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Getting Back to Basics: Update Schedule Review by the Numbers

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Performing an update schedule review, submitted by a 3rd party, requires a vastly different skill sets than that of creating a schedule. The scheduler who creates a schedule works with a large number of construction professionals who will provide feedback and guidance. Typically, the scheduler who reviews a 3rd party’s schedule submittal works alone. This process can be quite daunting for the first-time reviewer…

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Practical Planning and Scheduling for Capital Project Delivery in the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Initiating a pharmaceutical capital project requires a deep understanding of the unique processes related to current good manufacturing practices, along with experience in the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, validation of facilities, utilities, and equipment. Additionally, planning should account for the regulatory affairs that approve bringing a product to market in this highly regulated industry…

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Improving Project Gatekeeping Through Stakeholder Alignment and Behavioral Decision Making

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When looking at why many major projects fail to meet their cost and schedule expectations, the root cause is often a misalignment between the engineered solution and the owner’s business case. This article will explore this issue by briefly describing the gatekeeping process. At its core, gatekeeping is a decision-making process…

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Earned Value Management Systems for Operations Activities

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An earned value management system (EVMS), which monitors contractor performance, is a requirement for program and project management for all major acquisitions by the United States Federal Government with development effort: (i.e., an asset requiring management attention because of its importance to an agency’s mission; high development, operating, or maintenance costs; high risk and/or high return)…

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Analysis of the Earned Schedule Forecasting Accuracy

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The independent estimate at completion (IEAC) is a time-based earned schedule (ES) method that allows the analyst to estimate the duration of a project according to the information available for a period of time. The fact that there are two approved equations that may give different results hinders the acceptance of this important analysis…

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