It will depend on the requirements, most likely laid out in the tender document.
I have seen some very detailed requirements on a master schedule, all the way down to the simplest of milestone schedules.
I would suggest that the project manager should be across what you need to produce, if not, just make up a couple of examples and then let him/her decide on what to submit.
The project I’m doing at the moment is a fairly large railway project (~$850M) and the master schedule that the leadership team gets is contained on a single A3 sheet.
I’m not saying that that will fit all circumstances but you need to be flexible and be able to produce a number of different types of report, generally using the schedule codification structures.
As for submitting the schedule immediately after contract signing, I would suggest that there should be some time after the signing to submit, this also should be laid out in either the tender documents or the contract itself.
The procurement activities are just another part of the schedule and an appropriately detailed level of information should be included.
Remember, that the initial contract program may only be used to indicate to the customer that you have put sufficient planning and thought into the delivery of the project, they themselves will have an idea of the dates the delivery milestones should occur and if they are satisfied they may not require any more detail in the initial program.
The level of the program (3,4,5) will depend on the way in which you are doing your ongoing planning. If you are using a rolling wave method then you will be down to level 4 in the near term and may only be at level 2 out past 6 months.
I hope this gives you some guidance - and remember these are my thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the thoughts of management.
Thanks andrew, i wanted to know if its usually a cost and resource loaded schedule, what is usually the level of detail is it ( 3,4,5..), is it usually submitted immediately after signing a contract, shall i include procurment activities??
Not quite sure what sort of project your doing, however a simple search on Google for Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS), has delivered the following;
If you familiarise yourself with some of this information and then post further detailed questions here I’m sure that the PP community will be able to provide answers to these more detaild questions.
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thanks alot man :)
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Isam,
It will depend on the requirements, most likely laid out in the tender document.
I have seen some very detailed requirements on a master schedule, all the way down to the simplest of milestone schedules.
I would suggest that the project manager should be across what you need to produce, if not, just make up a couple of examples and then let him/her decide on what to submit.
The project I’m doing at the moment is a fairly large railway project (~$850M) and the master schedule that the leadership team gets is contained on a single A3 sheet.
I’m not saying that that will fit all circumstances but you need to be flexible and be able to produce a number of different types of report, generally using the schedule codification structures.
As for submitting the schedule immediately after contract signing, I would suggest that there should be some time after the signing to submit, this also should be laid out in either the tender documents or the contract itself.
The procurement activities are just another part of the schedule and an appropriately detailed level of information should be included.
Remember, that the initial contract program may only be used to indicate to the customer that you have put sufficient planning and thought into the delivery of the project, they themselves will have an idea of the dates the delivery milestones should occur and if they are satisfied they may not require any more detail in the initial program.
The level of the program (3,4,5) will depend on the way in which you are doing your ongoing planning. If you are using a rolling wave method then you will be down to level 4 in the near term and may only be at level 2 out past 6 months.
I hope this gives you some guidance - and remember these are my thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the thoughts of management.
Enjoy
Andy
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19 years 1 monthRE: Master Schedule
Thanks andrew, i wanted to know if its usually a cost and resource loaded schedule, what is usually the level of detail is it ( 3,4,5..), is it usually submitted immediately after signing a contract, shall i include procurment activities??
regards..
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18 years 8 monthsRE: Master Schedule
Isam,
Not quite sure what sort of project your doing, however a simple search on Google for Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS), has delivered the following;
IMP/IMS Google Search
If you familiarise yourself with some of this information and then post further detailed questions here I’m sure that the PP community will be able to provide answers to these more detaild questions.
Andy