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Hello Everyone,
I am planner scheduler and I want to know how we will be checking contractors schedule? What will be next course of action after checking it?
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Dear Shah
Checking a schedule prepared by others involves the following basic steps which every planner should be aware of.
1. Check for open ends ie. every activity should have atleast 1 successor and 1 predecessor except the first and last activity, otherwise it is not a valid network.
2. Check for floats. If activities have huge floats ( depending on project type ), then it is not a good network.
3. Check for work flow sequance. You should have experiance of project life cycle and dependancies to verify whether the activities in a network are flowing smoothly and connecting to each other or activities are hapazardly connected to make a network.
4. Check for milestones and its types ( eg. must finish, finish not later than etc. ).
5. Check the critical path of the network to acertain if the activities on the path are really critical or they have been made critical by using false lags and leads.
6. Check the type of links on the critical path. Each type of link will give different result when updated.
7. If program is resourse loaded then verify that there is smooth distribution of resources and not abrupt ups and downs.
8. Always check the calandar of the program in the context of the locality of use and make sure work hours, week days and holidays are included.
9. Check the activity durations based on prevailing productivity norms.
Above are some important checks we have to carry out on any schedule. Remember that Planning is not only a Science but also an Art, hence you need lot of imagination alongwith practical project experience to build a useful schedule. In construction normally there are two types of activities, a) hard core activity and b) soft core activity. The main difference is that hard core activities have a fixed logic and have to be done in a specific sequance, whereas soft core activities have a flexible logic ( eg. we can do the flooring first and then do the ceiling or vise versa ). With experience and observation one should develop the capacity to imagine different senarios of a schedule and decide on the best path.
Thanks and regards
Email: PPadmin@planningplanet.com
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