Updates & control

What a schedule baseline is for, when to set it, what counts as a valid reason to re-baseline, and how to do it without losing the record.

6 min read

Planned value, earned value, actual cost, SPI and CPI explained with a worked construction example, plus where earned value misleads schedulers.

6 min read

A step-by-step process for the monthly CPM update: collecting progress, setting the data date, checking logic, and writing a narrative people read.

7 min read

Why out-of-sequence progress happens, how to find it in an update, and the four ways to fix the logic so the critical path stays honest.

7 min read

How to trace a milestone slip back through the driving path, separate late starts from long durations, and explain variance in plain terms.

6 min read

What retained logic and progress override actually do to out-of-sequence work, with a worked example showing how each changes the finish date.

6 min read

How to run a weekly subcontractor or OAC meeting from the CPM schedule and lookahead, with an agenda, prep checklist, and what to record.

6 min read

Each of the DCMA 14 schedule checks, what it measures, the usual threshold, and how to read the results on a construction schedule.

7 min read

What the data date is, how it splits actuals from forecast, the rules every update must follow, and the mistakes reviewers catch first.

6 min read