Controlling Projects  

AltAProM believes that a schedule is a management tool and it should be able to be used as such.
Schedules produced by AltAProM are designed to be user friendly and are set-up to be an effective management tool.

AltAProM schedules
• Capture the value drivers
• Align the schedule to organizational capabilities
• Focus on value generating and improving activities
• Reduce project risk and potential value erosion and
• AltAProM’s project experience assures that schedule and in particular the critical path makes sense.

Project Developers and Owners often rely on their Contractors or Consultants to produce and manage the Master Project Schedule that typically includes only a few Owner activities mostly required by the Contractor or Consultant for its own work. This effectively hands over control to the Contractor or more usually to the Consultant. Whilst there are arguments for and against the Owner running The Master Project Schedule and there can only be one, often the Owner is not in a strong position to either set-up or manage that schedule.

In AltAProM’s experience it is critical that all parties are fully aware of all activities and especially decisions that could impact their work. AltAProM is able to independently provide the services of setting up the overall schedule, maintain it and to ensure that it is communicated to all parties.

Controlling Project Portfolios

Sustaining capital projects tend to be diverse, numerous, mostly small, typically not as well-resourced or systemized and receive less management attention compared to larger major projects. AltAProM is experienced in managing large numbers of small projects and has developed a number of templates and methodologies to make the tasks easier faster and just as effective as managing larger and more prolifically resourced projects. Ask us

Resource Leveling
Many activities particularly on large projects are resource constrained. Optimisation of resourcing and schedule duration and the resulting cost benefit analysis is not often carried out. Whilst schedules are routinely resource levelled that is normally where it all stops.

Critical Path Analysis
Critical Path Planning puts the main emphasis on critical and near critical activities.. A Critical Path Project Management approach aims at managing resources involved in executing these activities and focuses on their debottlenecking.

Controllable Frameworks
The concept of control frameworks is not new, It has been used extensively in the world of finance auditing, business governance and managing risk. The extension of this to planning and scheduling, however, is considered quite novel and is being pioneered by AltAProM.

The critical path in a schedule can change rapidly. If unforeseen activities suddenly become critical appropriate management may come too late to avert an undesirable impact. Controllable frameworks can assist in identifying potential issues before they wreak havoc. Call us for more information about this powerful tool.

What-if Analysis
What-if analysis is yet another method to test the effectiveness of a schedule. Different scenarios are fed into the schedule and the predicted result is then analysed. Given the necessary skills this tool also provides insight into the predictive power and sensibility of a schedule.

Forensic Analysis
Contract claims are often schedule related. Prolongation, liquidated damages, delay claims, consequential loss if applicable all have a schedule related dimension. Detailed analysis of the project schedule in order to determine causality and in turn responsibility is key to establishing the veracity of these claims and often the extent of the damages incurred. Forensic analysis requires very experienced practitioners and a number of AltAProM’s investigatory tools are needed in order to determine whether claimants could have reasonably been expected to act to mitigate the losses.