Project schedule
To get your expected and actual schedule to align on projects below the prospectus threshold, these factors help:
- A living tool that communicates and tracks the project delivery.
- Enough detail to address scope and complexity.
- Collaboration with us and contractors to develop, adjust, and finalize a detailed schedule that identifies known dates or agency milestones.
- Collaboration with us and contractors on requirements, funding streams, and procurement actions.
- An achievable schedule that properly balances and recognizes the interconnection of the scope, cost, and time considerations.
Schedule types and timing
| Type of schedule |
When we develop it |
What we use it for |
| Initial |
Early in the project lifecycle |
To inform the baseline schedule |
| Baseline |
End of the planning phase and with the budget and project management plan |
To guide the project through construction |
Schedule communications
At the start of each project, we develop a communications plan that identifies all appropriate stakeholders and a regular communication cadence. As the project evolves, we update any impacts to the timeline or changes to the schedule and communicate these updates to all project stakeholders.
Schedule issues
We develop construction schedules with time contingencies built in for unplanned adjustments. But sometimes there are issues that lengthen project schedules, such as:
- Changes in scope or agency programmatic requirements
- Significant or severe weather
- Availability of funding
- Procurement actions
- Resource availability
- Unforeseen site conditions
- Changes in the labor market
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