I aggreed with Ronald. For activity in P3 we usually use the group of deliverable such as Specification,Data Sheet, MTO, Drawing, TBE, etc... For detail monitoring & control the progress I use the excell spread sheet and use some milestone to identify the progress like Issued for comment (IFC) 60% etc...
When the deliverable list has modification by engieeneering team so we can play in the detail list and spread the budget again (without change the Approved Budget). Usually if it happens in middle of project for additional deliverable I will use zero budget so it would not impact to our baseline... and for deleted deliverable I will put the progress to 100% (if we have already issued for Rev A)or the budget will be move to additional deliverable..
Warm Regards,
Berli
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Submitted by Mirza Imam Baig on Mon, 2005-03-28 14:13
I think what Ronald said will be the best solution to overcome this problem. A set of similar drawings shall represent one activity. In this case even if there a revision to the drawing list, it wont disturb the schedule. Great.
Thanks again
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Submitted by Ronald Winter on Mon, 2005-03-28 12:28
The solution to this problem is to stop trying to track each drawing with a single activity. In fact, I normally track groups of similar drawings as a single activity. This way, when an area of the work needs an unanticipated detail, you add this extra drawing to the activity that this extra drawing ‘sprung-out’ of. If the budget cannot change (which is not so unusual,) then the additional drawing absorbs a portion of the existing budget of the ‘parent’ drawing. Good luck!
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Submitted by Philip Jonker on Sun, 2005-03-27 14:22
You sit with the unfortunate problem we all have, that is drawing revisions, we can cope in our planning with a couple of revisions, but when somebody is difficult, and insists on changes, it becomes difficult to control, this is where early warnings, of compensation events come into play, and as a good planner you should spot the problems early enough,
Generally I allow enough time, with the aid of lags, and aproval/rectification activities, to cover most of the revisions,however, when you hit a ptoblem, your float and logig can go out of the door. This is the time to take a firm hand, and pulll things back into place, that is yout job as a planner.
After changing no of deliverables budget should will be changed accordingly but you are forcing that Budget will not change so you need some manupulation work to maitain the budget as it was.
In your case if there is so many changes that affects total duration & cost implications, try to convince the client and revise the schedule and make new baseline.
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23 years 4 monthsRE: Changes in Baseline Schedule
Hi Imam,
I aggreed with Ronald. For activity in P3 we usually use the group of deliverable such as Specification,Data Sheet, MTO, Drawing, TBE, etc... For detail monitoring & control the progress I use the excell spread sheet and use some milestone to identify the progress like Issued for comment (IFC) 60% etc...
When the deliverable list has modification by engieeneering team so we can play in the detail list and spread the budget again (without change the Approved Budget). Usually if it happens in middle of project for additional deliverable I will use zero budget so it would not impact to our baseline... and for deleted deliverable I will put the progress to 100% (if we have already issued for Rev A)or the budget will be move to additional deliverable..
Warm Regards,
Berli
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22 years 6 monthsRE: Changes in Baseline Schedule
Thanks everybody.
I think what Ronald said will be the best solution to overcome this problem. A set of similar drawings shall represent one activity. In this case even if there a revision to the drawing list, it wont disturb the schedule. Great.
Thanks again
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22 years 10 monthsRE: Changes in Baseline Schedule
Imam,
The solution to this problem is to stop trying to track each drawing with a single activity. In fact, I normally track groups of similar drawings as a single activity. This way, when an area of the work needs an unanticipated detail, you add this extra drawing to the activity that this extra drawing ‘sprung-out’ of. If the budget cannot change (which is not so unusual,) then the additional drawing absorbs a portion of the existing budget of the ‘parent’ drawing. Good luck!
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21 yearsRE: Changes in Baseline Schedule
Hi Imam,
You sit with the unfortunate problem we all have, that is drawing revisions, we can cope in our planning with a couple of revisions, but when somebody is difficult, and insists on changes, it becomes difficult to control, this is where early warnings, of compensation events come into play, and as a good planner you should spot the problems early enough,
Generally I allow enough time, with the aid of lags, and aproval/rectification activities, to cover most of the revisions,however, when you hit a ptoblem, your float and logig can go out of the door. This is the time to take a firm hand, and pulll things back into place, that is yout job as a planner.
Regards
Philip
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21 years 3 monthsRE: Changes in Baseline Schedule
After changing no of deliverables budget should will be changed accordingly but you are forcing that Budget will not change so you need some manupulation work to maitain the budget as it was.
In your case if there is so many changes that affects total duration & cost implications, try to convince the client and revise the schedule and make new baseline.