Basic Project Controls Training course by distance learning
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Hi,looking for an Iraqi Planner to mentor a new graduate in producing a recovery programme for a delayed road project. It would be better if they were a national as they will be firmilar with local contracts and language.Can you guide him in this?Dro...
I am using Primavera P6 Professional.My team members need to be able to filter programme data between two dates. One is the current programme Data Date - obviously this is available in the filter as "DD". The second is the previous programme Data D...
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In many project planning meetings we observe that some parts of a schedule are significantly harder to execute than others, even when they are not located on the Critical Path.Traditional scheduling methods such as the Critical Path Method focus prim...
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RE: Application for Senior Contracts Manager / Claims & Forensic Delay SpecialistDear Members of Planning PlanetAs a senior professional with over two decades of experience in construction engineering and contract administration, I have closely follo...
There’s been a lot of noise recently around AI‑enabled planning, risk forecasting, and project controls, but much less clarity on what is genuinely moving the needle beyond traditional CPM‑based approaches and deterministic controls.From what I’m see...
A line on a [[bar chart]] that represents the timing and duration of an activity.
Budget & Cost Loading...
It can be defined, generally, as a sum of money that has been allocated for a particular prupose, or event. A budget represents an approved estimate for either the entire project or for a particular schedule [[activity]] or work structure breakdown c...
Schedule Maintenance related issues:
Schedule Usage related issues:
Schedule Levels... When producing programmes for a project, I use the following levels of programmes: LEVEL 1 : Project Management overview schedule/programme, by Project Phase. LEVEL 2 : Area or Process/Utility Unit schedule/programme, by Project Ph...
Activity Codes / Coding Systems One objective in many construction planning efforts is to define the plan within the constraints of a universal coding system for identifying activities. Each activity defined for a project would be identified by a pre...
Activity Durations... In most scheduling procedures, each work activity has an associated time duration. These durations are used extensively in preparing a schedule. All formal scheduling procedures rely upon estimates of the durations of the variou...
Schedule Construction related issues:
Introduction The claiming and granting of extensions of time in large infrastructure projects is often a complicated and fractious process. One common reason for this is the issue of concurrent delay. A concurrent delay occurs when two or more causes...
Planning Terms
A parameter of [[Earned Value Analysis]]. The difference between the [[Budgeted Cost]] of work carried out and the budgeted cost of work planned. The difference between the planned performance and actual performance. The difference between identical ...