High Durations

High durations refers to activities with unusually long durations (usually over 20 working days) without being broken into smaller, manageable pieces.

Too long durations can:

• Reduce schedule progress accuracy, making it harder to be precise when statusing work.
• Dominate the critical path, giving a false impression of what drives the project timeline.
• Impact risk management because delays within a long-duration activity are harder to identify.

Best Practices:

• Break long tasks into smaller, logical tasks.
• Keep individual activity durations realistic. Work with your crew to determine the appropriate duration.
• Use milestones to monitor progress on long tasks.
• Stick to the “one party per task” mentality