<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
are	O
visualizations	O
that	O
show	O
the	O
relationships	O
between	O
events	O
and	O
tasks	O
and	O
how	O
the	O
events	O
affect	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
are	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
methodology	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
methodology	I-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
uncertainty	O
modeling	O
and	O
schedule	O
network	O
analysis	O
technique	O
that	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
identifying	O
and	O
managing	O
events	O
and	O
event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
that	O
affect	O
project	O
schedules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
methodology	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
next	O
advance	O
beyond	O
critical	O
path	O
method	O
and	O
critical	O
chain	O
project	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
are	O
presented	O
on	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
chart	I-Application
according	O
to	O
the	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
events	O
are	O
shown	O
as	O
arrows	O
on	O
the	O
bars	O
on	O
a	O
Gantt	B-Application
Chart	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arrows	O
pointing	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
chart	I-Application
represent	O
opportunities	O
or	O
event	O
“	O
Risk	O
Response	O
Plan	O
is	O
executed	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
are	O
shown	O
as	O
lines	O
connecting	O
arrows	O
depicting	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
one	O
event	O
triggers	O
another	O
event	O
,	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
lines	O
will	O
have	O
an	O
arrow	O
,	O
pointing	O
to	O
the	O
triggered	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
an	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
line	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
arrows	O
,	O
it	O
means	O
that	O
chain	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
triggers	O
,	O
just	O
events	O
are	O
correlated	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Correlation	O
coefficient	O
or	O
probability	O
that	O
one	O
event	O
is	O
triggered	O
by	O
another	O
event	O
is	O
presented	O
on	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
rectangular	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
may	O
trigger	O
another	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
case	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
line	O
will	O
be	O
connected	O
with	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
activity	O
with	O
optional	O
arrow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
may	O
trigger	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
case	O
this	O
group	O
of	O
activities	O
will	O
be	O
surrounded	O
by	O
the	O
box	O
or	O
frame	O
and	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
line	O
will	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
or	O
first	O
activity	O
within	O
a	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
can	O
become	O
very	O
complex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excited	O
states	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
elevating	O
the	O
associated	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
bar	O
on	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
chart	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
central	O
purpose	O
of	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
is	O
not	O
to	O
show	O
all	O
possible	O
individual	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
recommended	O
the	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
be	O
used	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
events	O
during	O
the	O
event	O
identification	O
and	O
analysis	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
risk	O
identification	O
process	O
,	O
particularly	O
during	O
brainstorming	O
meetings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
project	O
teams	O
can	O
draw	O
arrows	O
between	O
associated	O
with	O
activities	O
on	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
chart	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
used	O
together	O
with	O
other	O
diagramming	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simplest	O
way	O
to	O
represent	O
these	O
chains	O
is	O
to	O
depict	O
them	O
as	O
arrows	O
associated	O
with	O
certain	O
tasks	O
or	O
time	O
intervals	O
on	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
chart	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
events	O
and	O
event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
using	O
different	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
event	B-Algorithm
chain	I-Algorithm
diagrams	I-Algorithm
to	O
visualize	O
events	O
and	O
event	B-Algorithm
chains	I-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
modeling	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
risks	O
and	O
uncertainties	O
can	O
be	O
significantly	O
simplified	O
.	O
</s>
