Comments on: Question Uniqueness of Materials in Design http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/25/624/ The magazine for the project age Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Hal http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/25/624/#comment-8321 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:07:30 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/25/624/#comment-8321 This is the finding, although we might all wonder if it is correct. Initially, the duration increased. We can speculate on why that is so. As standard product was first introduced it was itself variation. Generally, any increase in variation lengthens cycle time. As more and more standard product is adopted the variation experieced reduces and so does cycle time. That's my explanation. Maybe I can get Iris to comment. This is the finding, although we might all wonder if it is correct. Initially, the duration increased. We can speculate on why that is so. As standard product was first introduced it was itself variation. Generally, any increase in variation lengthens cycle time. As more and more standard product is adopted the variation experieced reduces and so does cycle time.

That’s my explanation. Maybe I can get Iris to comment.

]]> by: david http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/25/624/#comment-8154 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:54:28 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2006/07/25/624/#comment-8154 "The surprising result was that project duration increased at an increasing rate as standard product is introduced." Is this correct, or did the duration *decrease*. Or maybe I've misunderstood. “The surprising result was that project duration increased at an increasing rate as standard product is introduced.”

Is this correct, or did the duration *decrease*. Or maybe I’ve misunderstood.

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