A lead can be defined as a change in logical relationship that allows the successor activity to start before the predecessor activity ends in a finish to start relationship in project management. This is a situation where the successor activity starts before the predecessor activity ends.
A lead time is always implemented when you need to accelerate a successor activity in order to shorten the overall project schedule.
Lead always vary in length, depending on the level of acceleration required by the amended schedule. The problem with lead time is that it might lead to rework since you did not allow the predecessor activity to finish before the successor activity starts.
Most at times, lead time is been used where you feel it is safe to start the successor activity, A programmer may start writing the code while he is still waiting for stakeholders to approve his home page design.
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