Projects don’t fail in the field. They fail in the forecast.
By the time a delay is visible on site, it has usually been sitting in the schedule for months. Why the forecast is where projects are won or lost.
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Insights · 8 articles
Insights
Why projects fail in the forecast before they fail in the field, and what owners can do about it on Monday morning.
Five dates that decide when a data center goes live
Revenue starts when the white space is energized and commissioned, not when the building looks finished. The five dates an owner should track every week.
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SPI, CPI and EAC: three numbers your board should see monthly
Earned value without the jargon. What each number means, where it lies, and the one-page format that gets a decision instead of a nod.
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Slippage is not delay. Yet.
Every delay starts as a slip somebody explained away. The leading indicators that show it early, and the habit of acting on them.
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The first 30 days of a schedule recovery
The date has slipped by months and everyone has a theory. A week-by-week plan for finding the truth, pricing the options and winning time back.
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When the schedule and the cost report disagree
Two systems, two answers, one board meeting. Why disconnected controls data is a forecasting problem, and what one source of truth actually takes.
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The second project should cost less to control
The next data hall or substation should not pay for the same setup twice. The thinking behind Program Rates.
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