Construction Management Blog

Because many construction schedules are very large it is difficult to understand all changes made by somebody other than yourself. To an individual that doesn’t get caught up in the details they may only consider monitoring a few details of the schedule. The problem with that approach is that much could be going on behind that scene that has significant implications.

In order to achieve a good analysis or understanding between sequential schedule submissions you need to have a process for communicating changes. Certain scheduling software has features, such as Fragnets, that allow users the ability to communicate potential impacts before being integrated into the schedule. Fragnets, or whatever method used, can help all parties understand potential implication before affecting the Baseline schedule.

The next step is implementing a procedure for issuing a document explaining the change before including in the Baseline schedule. The final step is enforcing that step consistently.