dd in baseline different then start of the project.

Hi Mimoune

Does the sub-contractor delay affect your work or any other sub-contractors?

Normally I would agree with you that you should not build in dealys to a baseline programme.

Add the delay start as an event but keep the original date.

Best regards

Mike Testro

hi Mike, thanks very much for you prompt answer.

to be honest, at this stage, no delay, the first stage of the work has a lot of float.

but my question is ! is it mandatory in a revised baseline, that the dd coincide with the start of the project, even if the project has progressed !


mimoune

mimoune

The Contractual Baseline Schedule represents the target schedule in compliance to contractual milestones and finish dates. The baseline schedule is a fixed project schedule. It is the standard by which project performance is measured. The original schedule is copied into the baseline schedule which remains frozen until it is reset. Resetting the baseline is done when the scope of the project has been changed significantly, for example after a negotiated change. At that point, the original or current baseline becomes invalid and should not be compared with the current schedule.

The DD of the baseline shall be the date for which the revision is valid, prior to this date you might have actuals for the record but after this date it is a new schedule. If your plans have to be modified to recover time, to reflect significant changes in the scope of work or any other valid reason you might even delete or add new activities. The purpose is not merely to add resources and keep the plan intact, a schedule is dynamic, the Owner have a right to know, but the Contractor keeps the right to plan.

Note that some contract use a different language to define Baselines, some only use the term Baseline to describe only the first approved one and thereafter call them Schedule Revisions. Beware that an Update Schedule is different from a Baseline or a Schedule Revision.

Best regards
Rafael

ok, thanks very much for your reply, i have a better understanding now.

mimoune

Rafael, can you please update your profile, i know for sure, you have more then 0,2 year experience ;)

mimoune

I forgot to mention that usually the most appropriate DD for your Revised Schedule / Baseline should be the DD date of your last revised update so in the next update you pickup from there.

For record keeping you might be in need to update new relevant activities with a DD prior your last update DD, not included in your prior schedule but relevant, and of course included in your schedule revision.

A sort of transition between old schedules that cannot be used any longer for your contractual comparisons and a new one appropriate for this purposes.

Best regards,
Rafael