Don’t worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles per hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower… everything will be fine. — Back To The Future

There’s nothing like the critical path when you’re planning, especially if everything has to be done just right or everything will fall apart.  It’s best when catastrophic failure involves big colorful explosions.  Those tend to keep the heart rate up and the juices flowing.  These things are almost as much fun as the “And then a miracle happens” plans I’ve both created and been subject to over the years.

“Keep It Simple Stupid” ought to be branded to the forearm of every project planner on the planet.