Free DCMA 14-point assessment of your construction schedule
Send your Primavera P6 XER or Microsoft Project MPP file. PSP®-certified schedulers check it against the DCMA 14-point assessment and send you a written narrative with recommendations.
✓ Written narrative in 2–3 days
✓ PSP®-certified schedulers
✓ Free for general contractors
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Trusted by general contractors on federal, data center and commercial projects
The Problem
Why schedules get rejected
Most rejected schedules fail on technical flaws a reviewer can spot quickly. Each one costs you time, and some cost you money:
Missing logic and open ends.
Hard constraints that hide the real critical path.
Long durations and lags a reviewer won’t accept.
Resubmittals and lost review cycles
Withheld pay apps
A DCMA check before you submit finds these flaws while they are still cheap to fix.
Get My Free Schedule CheckThe Standard
What the DCMA 14-point assessment checks
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) set 14 tests for judging whether a CPM schedule is sound. Owners, agency reviewers and scheduling software use them as a common yardstick.
Logic and structure: missing logic, leads, lags, relationship types and hard constraints. Float and duration: high float, negative float and high duration. Dates and resources: invalid dates and missing resources.
Performance tests: missed tasks, the critical path test, the Critical Path Length Index (CPLI) and the Baseline Execution Index (BEI).
Get My Free Schedule CheckWhat you get in your free check
All 14 DCMA checks run on your XER or MPP file.
A written narrative that explains each failed check in plain English.
Recommendations to fix each flaw.
A review by a PSP®-certified scheduler, on top of the software report.
Delivery in 2–3 days, depending on project size.
NDA on request.
Free for general contractors, with no obligation.
Get My Free Schedule CheckHow the free check works in 3 steps
Step 01
Send Your File
Send your Primavera P6 XER or Microsoft Project MPP file, plus the schedule spec section if your contract has one.
Step 02
We Run the 14 Checks
A PSP®-certified scheduler reviews every result against the DCMA thresholds and your spec.
Step 03
Get Your Narrative
You get a written narrative with recommendations in 2–3 days. Want us to fix it? You get a flat-fee quote in 24 hours.
What contractors got from Leopard schedules
USACE West Point Public Health
Royce Construction Services
USACE had rejected the original P6 schedule. We revised the logic and delivered compliant TIAs formatted to UFGS 01 32 01. USACE approved the time extension and Pay App #14 was certified.
Residence Inn, Ormond Beach, FL
Kellogg & Kimsey
25 consecutive monthly Primavera P6 updates. Our time impact analysis quantified 59 calendar days of owner-caused delay, and the 59-day TCO extension was granted.
What our clients say
“Leopard Project Controls provided a defensible TIA that helped us navigate agency review with confidence. Their analysis for our NAVFAC project was clear, credible, and delivered on time.”
Neal Jellison, Project Manager
Chugach Government Solutions
Software report vs. Leopard DCMA review
Software Report Alone
Pass/fail counts only.
No link to your spec.
Flags without fixes.
No order of priority.
Justified exceptions look like failures.
You still have to interpret it.
Leopard DCMA Review
Each failed check explained.
Checked against your spec.
A fix recommended for each flaw.
Biggest risks listed first.
Notes on flags you can justify.
Written narrative in 2–3 days.
Find the flaws before your reviewer does.
Get My Free Schedule CheckDCMA 14-point schedule assessment for contractors
A DCMA 14-point assessment tests a CPM schedule against fixed thresholds. Typical limits are no more than 5% of activities with missing logic, no leads, no more than 5% lags or hard constraints, at least 90% finish-to-start relationships, and a CPLI and BEI of at least 0.95. A schedule that passes is easier to defend in review and easier to update every month. The same checks apply to a baseline and to every monthly update after it.
Agency reviewers care about the same flaws. USACE, NAVFAC and VA schedule specs, including UFGS 01 32 01, set their own rules on logic, constraints and durations, and DCMA-style checks are a common first screen. Our guide to fixing a rejected baseline schedule covers the review comments contractors see most.
Primavera P6 can run many of these checks for you; our post on the P6 Check Schedule tool shows how. A software report gives pass/fail counts. It does not tell you which flags your reviewer will push back on, which ones the contract justifies, or how to fix the logic. That is what a DCMA schedule health check by an experienced scheduler adds.
Our PSP®-certified schedulers run the full check on your Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project file and send a written narrative with recommendations in 2–3 days, depending on project size. It is free for general contractors. If you want us to fix what we find, our Primavera P6 scheduling services and Microsoft Project scheduling services start with a flat-fee quote in 24 hours. Get My Free Schedule Check
Frequently asked questions
Yes, for general contractors. Send your XER or MPP file and mention “free schedule check” in your message. There is no obligation to hire us.
Your Primavera P6 XER or Microsoft Project MPP file. If your contract has a schedule spec, such as UFGS 01 32 01, send that section too so we can check your schedule against your reviewer’s rules.
2–3 days, depending on project size. Larger schedules with more activities take longer to review.
A written narrative that covers all 14 DCMA checks, explains each failed check and recommends how to fix it.
No. Reviewers also look at your spec, your narrative and the plan itself. The DCMA checks catch common technical flaws, and we point out where your spec asks for more.
Yes. NDA on request. We never name a client or project on our website without permission.
Ready for your free schedule check?
Send your XER or MPP file. You get a written narrative with recommendations in 2–3 days.
Address: 2820 US Highway 1 S, Suite H, Saint Augustine, FL 32086
Email: info@consultleopard.com
Phone: (833) 777-6276
Website: www.consultleopard.com
