Successor

A Successor is a technical term from Integrated Delivery and the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, describing the sequencing of tasks within a complex Program of Action.

A Successor is an Activity that cannot begin until its Predecessor Activity is complete. Every Activity in a Network of Commitments is linked to at least one Predecessor and at least one Successor, forming the total logical network that enables calculation of the Critical Path toward The Goal.

Technical Function

In the LIONSBERG Integrated Delivery System and Lean project management, Successor relationships govern the flow of work through a Program of Action:

• A Committor must understand how the Quality of their Activity affects all Successor Activities
• Successor Activities cannot begin until their Predecessor is Constraint Free and complete
• The chain of Predecessor-Successor relationships across thousands or millions of Activities forms the Network of Commitments
• Delays in any Activity ripple forward through all its Successors, which is why the Critical Path demands vigilance

See 11.57 A Logical Network of Commitments, Network of Commitments, and Making And Securing Commitments for the full technical framework.

The Deeper Truth: Everything Follows the Quest

In the LIONSBERG System, once you understand that there are no Predecessors to beginning — that Nothing Can Come First — then everything else becomes a Successor to the decision to arise and move.

Your healing, your resources, your community, your capacities — these do not precede the Quest. They are Successors to it. They emerge because you began, not before you begin.

Seek First the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.

The entire New World is a Successor to the awakening of The First Three Percent and the faithful decision to begin The Great Game.

See also: Predecessor, Network of Commitments, Critical Path, Pull Planning, Activity, The Goal

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