Tidsplaner
Tidsplaner, meaning timetables or schedules in Norwegian and Danish, are plans that specify when tasks or events should occur within a given period. They are used to organize activities, allocate resources, and coordinate actions among individuals, teams, and systems. Timetables can apply to daily routines, events, and long-term projects as well as to transportation networks.
In public transport, a timetable lists departures, arrivals, frequencies, and service patterns for lines and stations.
Key components typically include start times, end times or durations, dependencies between tasks, constraints, assigned resources,
Common methods and tools include Gantt charts, critical path method (CPM), program evaluation and review technique
Challenges include uncertainty in task durations, variability in demand, disruptions, and coordination across time zones. Effective
Historically, timetabling arose from the need to organize markets, travel, and work hours, with early calendars