Practice Standard for Scheduling Conformace Scoring
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Dear Scarllet,
Thank you for your kind reply. It is appreciated.
The checklist is available in the PMI Standard, Appendix D, page 79. It consist of 41 Required sub-element and 69 Optional sub-element. It is a basic and a good list. You just review the schedule and tick if it is available or not. At the end you will have a two page review stating what is available and what is not.
This is a good start but it is not enough. I think that additional scoring is needed on the program conformance to the scope, cost, and time requirements which is the essence of the project. This is much harder to evaluate.
With kind regards,
Samer
Hello Samer,
Basically, the "Practice Standard" differs per locations and projects uniqueness.
In actuality, there is no standard.
I usually did a quality check and scoring on planning, scheduling, project control system in the event there are specifications related to planning/scheduling/PCS activities in the contract document.
This planning/schedule/PCS specification becomes the standard wherein all contract deliverables were measured.
Then a scoring can be done by comparing what was actually done in the process and deliverables against the specifications.
There were lots of instances on the absent of specification. As a professional Senior PCS Manager, I generated planning/scheduling/PCS standard from my previous involvement with the best of the best contractors and consultant including project management companies. I was fortunate since the companies I got involved with happened to be among the top of ENR, international contractors and consultants.
The unfortunate story is that the quality check and scoring becomes an exercise of futility since anyone will resist anything not in the contract specifications and using the phrase “this is the best international practice” will not do the trick.
Thank you,
Scarlett