Horse Blanket Project Schedule
January 21st, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I first saw the term Horse Blanket in reference to project scheduling in the Project Management Institute’s Practice Standard for Scheduling. There in a flowchart for the Select Scheduling Method step, Horse Blanket is mentioned alongside Critical Path Method and Critical Chain. The term was undefined in the book’s glossary and a search on information about Horse Blanket will lead to an abundant amount of information on equine apparel! The Double-Tongued dictionary has the following definition: “horse blanket n. a large, complex, or comprehensive report or chart” at http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/horse_blanket/. There are several references to large charts called Horse Blankets, especially in the military. So as one can imagine, a Horse Blanket Project Schedule is an exceptionally large chart illustrating the schedule activities.
