LEOPARD PROJECT CONTROLS
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What makes a good baseline schedule?
A project baseline is one of the essential project management documents created before the project's execution. It includes the project execution strategy, key project deliverables, activity planned dates, and important milestones. It generally consists of three parts: Scope Baseline Schedule Baseline Cost Baseline What is a Schedule Baseline? A Schedule Baseline is also referred to as a target schedule. It is a vetted copy of the initial project baseline, used to review the project performance and report any variances in the schedule. Furthermore, it creates a path for other relevant project management documents like cost baselines, mobilization plans, and resource [...]
Importance of Primavera P6 in Construction
The construction industry around the world is moving towards more advanced tools and techniques to handle the ever-growing demands, tackle the increase in workload, and efficiently manage resources. With that in mind, one of these sophisticated and essential tools is Primavera P6. Primavera P6 is software owned by Oracle and used by Project Management Professionals. It is used for handling multiple projects and can store up to 100,000 activities with countless resources and target plans. Areas of application A project's lifecycle consists of 5 steps: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control, and Closing. Each step is crucial for project [...]
Schedule Control of a Project
Before starting a project, an approved schedule baseline needs to be developed and agreed upon by the stakeholders. During project execution, having a good system of monitoring and updating the performance status of project activities is essential. The activity duration is calculated according to the available resources one is ready to expend. Some activities will inevitably take more time and cause lag while some will complete early and cause lead. All this is associated with what is called Schedule Control. What is Schedule Control? The part of the project cycle that includes monitoring the current status of each activity [...]
Earned Value Analysis in Construction Project Management
Many have associated construction projects with budget overruns and schedule delays. These problems have long been a staple of the building game. Several distinctive features of construction projects have cultivated a hotbed of a plethora of risks that often result in many different forms of project delays and budget overruns. Lengthy and complicated processes, the involvement of many various parties, and exposure to a significantly-dynamic environment are just some of the many culprits behind these time or cost-impacting risks. The word 'inevitability' is often used in the context of budget overruns and schedule delays concerning construction projects because of the [...]
6 Ways to Improve Productivity at Construction Sites
The construction industry is one of the most labor-intensive industries as most of the work involved is hands-on. It goes without saying that one of the things that can really hurt a contractor’s profitability is having unproductive workers. If your construction crew is not performing at peak levels, things will gradually slow down. Needless to say, if one part of your construction work goes off schedule, it will cause a delay in the commencement of the dependent tasks. Facing this string of delays, you will likely have trouble meeting the project baseline or even only finishing the job on [...]
What do Construction Managers do?
By: Dominic In this article, I am going to share with you my personal experience as a Construction Manager in a small construction management firm here in the Philippines. By the way, I am working here for 2 years now as an Assistant Construction Manager and our company is handling high-rise construction projects from foundation to finish. I'll try to explain the construction manager's responsibilities as well. Construction Project Manager Consultant Services Project management plays a big role in construction projects like this. Currently, our project is a 32-story warehouse building that has deep foundations called bored piles. Bored [...]
