Primavera Schedule Format and Grouping
How do you issue your Primavera schedule to the project management team? If they aren't reviewing it, you aren't communicating....
Reality of Project Management and Control
When we look at the LinkedIn posts, we see many post about sophisticated concepts and techniques which seems majority of the ...
Project’s Duration and Time Contingency
How much time buffer should you actually add to a project duration? Standard percentages often fail because they ignore the most cri...
Finish Date Analysis Based on No. of Resources, Production Rate, Working Days
Have you ever faced a situation where a Project Manager requested you to calculate the required number of Resources for a specific ...
What is the Purpose of the Integrated Master Schedule
Failure in Interface management of construction projects could cause significant cost overrun, delay and easily collapse any ...
Cost Loading, Weight Value and Overall S-Curve
Schedule resource loading is notoriously challenging. On the contrary, cost loading a schedule as per the cost report (BOQ cost)...
The "Dummy Resource"
Many Projects are doomed right at the beginning due to failure of the Project control system. In order to set up a supportive ...
Why Companies Engage Consultants?
Because the companies know the team does not have capacity to provide adequate support during the execution phase! Hence the ...
Primavera P6 Database Management
Is there value in spending time and money to manage your P6 database? Absolutely. Most companies have no clue how it workS, ...
Effective Use of the “Look Ahead Schedule”
Project Planners are frequently required to submit a “Look Ahead Schedule” to the Project team especially when the Project ...
Improving Projects Delivery
Almost in all capital projects, we could see / hear about the following items. These items are the most critical requirement ...
Balancing Front Loading and Back Loading
The Front loading and back loading of cost / payment is a favorite discussion topic for many clients and contractors especiall ...
The PM’s Guide to Schedule Accountability
A PDF copy of a Project Schedule is a simple document that displays the activities, WBS, Project’s Key Dates and critical acti ...
Engineering and Procurement Level of Detail
A reliable Engineering schedule requires more than just dates. Tt requires a profound understanding of the interfaces among discip ...
Beyond the Finish Line: Forecasting Project Completion Date
The forecast completion date is one of the most common requests from Project Managers and clients to the Project Controls team. Accurate ...
How to Develop a Large Schedule
Translating an Excel list into a P6 schedule is notoriously tedious. Here is how to bypass the structural headaches and save hours of ...
S-Curve Accuracy: High Level vs. Detail
The figure illustrates two S-curves for a project: 1- The red curve and blue bars are derived from the distribution of the Engineer ...
Delay Analysis Not a Paperwork Exercise
The figure illustrates two S-curves for a project: 1- The red curve and blue bars are derived from the distribution of the Engineer ...