Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects

Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Table of figures......Page 13
Table of a cronyms......Page 15
Time - Management Working - Group member and contributor details......Page 17
Preface......Page 21
Acknowledgements......Page 27
1.1 Core principles......Page 29
1.3 Genesis of the Guide......Page 31
1.4 Purpose of the Guide......Page 32
Complex projects......Page 33
1.6 Planning and scheduling......Page 34
1.7 The project scheduler......Page 35
1.8 Project control......Page 36
2.1 Planning......Page 37
2.3 Schedule review......Page 38
2.5 Change management......Page 39
2.6 Planning method statement......Page 41
2.8 Time - management quality control......Page 42
2.9 Communications......Page 43
3.2 Developing the schedule......Page 45
Development schedule......Page 46
3.4 Scheduling techniques......Page 47
Line - of - balance diagram......Page 48
Arrow - diagram method (ADM)......Page 49
Linked bar chart......Page 50
Resource planning......Page 51
Resource scheduling......Page 52
General matters......Page 53
The nature of the work......Page 54
The scheduling technique......Page 55
The structure of the schedule......Page 56
Work type......Page 57
Schedule density......Page 58
Scheduling at medium density......Page 59
Calendars......Page 60
Contingencies......Page 61
Activity - content coding......Page 62
Schedule reporting......Page 63
Work - breakdown structure......Page 65
Activity - identifier code......Page 67
Descriptions at low density......Page 70
Ascertaining activity durations......Page 71
Durations at high density......Page 72
Experience......Page 73
Calculation from resources and work content......Page 74
Calendars......Page 76
Cost codes......Page 79
Logic......Page 80
Start - to - start......Page 81
Start - to - fi nish......Page 82
Lagged finish - to - start......Page 83
Lagged start - to - start and finish - to - finish......Page 84
Lags at high density......Page 85
Moderate constraints......Page 86
Float......Page 87
Total float......Page 88
Risk and contingencies......Page 89
Contingencies at low density......Page 90
The critical path......Page 91
Planning method statement......Page 92
Method statement at low density......Page 93
Quality assurance......Page 94
Review for buildability......Page 95
Review for schedule content......Page 96
Review for schedule integrity......Page 97
Review for long lags......Page 98
Review for ladders......Page 99
Documentation of corrections......Page 100
4.1 Introduction......Page 101
Managing the review and revision process......Page 103
General matters for review......Page 104
Consequential changes......Page 105
Refinements to work content......Page 106
Introduction......Page 107
Database - recorded data......Page 108
Progress - record content......Page 111
Activity description......Page 112
Progress data......Page 113
Information - flow records......Page 114
4.4 Updating the schedule......Page 115
4.5 Change control......Page 116
Identifying intervening events......Page 117
Prime cost and provisional sums......Page 118
Employer ’ s acts or omissions......Page 119
Neutral events......Page 120
Calculating the effect of intervening events......Page 121
4.6 Progress monitoring......Page 122
Target schedule......Page 123
Milestone monitoring......Page 124
Earned - value management......Page 125
Resource monitoring......Page 126
Acceleration and recovery......Page 127
5.1 Introduction......Page 129
Contractual notice......Page 130
In the last reporting period......Page 131
Informational reports......Page 132
5.4 Feedback and benchmarking......Page 133
Benchmarking procedure......Page 134
APPENDIX 1: Time risks which may be borne by the employer......Page 137
APPENDIX 2: Desirable attributes of scheduling software......Page 141
APPENDIX 3: Sample notice of delay......Page 151
APPENDIX 4: Industry productivity guides common in the UK......Page 153
Glossary of terms......Page 155
Index......Page 167