PM Solution Pro is offering Remote Project Schedule Quality Assessment for you!

November 21, 2021

PM Solution Pro, a management consulting group, offers remote support in Schedule Quality Assessment, Reviews, and Audits. We have successfully used Deltek Acumen Fuse toolset in supporting various clients and project organizations. Our team can also guide your project organization in the development of your very own standard in-house Schedule Quality Metrics, making it possible to assess an entire project portfolio in a fraction of the time compared to manual means. 

The correctness, accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of a Project Schedule depend heavily on its quality. A good quality brings about project success. Good quality gives project managers a good handle on what needs doing. As such, he gets good results. Conversely, the consequences of a poor-quality schedule are practically endless. If unaddressed, the schedule remains counter-intuitive, disconnected, or disjointed, resulting in poor project control. Low quality produces a bad schedule not fit for quantitative risk analysis, making incorrect probability calculations. It will also likely generate a flawed critical path, influencing the project to focus on the wrong activities and priorities.

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PM Solution Pro will do Remote Schedule Management!

November 12, 2021

PM Solution Pro is a management consulting business offering remote Project Controls Support to companies and various project organizations. PM Solution Pro has the expertise to help you in several of your critical company undertakings.

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Preparing for Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (SQRA)

October 31, 2021

Preparing for project’s Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis is like painting a wall. The wall preparation takes the longest before the final paint coat is applied. The last layer becomes as essential as sanding debris and covering all holes with joint compounds. Up to 80 percent of the Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (SQRA) effort is preparing the risk model. The remaining twenty percent (20%) is on the proper use of the tool, e.g., OPRA, previously called PertMaster, Deltek Acumen Risk, and others.

If the schedule is not of good quality and not modeled correctly, then the 80% effort amounted to nothing. The resulting assessment can become unreliable if not all wrong that it can derail the project!

A schedule accepted for risk analysis that dramatically deviates from the project execution plan creates troubling scenarios that keep project managers reasonably on edge.

One must not forget the cardinal rule that the schedule is a reflection of the plan.
If the construction execution plan violates the overall execution strategy, the project is a good candidate for failure. Everyone should be on deck and looking at the same goal if it is to succeed.

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What about Project Schedule Quality and Acumen Fuse?

July 23, 2021

The correctness, accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of a Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (SQRA) depends heavily on the quality of planning data used for input or, plainly, the quality of the project schedule.

A good quality schedule brings about good, and reliable quantitative results. Good quality begets good project management that begets good results.

The consequences of a poor-quality schedule are practically endless. If unaddressed, the schedule remains counter-intuitive, disconnected, or disjointed, resulting in poor project control.

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Managing the Contentious Project Calendars

May 30, 2021

The project calendar is a contentious element of a schedule. The challenge here is that the project schedules are often not talking about one or two calendars. The project, through the schedulers, has a nasty habit of creating numerous calendars.
I have reviewed one major project a few years back that had 11 calendars. The contractors prepared the sub-projects separately, thinking that each one will have a different calendar. The good thing is that, upon closer inspection, five of the eleven calendars were practically the same.

Many planners/schedulers do not take enough care of their schedule calendars. Taking on a new project schedule without inspecting the attributes of the assigned calendars becomes the norm.

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New Beautiful, Relaxing, Comforting Views of Sunrise, Sunsets, Clouds, and Skies, & Heavenly Sounds

April 21, 2021

Welcome to KATHAKO Relaxing, Comforting, Calming Nature Videography! Yes, the sun rises and sets every day, depicting the start and end of a new day. Looking at the wondrous layers of lights, colors and shadows are like appreciating the Universal wonder of God’s love and His promise of a new tomorrow. It is also a reminder that everything in life has a beginning and an end, that there’s time for work and a time for rest.

Many of you will appreciate peace and comfort by observing nature’s beauty, watching and hearing what we bring to you. This can be your temporary sojourn from the noise of the day, bringing you to your mortal nirvana. The time-lapse of the changing waves, hues, and clouds on the videos are mesmerizing and uplifting. It is arts at its finest, created by nature itself with the Lord’s blessing. Try it! Watch and listen to the calming sounds of meditation music. Let happiness and contentment reign. Our videos and sounds help you cope with the stress of your day. Our prayer is that you get that much-needed relaxation, comfort, and rest.

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Celebrating Easter is Good for the Soul

April 2, 2021

KATHAKO and PM Solution Pro is Celebrating Easter with all of you!
Easter, also called Resurrection Day and Pascha, is a Christian holiday celebrating Jesus Christ returning from the dead. Christians believe that it is the holiest day in the year. Some people who are not Christians celebrate it also as a cultural holiday.

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Why conduct an Integrated Schedule Analysis? Do your projects need one?

March 7, 2021

Integrated assessment of a schedule is a must! Proper schedule risk quantification requires an integration that has all the needed…

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