Delays in schedules are quite common, and construction schedules are no exception. The delay could be created by the owners, consultants, architects, general contractor, subcontractor, suppliers or by some other extraordinary event. Whatever the cause, the costs of these delays could be significant, and fixing them may take a long time. Here's some help in being prepared.
Use this worksheet in conjunction with the "Get Your Project Team Funded" article, which shows a powerful way to quickly estimate the cost of your project team.
Before you commit yourself and your project to detailed resourcing or scheduling, use this responsibility matrix to identify which departmental roles or individuals will be assigned to complete certain categories of activities. (This is a high-level version of a RACI Matrix)
This template is designed to assist the project manager with creating an RFP that effectively communicates complete requirements for CBT course evaluations, assessments and testing.
Use this risk log and accompanying budget allocation worksheet to help keep track of all risks and their corresponding impacts, triggers, response strategies and contingency plans.
Do the costs and benefits of your project balance out to a worthwhile return on investment (ROI)? Management will use that as important criteria for authorizing your project. Use this spreadsheet to calculate the ROI of your project.
The attached tool has been developed to assist you in generating some solid payback data to be used to evaluate the return potential of your proposed method. Not only will it help the gods of finance see the light, but will also help you to understand whether your project is a winner or loser before you ever put your signature on the purchase requisition.
This Excel template will help define a rough-cut work-back timebox schedule based on a latest possible completion date of a project. See full instructions in the article Is Your Date Do-Able? Try Rough-Cut Timeboxing: The Work-Back Model.
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