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ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(GE 404)
LECTURE #10
Project Time-Control
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Contents
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Objectives of the present lecture
Introduction to Project time-control
Process of Project time-control
Network updating (rescheduling)
Problem
Further reading
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Objectives of the Present lecture
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To discuss process involved in project time-
control
To explain how to carry out project rescheduling
(or Network updating)
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Project Time-Control
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Project time-control can be summarized to two basic
components:
1. Monitoring
Monitoring consists of a means of understanding what is
happening on a project, obtaining information about the
project by some means
2. Control
Control consists of action taken in response to the
information
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Process of Project Time-Control
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• Establish an operational schedule
• Measure the progress and report the progress
• Compare actual achievement with planned
• Check and analyze time progress and determine effect on
completion date and milestones
• Plan for corrective action
• Implement corrective action
• Update operational schedule
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Establish Operational Schedule
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For project control purposes a hierarchy of schedules may be needed,
depending on who will use it
Key Dates Schedule
For owners and top-level management in terms of MILESTONES or KEY
DATES.
Detailed Schedule
For engineers, work supervisors, material suppliers and subcontractors
A schedule of that particular engineer/supervisor work responsibility
Provide him with a day-to-day forecast of field operations
Critical activities and free float values should be noted
Covers limited time spans (2 weeks or 30 days)
Tabular listings and computer-printed bar charts are common forms
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Measure and Report Progress
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Methods:
Estimated number of working days required to complete the activity
Estimated % completion of the activity
Quantities of work units put in place
Equations
Based on the assumption of straight-line variation between time and work
accomplishment
Working days to complete = d (1 - P/100)
Working days to complete = d (1 – (W/T))
d= total activity duration in working days
P = estimated percentage of completion
W= number of work units put into place
T= total number of work units associated with the activity
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Contd.
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Weekly Progress reports
• A common procedure in many industries
• Listing those activities that started, finished, or were in progress during the
week and indicating their stages of completion
• Must include procurement, material delivery information etc.
• Choose a cutoff date, to be selected to serve both time management and
labor cost accounting
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Contd.
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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
Project: Highway bridge Week ending: Wednesday, July 21 (working day 27)
Job. No: 7903-50 Prepared by: K.M.
Activity Activity Date Date Percent Working days to
Number Started Completed Complete complete
A 110 - July 15 100 0
B 115 - - - 13
C 130 - - 80 2
D 150 July 15 July15 100 0
E 160 July 16 July 21 100 0
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Contd.
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Field Progress Narrative
To accompany weekly progress reporting
Discussion of projected project features
General statement about time status
Critical or low float activities in difficulty
Potential trouble spots
Exceptionally well project areas
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Compare and Analysis of Project Progress
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Concerned primarily with determining the effect of the latest information on
the project completion date and any milestone goals
1st - A quick and simple check for critical activities status
2nd - Check the possibility of a new critical path
Signs of Danger
Activities fall behind LS schedule
Resource availability delays
Realizing that time duration of future activities have been materially
underestimated
Change logic becomes necessary
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Corrective Actions
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When there are small delays that are within network time
contingency, no action is usually required
Otherwise use Time Reduction Technique to bring project back
on schedule
Make periodic (Weekly, biweekly, or monthly) job progress
meetings with project managers, field supervisors, major
subcontractors, material suppliers, and owner representative to
enhance time management efficiency
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Network Updating (Rescheduling)
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Concerned with determining the effect of schedule deviations and plan
changes on the portions of the project yet to be constructed
This requires making necessary network corrections and re-computing activity
times and float times
Information required for Rescheduling
New activities to be added
Existing activities to be deleted
Changes in the resource availability and delivery dates
Changes in the job logic
New estimate of the time (for completing unfinished activities)
Changes in the scope of work etc.
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Problem-1
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The initial AON diagram for a small engineering project is shown below with its planned activity times
in days. At the end of the 15th day, the field progress report gives you the following information:
Activity “A” was completed on schedule
Activity “B” started as planned but four days were lost due to waiting for the required resources
Activity “C” was completed one day earlier
The remaining duration of Activity “D” is 2 days
The duration of activity “H” will be reduced to 12 days instead of 17 days.
The activity “F” cannot start until the morning of day 22
Activity “Z” is expected to take two days more
Due to owner requirement the volume of work of activity “X” will be increased by 50%
3 6 9 11 5 16 16 17 33 33 3 36
B E H Y
Construct the updated AON diagram,
calculate the early and late start times
0 3
A
3 3 8
C
11 13 7
F
20 25 4
Z
29 36 10
X
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of each activity, and indicate the
critical path.
3 10 13 13 12 25
D G
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Solution
0 13 15 3 18 18 12 30 30 3 33
B E H Y Cannot
17 20 20 32 32 35
start
until 21
0 10 21 7 28 29 6 35 35 15 50
A C F Z X
0 22 29 29 35 35 50
15 2 17 17 12 29
D G
15 17 17 29
Note: In duration cell, mention the time required/ remained w.r.t. date of reporting.
Note: ES of Activity E and D should be 15 since work in progress in these two activities
For activity E: 13-5-18 is changed to 15-3-18
• ES is changed from 13 to 15 because the current date of rescheduling is Day 15
• Duration is changed from 5 to 3 because EF = 18 has to be maintained
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Further Reading
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Read more about the Project Monitoring and Control from:
Jimmie W. Hinze. “Construction Planning and Management,” Fourth
Edition, 2012, Pearson.
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Thank You
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Questions Please
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