Buffers are designed quantities of time and/or dollars, sized and applied to a project’s schedule and/or budget to protect what is important to the success of that project.
(see also Project Buffer, Feeding Buffer, Capacity Buffer, and Resource Buffer)
(Frank Patrick’s Focused Performance Critical Chain FAQ)
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