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(CDR-4398) Time Impact Analysis: Past, Present, and Future

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Level: Basic
TCM Section(s)
6.4. Forensic Performance Assessment
7.2. Schedule Planning and Development
Venue: 2024 AACE International Conference & Expo

Abstract: As one of the earliest terms applied to forensic schedule analysis, time impact analysis (TIA) has a long history. This paper explores the origins and evolution of the term and the techniques to which it has been applied. Where did the term originate? What did a TIA involve when the term was first applied? What does it mean today, and what will it mean in the future? The paper presents the position that TIA was developed as a modeled, additive technique that still has value in the prospective or contemporaneous evaluation and negotiation of time extensions. However, the technique has been displaced by contemporaneous period analysis (CPA) as the state of the art of forensic scheduling has evolved.