Helping with Adventurer Party Management

As a result, the craftsmen gave me ideas to shorten the detailed schedule.

The work schedule was shortened to 55 days.

"I think I can handle it."

And I say it like Sarah's relieved.

Sure, in theory, it looks like it'll make it. That alone is a tremendous advance from the first situation.

However, it is impossible to complete work for a period of nearly two months without any mistake or delay.

So as administrators, we need to be aware of the distinction between tasks that should never be delayed at work and tasks that we can afford a little more.

As for the former's work, it is the manufacture of shoes. If the manufacture of shoes is delayed, the entire delivery will be delayed.

As for the latter task, it is classified as work that will be done first in the earlier puzzle. Even if the procurement of crates and fragrance oil is delayed by two days a day, it will not affect the overall delivery schedule.

The work on the former is called the Critical Path. The shorter the duration of this critical path, the shorter the overall delivery.

Of course, it can't be passed on to the craftsmen where they used those words, so another step needs to be squeezed in wisdom.

"Again, look at this puzzle. There will be a connecting part of the longest job (task)"

In a puzzle with pieces of wood, all work on the critical path is concentrated so that it appears to be a single work connection. I would classify it as a normal flow of work by the department in charge, but it's a form that prioritizes clarity over that.

"Shorter wood pieces (tasks) here shorten overall delivery. You see that, don't you?

With that said, the craftsmen who were now completely puzzle experts nodded.

For the craftsmen, the experience of being able to understand the overall picture of their work while moving their hands seems to have become a very intense experience.

I'll keep explaining.

"So just never make a mistake here and don't delay me. And if you're going to be late, I want you to ask around for help. I want everyone around me to be aware that the work involved in this task is a top priority."

When I said that and looked around, the craftsmen nodded.

"All right, let's get to work then!

So, when I signaled, I went to a job where I was divided.

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I went back to my office and started preparing to make a request to take the priest's foot shape.

It would be terrible to just leave it to the peasants, because it is the adventurers of peasant gratitude who take this request.

Here, I have to make a request after thinking about a mechanism to give you as much accuracy as possible.

That's how Sarah talked to me when I was making notes on the board about the system of checks and the shape and arrangement of the tools to take the foot shape.

"Hey Kenji, collecting foot shapes from 100 priests in this city won't reach 300 people, including priests in another city, will it? What do you do with that?

I see. This was my lack of explanation because there's no way the people in this world can be statistically educated.

As far as possible, try to explain in instances where Sarah's interest can be drawn.

"Sarah likes soup with meat, right?

"What? What, suddenly. Well, I like it. 'Cause it's not good."

"When checking the taste of the soup, do you think it tastes different when it is swallowed with a large spoon from a large pan and when it is swallowed with a small spoon?

"Well, that's up to us."

"How could that be?

When I asked, Sarah put her arms together and thought about it for a moment, then she answered.

"'Cause it's soup, so wherever you go, it's decided together with the salt and the taste of meat in it."

"Right. If it's a good soup, it tastes the same everywhere."

"Isn't it? So, how does this relate to shoes?

I'll answer Sarah's question.

"Think about replacing soup with a human population. There must be thousands of priests in this kingdom, right?

"Yeah, I don't know much about that either, but maybe that's about it."

"That's the soup in the big pot. Whether it's for 300 people with a large spoon or 100 people with a small spoon, it's supposed to taste the same, right?

"... well, I wouldn't soup a priest, but it might feel the same."

"I mean, if you measured the size of a foot for 100 people, it would be the same thing that you measured the size of a foot for 300 people"

"Yes, you will. Right, right. I'm not fooled?

I said with a voice and a laugh.

"I won't fool you, because you're dying for something. Even the guardian shoe would have measured the foot shape of an adventurer just like that. The shape and size of a human foot wouldn't change much if he lived the same way. Farmers, peasants, warriors, priests. Barefoot people have wide feet and thick skins on the soles of their feet, and those who don't walk much have thin skins, narrow widths, and lower armor.

It explains its nature by analogy to the taste of soup. So if we measure the size of the feet of 100 priests, we can capture the overall trend as to what size to make. That way we can make shoes first, without measuring the feet of all 300 people, right?

"... Kenji, hey, you know something weird"

Sarah praised me with a frightened voice, not knowing how many times it would be.