Schedule network — Season 4 Rollout
As of 2026-07-01 · Schedule · Project hub
Network
Baseline version 1. Each box is a task; a solid, thicker edge marks the critical path.
| Task | Duration | On critical path | Depends on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoot schedule | 35d | Yes | — |
| Music clearance | 35d | No | — |
| Dailies review | 14d | Yes | Shoot schedule |
| Assembly edit | 14d | Yes | Dailies review |
| Rough cut | 35d | Yes | Assembly edit, Shoot schedule |
| Colour grade | 14d | Yes | Rough cut |
| Sound mix | 11d | No | Rough cut |
| Broadcast QC | 12d | Yes | Colour grade, Music clearance, Sound mix |
| Delivery to network | 6d | Yes | Broadcast QC |
Critical paths and float
- Shoot schedule → Dailies review → Assembly edit → Rough cut → Colour grade → Broadcast QC → Delivery to network
- Shoot schedule → Rough cut → Colour grade → Broadcast QC → Delivery to network
| Task | ES | EF | LS | LF | Total float | Free float | Critical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoot schedule | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Music clearance | 0 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 49d | 49d | No |
| Dailies review | 7 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Assembly edit | 21 | 35 | 21 | 35 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Rough cut | 35 | 70 | 35 | 70 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Colour grade | 70 | 84 | 70 | 84 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Sound mix | 70 | 81 | 73 | 84 | 3d | 3d | No |
| Broadcast QC | 84 | 96 | 84 | 96 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
| Delivery to network | 96 | 102 | 96 | 102 | 0d | 0d | Yes |
Preview a scenario
A preview is read-only — nothing here changes the stored plan. Try a crash (shorten one critical task, at its cost per day) or a fast-track (overlap one critical finish-to-start pair) and see how the network's dates and float would move.
Crash candidates on the critical path, cheapest first: Dailies review ($0.0/day), Assembly edit ($0.0/day), Colour grade ($0.0/day), Broadcast QC ($0.0/day), Delivery to network ($0.0/day), Shoot schedule ($171.43/day), Rough cut ($257.14/day).
Fast-track candidates on the critical path: Shoot schedule → Rough cut, Dailies review → Assembly edit, Assembly edit → Rough cut, Rough cut → Colour grade, Colour grade → Broadcast QC, Broadcast QC → Delivery to network.
Resource levelling preview (every non-critical task shifted to its latest start): peak demand 3.0 → 3.0.
Critical chain (Driftless extension)
Not a PMBOK-6 clause — no numbered process names this technique
(tt.EXTENSIONS). The project buffer is sized at half the safety recorded
on the critical chain's own three-point estimates; a feeding buffer, also half its
task's own safety, sits wherever a non-critical task merges directly into the chain.
A task with no three-point estimate on record contributes zero safety here — never an
invented figure.
Critical-chain safety: 0.0d · project buffer: 0.0d.
| Task | Feeds into | Buffer |
|---|---|---|
| Music clearance | Broadcast QC | 0.0d |
| Sound mix | Broadcast QC | 0.0d |
Propose this as a baseline change
This writes nothing to the plan itself: it files a draft baseline carrying the preview
above and a change request describing it. Approving the change and promoting the draft
to the live plan is a separate, existing step (PATCH /baselines/<id>,
then PATCH /change-requests/<id>) — never done here.
Where this comes from
PMBOK-6 process 6.5 (Develop Schedule) · as of 2026-07-01 · source PMBOK Guide, 6th edition. Critical chain method is a Driftless extension, cited to none of the above.