. This will allow the production start-up to begin on June 25, 2012 and distribution by July 2, 2012.
My recommendation would be, to meet with the different team leaders of the specific tasks that are within the Critical Path of the current schedule and determine the slack in all the tasks and the total slack available in the entire project. By meeting with the leaders that have first hand experience, the team will be able to better analyze the possibility of realistically shortening the duration for each task. “The team should develop a realistic schedule, then determine how much negative total slack there is based on the customer’s required completion date. At that point, they can rationally determine how to reduce the negative slack to come up with an acceptable schedule that meets the project required completion date. This is done by making decisions about how to reduce the estimated