From a project manager’s perspective, a strong plan is vital to maintain communication with stakeholders across all levels of an organization. While communication may seem to be a fairly light lift in ...

Schedule compression. Within the construction industry, this term has a sort of dual identity. For some contractors, it is a useful tool, one to be implemented sparingly but which can help get a ...

The amount of effort spent scheduling the work on today’s construction projects is staggering. In addition to critical-path method schedules, contractors use sketches, Visio graphics, Excel sheets and ...

Often in today’s fast-paced construction industry, critical path method (CPM) schedules are used as a tool to sequester project float as a hedge against potential project risks. Float is how long a ...

Although often used interchangeably, the terms "project planning" and "project scheduling" are two entirely different pieces of the structure of the task. Each plays a role in getting a project to ...

With nearly two decades of retail management and project management experience, Brett Day can simplify complex traditional and Agile project management philosophies and methodologies and can explain ...

Inside the bag of tricks all general contractors have there is one that is their stealth weapon for ensuring you do exactly what they want you to on their project. That weapon is the official project ...

With nearly two decades of retail management and project management experience, Brett Day can simplify complex traditional and Agile project management philosophies and methodologies and can explain ...

From financial dashboards to factory-based assembly, utilities and their contractors are deploying new tools and processes to improve project cost performance. In decades past, the decision to pursue ...

Because risk is a part of any project, an important role of the project manager is to identify and control it. Without any control, risks can become disasters, causing delay, unnecessary expenses and ...