Training
Training in scheduling and project control
Hands-on training for project teams, built around how your projects really run, so the schedule becomes something your people use to make decisions.
How it makes your job easier
Project director
Know where the project stands and what threatens the finish date. Ask the right questions about a schedule and trust the answers.
Sector lead
See how your areas depend on each other, plan the handovers and spot a slipping interface while there is still time to act.
Discipline lead
Own your durations and quantities, see what is coming in the next three weeks and show the real effect of a change.
Divide the project into blocks you can manage
A block schedule splits the project into manageable blocks, driven by constraints, access or simply the sequence of the work. Each block has its work defined and its own logic. The blocks are then linked to each other, with resources and crew flow in mind, so the plan is one the crews can really follow.
How to build one
- 01
Divide the project
Split it into manageable blocks, driven by constraints, access or the sequence of the work.
- 02
Decide which block comes first
Order the blocks by what each one depends on: access, constraints and other work.
- 03
Define the work
For each block, define the work that needs to be done.
- 04
Build the logic inside the block
Link the work within the block so its sequence is clear.
- 05
Build the logic between blocks
Link the blocks to each other, so a change in one shows its effect on the next.
- 06
Check resources and crew flow
Take resources and crew availability into account, so crews flow from block to block.
One set of quantities, from the price to the progress
The estimate already holds the quantities the job was priced on. When those same quantities drive the schedule and the progress measurement, the price, the plan and the report all tell one story.
01Estimate
Start from the quantities and manhours behind the price.
02Takeoff
Split them by area and activity so each activity carries its own quantity.
03Duration
Quantity, production rate, crew and shifts give a duration you can explain.
04Schedule
Load the activities, so the curves show the work you priced.
05Measure
Report progress on installed quantities against plan, and feed real rates into the next update.
On the platform, Basis of duration calculates durations from quantities and rates, and runs them through the logic as a scenario.
Shaped around your team
Pick the topics that fit your people and your projects.
- Reading a schedule: logic, critical path and float
- Dividing a project into blocks and linking them
- Taking quantities from the estimate into the schedule
- Durations from quantities, rates, crews and shifts
- Measuring progress and reading the curves
- Schedule health checks and update reviews
Train your team with Taha Messaoudi Scheduling
Tell us about your team and your project, and we will shape the training around them.