THE PATH METHOD CRITICAL by Sam Starobin This powerful planning tool enables you to keep complex projects on schedule and to allocate resources wisely As you grow from residential construction into larger and more complex projects such as small commercial buildings, you need more sophisticated planning tools. On your old familiar turf, you could probably anticipate most developments and handle them with seat-of-the-pants planning. But success in commercial work demands good project planning. Good planning lets you be a manager, not a fire-fighter. Management Begins At Home What do we mean by project planning? It is a process that starts with your construction contract and proceeds with a series of analytic steps to define just how you will deliver the product within the