Scheduling tool
AssigneeFoster Wheeler Energy Corporation
InventorR. W. Bengtson
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Estimating the term…
Abstract
A scheduling tool for establishing estimated duration of a contractual obligation involving multiple phases and associated functions thereof is utilized with a normalized scale and various overlays determined in accordance with statistical information relative to criteria useful in determining the duration of the obligation. A manpower allocation device may be used alone or in conjunction with the scheduling tool to estimate the manpower necessary during various phases of different contractual obligations.
Claims1
A scheduling tool for establishing the estimated duration and the performance of a contract which includes several phases comprising:
- a flat plate having a rectangular area;
- a plurality of parallel bars extending upward from said plate each of said bars representing a particular phase of said contract, and extending over a length which is the portion of the length of said rectangular area corresponding to the percentage of the total time of performance of the contract which is necessary to complete the phase represented by the bar;
- a plurality of overlay cards each having a plurality of slots which will permit said cards to be laid over said plate with said bars extending upward through said slots, said cards being calibrated so that each represents a contract of a different duration and the ends of said bars will show the beginning and ending time of each of said phases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.