Redefined MPL representation for buffer execution — Case of a single project
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Truc, Hiroyuki Goto, Hirotaka Takahashi · Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan · 2011
We propose a Max-Plus Linear (MPL) representation based on the Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) framework to deal with variation in input time. The concept of time buffers in the CCPM method is executed in CCPM-MPL framework to absorb the variation for protecting completion time. Moreover, the consumption of time buffer is monitored to alert the current status of the system. The proposed method is confirmed through a numerical example.