[kplato] Summary of Data Discussion

[Jim Sabatke]

There is a standard way of calculating risk.  The idea is that there is 
natural risk that is uncontrollable in any task.  Earlier emails detail 
the standard calculations for such risk.  I did make one error in the 
presentation; risk is associated with effort, not duration.   It is 
possible that effort and duration can be different values, that is, 
duration can be longer because of inactive periods of effort.   Anyway, 
providing for "frequently sick" employees is another kind of risk 
factor.  One way to handle this would be to reduce the hours available 
in the employee's calander.

Jim

Thomas Zander wrote:

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>The thing I am still not sure about is what the user should enter 
>for risk.
>
>If risk is a plus, should the duration of the task be noted (10% or so for
>slip?)
>If there is a large risk (this person is know to be sick often) should we store 
>this in the task? And what could the diagram show at this time? A slippage
>of a predefined time, a precentage time etc..
>
>In summery; risks are factors we can't put our finger on, I want to know
>how the software should handle these things in calculations and display.
>

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