Lesson 1: Schedule Health Check — Module 3: Schedule Reviews & Metrics

Lesson 1: Schedule Reviews & Documentation

Schedule reviews undertaken internally for governance and organisational approval are an essential part of the schedule acceptance process. A Basis of Schedule (BoS) document provides an overview of the project and the planning and schedule methodologies used — it is the foundation document that supports any schedule submitted for review or acceptance.

Schedule Documentation

Basis of Schedule (BoS)

The Basis of Schedule document should include the following items:

Project description & scope
Documents relied upon (design documents, specifications, reports, surveys, contracts, technical requirements)
Project owner's Schedule Management Plan
Schedule strategy
Construction methodology
Key productivity information & resources
Working calendars
Activity duration calculations for key activities
Schedule Risk Analysis report
Explanation of the critical path
Constraints used in the schedule
Resource histograms
Schedule quality checks
Key milestones, completion dates, separable portions, etc.
Staging or phase drawings
Time Chainage Diagram (if relevant)
Summary schedule output
Detailed schedule output
Critical path
Near-critical paths

Schedule Management Plan

The Schedule Management Plan is a collection of processes, approaches, templates and tools that comprise the project's execution strategy and objectives as reflected in the project schedule.

The Schedule Management Plan should be unique to each project and defines how the schedule will be developed, updated, progressed, and communicated to various levels of management.