Adding Buffer time to Workflow schedules
Hi,
We are wanting to add buffer time in our workflow schedules. Projects tend to run late and miss the Completion date. To help mitigate this, we wanted to schedule extra time in the schedule that we can use if some of the tasks are running late. What is the best practice to do this? We've been playing around with constraints to always run as soon as possible or put one task in the schedule. We've tried adding lag times on predecessors and considered adding an extra task with the buffer built-in.
The issues we run into that we don't want the people assigned to the task to know there's a buffer because then the work will get procrastinated further. We also are trying to refine our resource scheduling so that the effort doesn't equally divide across the duration of days. And we would like to have this be automated if possible, but ensure make sure that all of the tasks are done by the project's planned completion date.
What does everyone do to plan for unforeseen risks that could put a project late but still deliver it on time?
