CASCAD-e is a new graphical tool for interactive project scheduling and management. CASCAD-e brings Time-Scaled Precedence Diagramming (TSPD) to reality. TSPD, while discussed in the classrooms for many years, has not been the utilized effectively by project managers due to the lack of TSPD tools. There are a lot of programs to create PERT Charts and Gantt Charts resulting in these type of tools being the "tools of choice" for project managers. However, if you have ever managed a large project with either PERT or Gantt techniques, you know how quickly they become difficult to manage.

CASCAD-e is an entirely new way to carry out Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling for projects.  It utilizes TSPD on a calendar time grid and is based on over 40 years of teaching and consulting experience with TSPD scheduling.  CASCAD-e is the first version of TSPD scheduling in which precedence relationships automatically and instantly determine the impact of movements or changes in one or multiple activities and or precedence relationships.  It is the first project scheduling approach to use a totally graphic approach to developing and utilizing the schedule.  Using CASCAD-e gives the newcomer to scheduling a vastly improved understanding of scheduling terms and processes.  To the experienced scheduling practitioner, CASCAD-e gives ease of development and vastly improved insight into the emerging schedule.