Managing Critical Path execution is the most important aspect of Effective Plant Shutdown execution. When time is money, reducing plant downtime is achieved by eliminating delays between steps on this critical path. Most have learned to accept some level of delay between steps due to limits on communication, but what would happen if a tool was available to provide immediate updates on task completion?
Why should the project schedule be inaccurate as soon as it is published by the planner?
Why should we wait for a meeting to review and update progress?
Why should only a limited few be allowed to update the project schedule when the people executing the plan know best the exact time of completion?