The Book On Scheduled Delays

The book focuses on developing plans and schedules, and rigorously maintaining them. Presenting proven tools to develop credible baseline schedules, it deals with the details of internal and external factors that can cause delays and divulges well-tested key project control tools that you can deploy.

These matters are at the heart of good project management. The wide-ranging pitfalls can seem daunting, but this experienced author makes the subject manageable and easy to grasp through both broad background information and black-and-white tips. It is the product of four decades' worth of experience and a reputation for reliability in the development, maintenance and successful completion of multi-million to multi-billion-dollar projects across the globe.

The book chapters are conveniently organized into four parts:

• Part 1 – Planning and Scheduling in the Modern World

• Part 2 – Causes of Schedule Delays

• Part 3 – Schedule Delay consequences and How to Mitigate Them

• Part 4 – How to Avoid Schedule Delay and Delay consequences

Part 1 of the book presents how this profession of Planning and Scheduling has evolved over the last one hundred years. It also presents the key planning and scheduling tools that are now being used in the industry to help project planners and project managers keep track of the project progress.

Part 2 of the book presents deals with the various causes of schedule delays. These delays are broadly grouped into two categories: (1) Delays that are caused, internally, by the organization that has a contractual responsibility to manage the specific work scope they are responsible to execute. And (2) Delays that are caused by influences that are external to the contractor. These external influences include the client, vendors, sub-contractors, government agencies, regulations, permits, and natural calamities.

Part 3 of the book deals with what can happen to your organization if schedule delays happen and you are now faced with claims. It goes into the discussion of classification of claims, claim prevention/mitigation, claim preparation/claim defense, and forensic scheduling.

Part 4 of the book deals with tools, processes, and protocols that the project team must deploy throughout the life of the project to develop and maintain project schedules from establishing a credible baseline schedule and then maintaining the schedule in a pristine condition to provide perhaps the single most benefit of accurately predicting the estimated project completion date.

The last two chapters of the book are devoted to some practical tips and key pointers that will help the project planners and project managers succeed in their endeavor, and what are some of the exciting developments that are happening in the field of project planning and scheduling.

Find out how 'The Book on Schedule Delays - Why Do They Happen and How to Avoid Them' can work for your project, your business and you today.