Project Controls:
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Project Planning & Scheduling -
Project Cost Engineering and Budget Control
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Project Estimating
Planning & Scheduling:
Simple and complex projects alike benefit from well thought out plans and work schedules. These plans and schedules provide all the project participants with the "road map" for the project from conception through project closeout. Further, a well-developed Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule provides the project manager with information to define the critical path through the project and the ability to focus attention on the critical and near critical tasks that may imperil the project's timely and cost effective completion through concise Performance Measurement and Metrics information.
Key Components of Planning and Scheduling include:
- Development and Use of the Statement of Work (SOW)
- Development of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Development of the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS)
- Development of the Project Model on Paper
- The Integrated Logic Diagram
- Bottoms-Up versus Top-Down Planning
- Adding Time Estimates to the Project Model
- Adding Resource Estimates to the Project Model
- Calculating Total Project Duration and the "Critical Path"
- Resource Leveling Techniques and Processes
- Managing Limited Resources
- Developing and Communicating the Milestone & Project Summary Schedules
- Identifying Critical Path Transitions and Hand-offs
CPM Technical Solutions, Inc. project controls staff members have Planning and Scheduling experience ranging from fossil and nuclear outages, fossil and nuclear construction and startup programs, transmission and distribution projects, Department of Defense Contractors to small industrial projects. We have experience with all types of planning and scheduling tools from manual techniques to the most sophisticated software tools such as:
- Primavera Project Planner (All current versions, including P6)
- Primavera SureTrak and,MS Project
The key to our success in planning and scheduling is understanding the utility projects market and how to develop the project model on paper. Critical to success of any capital project plan and schedule is to involve the project participants in developing the schedule; including the resource limitations that all projects experience.
Please contact us for information regarding how CPM Technical Solutions, Inc. can assist with your planning and scheduling needs. We have experience with all types of planning and scheduling tools from manual techniques to the most sophisticated software tools.
