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23.1.2. Backward Pass

• Backward Pass Planning is not recommended, otherwise you rob yourself of slack time in
advance.

• However, you should be familiar with backward planning, since you may also encounter such
a project plan from somebody else.

• Backward Pass Planning: All tasks start as late as possible.

• To perform Backward Planning we add to the predecessor number the term "SF", which
stands for "Start-Finish". By the way, we already talked about in "17.1 Dependencies (Prede-
cessors)" page 91.

• Watch the little arrows in the GANTT-chart to recognize at a glance the pass direction.

Today

Start

Due Date

TODAY   DUE DATE

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