PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Thesis Keith Gale 2013right of the 45 degree axis. Grouping of results indicate that generally frameworkprojects (group 2) are closest to the axis whereas a higher proportion of discrete(group 1) stray from the axis. Overall grouping does encourage further investigationregarding project timescales.Figure 7.3: Scatterplot graph exploring relationship between variance on startand variance on finish timescalesConclusions from Figure 7.3:Figure 7.3 illustrates use of a scatterplot to explore a relationship between varianceof start and variance of finish timescales for the projects contained within this casestudy. It was anticipated that no such relationship would exist - that is, a variance onstart does not necessarily create a variance on the finish date of a project. Althoughprojects are generally grouped around the zero value on the X/Y axis, the groupinghas a wide series of points indicating that results are scattered. There is also nodiscernable difference between the project groups. Assumptions made of ‘novariance relationship’ between start and finish timescales for both discrete andframework projects are confirmed by distribution of results in Figure 7.3.133