Full-kit management in projects: determining the full-kit date

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for determining a full-kit date for a full-kit task, the method comprising:

• determining a set of task chains associated with the full-kit task, wherein the full-kit task specifies a list of items that is used by at least some tasks in the set of task chains, wherein, in each task chain, the earliest task depends on the full-kit task and each subsequent task in the task chain depends at least on the immediately preceding task in the task chain, and wherein each task chain ends at a contractual milestone due date or at a project due date;
• determining a set of dates by, for each task chain in the set of task chains,
• summing task durations and required buffers in the task chain, and
• subtracting a result of said summing from each contractual milestone or project due date that the task chain feeds;
• and
• setting the full-kit date to be the earliest date from the set of dates.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for determining a full-kit date for a full-kit task, the method comprising:
• determining a set of task chains associated with the full-kit task, wherein the full-kit task specifies a list of items that is used by at least some tasks in the set of task chains, wherein, in each task chain, the earliest task depends on the full-kit task and each subsequent task in the task chain depends at least on the immediately preceding task in the task chain, and wherein each task chain ends at a contractual milestone due date or at a project due date;
• determining a set of dates by, for each task chain in the set of task chains,
• summing task durations and required buffers in the task chain, and
• subtracting a result of said summing from each contractual milestone or project due date that the task chain feeds;
• and
• setting the full-kit date to be the earliest date from the set of dates.