Project Delivery | Scheduling | Cost Controls | Disputes & Claims | Risk Management

There are five major components of scheduling. Fail to do them adequately and your project may skyrocket into deep space — and cost a fortune.

Those major components are:

• Scope and work break down structure “WBS” definition
• Resources / Manpower
• Risk
• Controls
• Forensic analysis to resolve disputes and claims or even at close out for lessons learned

Working with the project managers and contractors, pmsi will develop schedules from a “best practices” standpoint including:

• Breakdown of Scope and Develop WBS
• Breakdown of Project Organization and Develop Execution Strategy
• Develop Work Packages and Activities
• Develop Activity Logic
• Estimate Durations
• Allocate Resources and Costs
• Risk analysis and Monte Carlo simulation

Schedules are typically complex compilations of input from multiple stakeholders. Schedule review seeks to ensure that the schedule reflects the defined scope, is suitable for control purposes, meets the stakeholders milestone requirements, and that all parties agree on and understand its content, including its probabilistic nature in relation to various agreements made and contractual requirements (i.e., risks).

pmsi reviews proposed schedules for compliance with schedule requirements, scope, and constraints. Also, we will evaluate schedules for sound activity logic; allocated resources; critical path and other important planning elements necessary to bring the project in as planned. These schedules will become the baseline for the project and then all work on the project will be measured against them.

In tracking the results as the project progresses, pmsi will alert management to any critical variances and threats that occur.

In addition, pmsi will then document the reasons for any delays and help determine who is ultimately responsible for the delay.

pmsi provides forensic analysis of time impacts and evaluations of entitlements for additional time and money.

pmsi has developed a master scheduling template that facilitates program & project management schedule coordination. This template includes considerations for project phases such as major design, permitting and construction milestones using the CPM scheduling technique.

With pmsi on your project controls team, you’ll know that you have an integrated scheduling program that will keep your project on track and on budget.

Our innovative and common-sense approach to management and project controls is based on a “best practices” approach — meaning, we use the most up-to-date and complete tools and procedures to deliver projects.