Plan, Schedule, Execute, Predict and Control Projects with Confidence.

Category: APS5

Advanced Project Planning and Scheduling topics related to translating Microsoft Project schedules into top-down work breakdown structure and network diagrams, benchmarking size, effort and duration estimates using parametric estimates, diagnosing schedule quality and logic areas of concern, benchmarking schedule quality and logic against comparable projects. Undertaking Monte Carlo Simulation risk and forecast studies to better understand likely project outcomes and what could be done to improve project chance of success and / or provide appropriate time / cost contingency. Assess a Microsoft Project schedule’s critical path and for the assigned resources optimally solve known resource constraints. During project execution undertake schedule forensics to understand update, addition and deletion changes. Finally, providing data-driven insights, dashboards and reporting.

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by Ian Tierney

Solve Resource Constrained Schedules

Solve resource constrained project scheduling problems using constructive and improvement heuristics. 6 min read.

August 29, 2019September 11, 2019 by Ian Tierney

Understand Resource Constrained Schedules

Developing a schedule is not trivial and requires advanced methods, tools and techniques to solve complex scheduling problems. 10 min read.

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by Ian Tierney

Oritames AI Schedule Optimisation

Benefit from pminsight’s partnership with MangoGem and their Advanced Planning and Scheduling system, Oritames. Infographic.

August 26, 2019 by Ian Tierney

Wishing Thinking and Seeing

Wishful Thinking and Seeing is damaging. It causes project delays, rework and failures, and is a source of risk for every project delivery organisation. 5 min read.

August 22, 2019 by Ian Tierney

Project Planning using Phase Ratios

When planning a project, the ISBSG phase ratios provide a guide to the percentage effort required for each project phase. 5 min read.