Planning engineering
105 reference pages on construction planning and project controls — float, logic, durations, calendars, updating, reporting, delay and claims. Written for people who have to defend a programme, not pass an exam.
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01 · Foundations
2 pages
02 · P6 mechanics
18 pages
- Activity Coding Structure
- Importing and Exporting XER
- P6 Activity Types Explained
- P6 Baselines: Assign and Maintain
- P6 Duration Types Explained
- P6 EPS, OBS and Enterprise Data
- P6 Global Change
- P6 Global vs Project Data
- P6 Keyboard and Speed
- P6 Layouts and Filters
- P6 Multiple Float Paths
- P6 Professional vs EPPM
- P6 Reflections and What-If
- P6 Schedule Comparison
- P6 Settings That Change Your Dates
- Percent Complete Types
- Setting Up a P6 Project
- WBS Structure Design
03 · Building the schedule
18 pages
- Activity Duration Limits
- Baseline Approval and Control
- Commissioning and Handover Planning
- Construction Sequencing and Method
- Crew and Manhour Formulas
- Engineering and Design Schedule
- Justify a Duration
- Milestones and Key Dates
- Overtime and Shift Arithmetic
- Procurement and Long-Lead Items
- Productivity Adjustment Factors
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Schedule Basis Memorandum
- Schedule Levels 1 to 5
- Schedule Narrative
- Site Logistics in the Schedule
- Subcontractor and Interface Integration
- Tender Programme
04 · Logic and the network
11 pages
05 · Float and the critical path
9 pages
06 · Calendars and constraints
5 pages
07 · Updating and progress
15 pages
- Building a Recovery Plan
- Change Control in a Live Schedule
- Data date
- Forecasting honestly
- Monthly update checklist
- Progress measurement and rules of credit
- Quantity tracking and physical progress
- Retained logic vs progress override
- Revised Baseline vs Recovery Schedule
- Scheduling options
- Slippage and Trend Analysis
- Splitting In-Progress Activities
- Statusing a schedule
- Verifying subcontractor progress
- Weekly vs monthly cycles
08 · Resources, cost and earned value
7 pages
09 · Reporting and visuals
5 pages
10 · Contract, delay and claims
8 pages
11 · Standards and review
4 pages
12 · Files, data and troubleshooting
3 pages