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Changes in The Schedule

This document discusses managing changes to project schedules. It notes that actual project durations and activity sequences often differ from original schedules. Schedule updating allows project managers to assess the impacts of changes like scope additions, delays, and resource issues. Regular schedule updating is important to minimize delays by identifying critical procurement needs or permitting issues that require management intervention. Maintaining an up-to-date schedule is a control process that helps project managers adjust plans to account for real-world impacts and keep projects on track.

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Changes in The Schedule

This document discusses managing changes to project schedules. It notes that actual project durations and activity sequences often differ from original schedules. Schedule updating allows project managers to assess the impacts of changes like scope additions, delays, and resource issues. Regular schedule updating is important to minimize delays by identifying critical procurement needs or permitting issues that require management intervention. Maintaining an up-to-date schedule is a control process that helps project managers adjust plans to account for real-world impacts and keep projects on track.

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AACE INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULING

Figure 13.21—Level 4 Schedule

Figure 13.21. Also see Figure 13.22 on page 13.16. example, the owner or other party following the issuance of
the original schedule may impose changes to the original
work scope. This may include any engineering design
MANAGING CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE changes, emergent or additional work scope activities, and
any change orders that are issued during the performance of
A schedule is simply a time-phased plan for accomplishing all the project.
of the specific activities that have been defined for a project. The
schedule is derived and developed from estimated activity Nearly all projects require special material or equipment to
durations and the logical relationships or working sequence complete. The procurement of these items often accumulates
between activities. Unfortunately, in the real world, the actual and at times, becomes the critical path. The updating process
work does not always progress in accordance with the original assesses the impact of the procurement items against the
plan and a schedule slippage is usually the outcome. schedule and allows management to expedite the critical
Actual activity durations may be greater (and sometimes items and/or resolve them through activity logic changes.
even less) than the original estimated durations. In addition,
the working sequence of activities will not always follow the In addition, owners and government agencies may be slow in
sequence from the schedule. The correction of these changes issuing permits or approvals. Furthermore, labor strikes,
through schedule updating can forecast any schedule slip- legal disputes, resource availability, accidents and weather
page or delay, and, hence, project management personnel can conditions are all real dilemmas that many times can only be
then react to bring the project back on schedule. solved by rescheduling the work. Updating never regains
lost work, but it can minimize the overall negative impact.
The updated schedule, when compared to the original sched-
ule, becomes an indispensable management tool that can be Consequently, the original schedule should be updated regu-
used to assess the overall project impact of any change. For larly to reflect current information. Updating is a control
process, which implies that adjustments in the network may

13.15

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