Simple and complex projects alike benefit from well thought out plans and work schedules. These plans and schedules provide all the project participants with the "road map" for the project from conception through project closeout. Further, a well developed Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule provides the project manager with information to define the critical path through the project and the ability to focus attention on the critical and near critical tasks that may imperil the project's timely and cost effective completion.

Key Components of Planning and Scheduling include:

Project Modeling

- Development and Use of the Statement of Work
- Development of the Work Breakdown Structure
- Development of the Cost Breakdown Structure¨
- Development of the Project Model on Paper
–The Integrated Logic Diagram

Project Planning and Scheduling

- Bottoms-Up versus Top-Down Planning
- Adding Time Estimates to the Project Model
- Adding Resource Estimates to the Project Model
- Calculating Total Project Duration and the “Critical Path”
- Resource Leveling Techniques and Processes
- Managing Limited Resources
- Developing and Communicating the Milestone & Project iiiSummary Schedules
- Identifying Critical Path Transitions and Hand-offs

CPM Technical Solutions, Inc. staff members have Planning and Scheduling experience on small industrial projects, fossil and nuclear outages, fossil and nuclear construction and startup programs, transmission and distribution projects and Department of Defense Contractors. We have experience with all types of planning and scheduling tools from manual techniques to the most sophisticated software tools such as Primavera Project Planner, Primavera SureTrak and MS Project.

The key to our success in planning and scheduling is understanding how to develop the project model on paper and to involve the project participants in developing the schedule including the resource limitations that all projects experience.

Please contact us for information regarding how CPM Technical Solutions, Inc. can assist with your planning and scheduling needs.