Estimating Design Time
Get to know the usual time schedules for producing plans, drawings, and designs in your organisation. Estimates may be 2 weeks but people with experience in the organisation may know …
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Learn to Say No
You must learn to say no to some requests from clients If change requests from the client will make the design unsafe or unusable, you should refuse to change it. …
Using the Word “Float”
Using the Word Float It is a good idea to avoid using the word “float” in a schedule or cost report to a client. Instead you could use phrases such …
Schedule a Project Logically
Don’t schedule backwards from the end date. Program the project logically. Do it forwards then adjust to fit for time. If you do it backwards, you aren’t planning the project, …
Give Ownership to Stakeholders
To increase stakeholder acceptance of a project give them ownership. Do this by letting them choose delivery dates so that they will then support those dates. For example, ask the …
Resource Schedule
Know the resource schedule of your project and of your organisation. What if another large project will start part way through yours? Will this reduce the number of resources available …
Plan the use of your Resources Properly
If you don’t have your resources fully utilised (booked and working) they may be taken from you by your senior management to be put on projects which look like they …
Tight Schedules
Bid teams / tender teams often bid for projects that the company can’t do. They will make a schedule that is too tight, or have milestones that are impossible to …
Unreasonable Project And Construction Schedules
If you believe a schedule required by the client is unreasonable, you should document your reasons for believing so, and inform the client of those concerns in writing. If the …