Category Archive

Project Management

11 Oct

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....

09 June

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 ...

19 May

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...

12 Jun

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 ...

17 May

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 ...

05 May

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)...

02 May

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 ...

06 Apr

Why Companies Engage Consultants?

Because the companies know the team does not have capacity to provide adequate support during the execution phase! Hence the ...

31 Mar

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, ...

16 Mar

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 ...

07 Oct

Improving Projects Delivery

Almost in all capital projects, we could see / hear about the following items. These items are the most critical requirement ...

02 Mar

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 ...

25 Feb

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 ...

15 Feb

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 ...

16 Dec

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 ...

06 Nov

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 ...

23 Oct

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 ...

13 Oct

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 ...