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Method A involves a deductive search for all credible ways an occurrence could arise using timeline construction and a simplified fault tree approach. It can be viewed as an integrated method for systematically searching for all underlying root causes. The structured framework helps the investigator to keep on track, reach sufficient depth, and not stop prematurely at the symptoms or apparent causes. 

Figure 2.2. Timeline of fast-track development of an HIV protease inhibitor, indinavir Crixivan) by Merck through a project research team approach. Adapted from Merck s account on Crixivan development.

During the construction phase of the project, we will make decisions on coordination options and permit requirements. We will discuss the various options available for the tracking of the project to ensure timelines are kept. Additionally, it is at this time when staffing requirements must be finalized. And a consideration of protocols, production records, and quality assurance documentation must be formalized. 

There s no telling what damage Greel s experiments might have done to the timelines. Perhaps my temporal paratroopers are best developed into a unit for policing the past and preserving our future. We may even be able to track down the Butcher himself. ... 

The V-Model enables project management to track progress accurately the progress of the project follows a timeline, and the completion of each phase is a milestone. 

ACC Certification Timeline. Regardless of which track is taken, ACC member companies are required to certify their Responsible Care management systems. The Certification timeline is shown in Table 4.4. 

Figure 11.8 shows just one timeline. It is possible to have two or more timelines, as shown in Figure 11.9. With regard to the standard example, the first timeline could be to do with the reverse flow of hydrocarbons into the tank, the second to do with track movements and chemical unloading on the day of the incident. The two lines converge as shown prior to the occurrence of Event 2 Truck Arrives at the Facility. In otho- words, the work to do with repairing the Lower Explosive Limit Alarm (LEL) and the reverse flow into the tank occurred during the same time period, and were independent of one another, but were completed before the truck arrived to load the tank with fresh chemical.

In most cases, feasibility assessment is conducted under a tight timeline. When the plant management approves a feasibility project, they want to move things as soon as possible in order to see the benefit to be captured quickly. However, it happens from time to time that feasibility assessment cannot generate correct results on time or is unable to address the key concerns sufficiently and hence turns out to be unsuccessful. In majority of such cases, it can be traced back to one source failure to define the basis correctly and get data right. Thus, the feasibility assessment embarks on the wrong track until it is too late to meet the project deadline. 

To support applications with either very short timelines (such as point defense against low-flying missiles) or high-density multiple-target tracking, the radar control process must be automated as the requisite decision rate exceeds that which can be accommodated by an operator. Human operator intervention can be essential in coping with target and environmental parameters that are outside the nominal bounds implicit in the radar software. 

Timeline—Some sort of timeline is frequently a part of many multimedia programs, such as Macromedia Director or Adobe Premiere. Time increases as you progress towards the right down the timeline, allowing you to visually align events in a project. One important aspect of ACID s timeline area is the Ttack Header, located at the far left of the timeline. While not a part of the timeline proper, the Track Header contains many special controls. 

The timeline forms the hulk of the AQD workspace. This is the area where the project is laid out, left to right, in chronological order. The various sounds or loops that are used to create a song are mixed together in tracks from top to bottom. There is no hierarchy to the tracks all loops that overlap vertically are mixed together to form the audio that is played back from ACID. Track order is therefore left entirely up to you and is for your own benefit. The timeline is made up of many separate parts (see Figure 1.3). 

Less important than project or timeline zooming is track level zooming. This simply controls the height of the tracks in AOD (see Figure 1.5), allowing you to see more tracks at one time (zoomed out) or to see more detail in a track (zoomed in). There are three ways to change the height of all of the tracks ... 

Ttacks are stacked on the timeline and are divided into two parts the Ttack Header and the main body of the track on the timeline. 

The Explorer window functions almost exactly like Windows Explorer and allows you to locate and manage media files on your computer. ACID s Explorer, however, allows you to preview a selected media file (click the Auto Preview button—see Figure 1.15) and also gives you additional information about the selected file in the Summary View at the bottom of the window. This works only when a loop is selected If nothing is selected, nothing is previewed and no information is displayed. Media files are added to new tracks in a project by doubleclicking the files or by dragging them to the timeline from ACID Explorer. 

