Category Archives: Type of Analysis

Project Schedule Baseline Top Ten Prerequisites

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rcfrago

Baseline prerequisites:
1. The baseline schedule shall represent the most likely schedule

The baseline schedule is the most-likely schedule. It does not have built-in float, buffer duration, or/and dummy activities. It is neither optimistic nor pessimistic (tight or lax).

Reminder:

It has full complement of qualified resources, with no embedded risk or any built-in schedule contingency.

2. An official project BL Schedule shall be a result of Interactive Planning

All baselines set from Gate 2 onward shall be the result of an interactive planning session.

3. Schedule scope shall equal plan scope

The plan scope shall be the same scope reflected in the baseline schedule that follows. Planned scope and the scheduled scope must be in alignment. A schedule cannot have more than the scope in the plan. Otherwise, the project faces a problem (Frago, Schedule Baseline Dilemma Part 1, 2015).

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Schedule Critical Path

Posted on April 18, 2016 by rcfrago

Pencil pushers and computer jockeys are people who do not know what is going on around them, but moved only by the task to transfer listed data into the system.

Does this mean that the term critical path is but a salesperson word? Continue reading →

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Conducting Project Analysis: Using PIRCAD Approach Part 1

Posted on September 8, 2015 by rcfrago

Faced with a question on how one would analyze a problematic situation on the spot without going to any existing analytic templates and guidelines, the PIRCAD approach was born. The acronym is odd sounding but easy to remember. It simply … Continue reading →

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Conducting Project Analysis: Using PIRCAD Approach Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2015 by rcfrago

This is a continuation of Using PIRCAD Approach Part 1. If one thinks about it deeply, an analysis is only required because of change. A problem is brought to fore by something that has changed. It is solvable while an … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals of a Good Analysis and the Villain Called Perception

Some five to ten years ago, a Project Controls colleague asked an interesting question. It is about the analysis/reports that our PC Group completes periodically. Some of the reports are “as required” but most times on a fixed cycle; e.g. … Continue reading →

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