Track Niunber/iype/Color/Pitch— Track number is the order of the track from the top and is located in the top-left comer of this area. The track number is simply a numerical indication of the tracks order from top to bottom. Track order, and thus track number, does not affect the mix or sound of a project. Track color can be changed by right-clicking the colored square in the Track Header, selecting Color from the context menu, and then choosing a color from the submenu. The color of the waveform of the events inserted into the timeline is determined this way as well. The color is used for your reference only. One possibility is to make all bass tracks the same color, all percussion tracks another, keyboard tracks another, and so on. 

Events are containers in a track on the timeline and are the most basic unit of editing in ACID. They contain media files or loops and can be moved, mixed, and modified in ACID. Events control the mixing and occurrence of sounds in your project. Events can be thought of as windows into a media file and are not to be confused with the media files themselves. In Figure 2.5, the media file Synco Shuffle 3b.wav in the Explorer window was use to create Track 1. The event in the track represents the sound of the media file visually with a waveform and controls how the media file is used in the project, setting which part of the entire file is played, the number of repetitions, and when the sound occurs (among other things). 

A media file in the Explorer window was used to create the track on the timeline that, in turn, has an event on it that controls how the media file is mixed into the project. 

After you ve launched ACID, from the File menu, select New (or press Ctrl + N). In the New Project dialog hox (see Figure 2.7), click the OK hutton. You are presented with the ACID workspace or user interface (UI) with an empty timeline and no tracks. 

After you have started a new project, you are presented with the ACID workspace and a completely empty timeline with no tracks on it Since events are what are mixed into a final song and events are created from media files (loops) on your computer, locating loops is the first step in creating a song. 

All audio events, video events, and MIDI events are contained in tracks on the timeline. Therefore, you need to create a new track before you can create an event To create a track, browse for and preview media files (loops) in AQD Explorer and then double-click one to create a track. 

The new track is added to the project as the last track (see Figure 2.11). Media files can also be dragged to the timeline, creating a new track wherever it is dropped. Once a track has been created and is visible on the ACID timeline, it is ready to have events inserted into it... 

Double-click Strings 3.wav in the Explorer window to create a track that contains that event on the timeline. 

Events can be any length at all. Most events in a project are typically based on loops that can be repeated and are, therefore, contained in tracks that are loop tracks. Loop tracks are identified by the loop icon in the Ttack Header. In short, to create an event to be mixed into your project, double-click a media file in ACID Explorer to create a track and then draw the event on the timeline. 

Painting across tracks— While the Draw Tool works only horizontally within a single track, the Paint Tool works across all tracks. This can be a time saver in some situahons, but mostly it is just incredibly fun to doodle around with the Paint Tool, instantly creahng a song. Try this out in a live performance, painting events just-in-hme before the playback timeline cursor arrives. 

Waveforms can also be used to identify where the beat falls in rhythmic music. The two events in Figure 2.15 display the waveforms of two different media files. The top track has a spoken-word media file. The hottom track contains a drum part and displays clear periodic peaks in the waveform that line up with the beat marks along the top of the timeline. By zooming in and out on the timeline or in another window, you can see more detail in the waveform and make more accurate edits. 

To view the Chopper window, from the View menu, select Chopper or press Alt+2. The Chopper window displays the entire media file of the selected track. Click on a different track to load a different media file into the Chopper. To trim and insert events into the timeline using the Chopper ... 

One final pasting technique is the Paste Insert command. This command is very powerful, but it can be a bit intimidating because it shifts events in every track in your project. In short, Paste Insert pastes the Clipboard data into a project at the cursor position, moving every event in every project out of the way and down the timeline (to the right). Events that are bisected by the timeline cursor are split. To Paste Insert an event (from the Clipboard), click on the timeline to move the timeline cursor to the location where you want the pasted event to begin. Then, from the Edit menu, select Paste Insert or press Ctrl + Shift+V. 

Envelopes appear in tracks on the timeline as colored lines (see Figure 2.32). A flat line indicates an unchanging volume or panning. Lines that lie at an angle indicate a rising or falling volume or... 

The timeline displays the waveform of the entire media file associated with a track and the grid marks that are used for snapping. 

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