For decades now, two project-management and scheduling methodologies have dominated the world of engineering and construction: lean and critical path method (CPM).
Lean looks at tasks in granular detail, identifying the most efficient and collaborative way to complete each of them—making it extremely popular with field coordinators and teams. It can add a huge amount of value to any construction project. In fact, a recent Dodge Data and Analytics study found that projects that heavily relied on lean were three times more likely to complete ahead of schedule and two times more likely to complete under budget.
3. Problem
• Ten times the number of activities today compared to 25 years ago
• Correctly managing the additional activities and relationships requires
technical expertise, discipline, and time
• Commercial construction can not afford full-time project schedulers
• Resequencing activities is tedious, laborious, and costly
• Never intended to micro-manage a project
• Intended to manage the big picture
Critical Path Method Schedules…
3
4. Impact
• Large schedules do not effectively communicate the plan
• Incorrectly managing schedule can be risky from a legal perspective
• Construction productivity has decreased
• Projects taking longer
Critical Path Method Schedules…
4
5. Coordination
Engineering & Construction
projects are continually
challenged with
coordination complexities.
How to assemble Owners,
Contractors,
Subcontractors, Suppliers
and Specialty Service Firms
around shared knowledge
and common goals to
create an environment of
mutual benefit.
Commitment
5
Community
Top challenges
6. Coordination
Engineering & Construction
projects are continually
challenged with
coordination complexities.
How to assemble Owners,
Contractors,
Subcontractors, Suppliers
and Specialty Service Firms
around shared knowledge
and common goals to
create an environment of
mutual benefit.
Commitment
Scheduling discipline has
always worked to reflect
the closest image of reality
it could, with logical ties
between activities. Yet even
the best well laid plans can
fail to capture the
commitments that must be
made between field
disciplines at the physical
workface.
6
Community
Top challenges
7. Coordination
Engineering & Construction
projects are continually
challenged with
coordination complexities.
How to assemble Owners,
Contractors,
Subcontractors, Suppliers
and Specialty Service Firms
around shared knowledge
and common goals to
create an environment of
mutual benefit.
Commitment
Scheduling discipline has
always worked to reflect
the closest image of reality
it could, with logical ties
between activities. Yet even
the best well laid plans can
fail to capture the
commitments that must be
made between field
disciplines at the physical
workface.
7
Community
Engineering & Construction
projects will always have
multiple stakeholders and
this makes the industry
historically litigious to
operate in. Building a sense
of community around what
is to be built can be difficult
given the agendas, legal
ramifications and potential
monetary losses that
accompany project failure.
Top challenges
9. İş programı detay seviyeleri
Level-1 (Mastır program) projenin süresini ve çıktılarını kabaca gösteren detay seviyesi en az
özet iş programıdır. İhale, yatırım onayı vb amaçlar için kullanılır. Feasibility, design,
procurement, construction, installation, commissioning gibi seviyeleri içerir.
Level-2 (Özet program)her iş paketinin teslimatını net olarak gösterir ve Level-1 programa göre
daha detaylıdır ancak özet iş program sayılır. Sözleşme öncesi veya hemen sonrası hazırlanır.
Level-3 (Detay program)koordinasyon iş programıdır ve Level-2 programın detaylandırılması ile
ortaya çıkar. Kritik yol analizinin uygulanmasına elverişli bir detayı içermelidir ve disiplinlerin/iş
paketlerinin arayüzünü/etkileşimlerini göstermelidir. Yapım öncesi hazırlanır ve sunulur.
Level-4 (Yapım programı) çok detaylı, kaynak ve ekiplere atanabilecek aktivitelerden oluşur ve
ilerleme takibinin bazını oluşturur. Sorgulanabilir adam-saat veya ağırlık girilen aktivitelerden
oluşur ve verim konusunda fikir verir. İlerlemeler sonrası kısa vadeli look-ahead raporlamalar
yapmaya elverişlidir.
Level-5 (Kısa vadeli program) saha sorumlularının ve formenlerin işlerini takip etmek için
hazırladıkları 1-2 haftalık geçici programlardır.
11. Our Solution
• Schedule Module
– Manage the big picture, CPM schedule network
– Use Activities for rigid, physically dependent sequences
– Reduce activities, relationships, and effort to correctly maintain them
• Lean Module (Work Plan & Task List)
– Manage the short interval, weekly work plan
– Use Tasks for coordinated, flexible sequences
– Engage the project team in defining & sequencing Tasks to support Activities
– Utilize Lean Construction Institute methodologies (PPC, Reasons, Pull-Planning)
Oracle Primavera Cloud Schedule, Work Plan & Tasks
12. • Non-profit founded in 1997
• Intention is to find a better way to
schedule
• Vision to increase satisfaction with
design & construction delivery
• Includes local communities in
different countries
12
Lean Construction Institute
16. Integrated CPM & Lean Scheduling Process
16
Define
Phases
with
WBS
Monitor
Performance
LastPlanners®
breakdown
Activities
into smaller
Tasks
Define
Activities,
Durations,
Relationships
LastPlanners®
Commit to
Due Dates,
Complete
Tasks
17. Lean Scheduling Concepts
• Planning Period: In lean scheduling, a meeting facilitator leads a group of
project collaborators (superintendents, subcontractors, tradespeople, and
other stakeholders) from various companies in adding tasks to a planning
board. These meetings may occur daily or weekly and are focused on the
work to be performed over a short-term period, typically the current week
and the following week.
• Tasks:Tasks are identified during planning as the physical work to be
performed by the tradespeople on the project. Each task has a name,
duration, and associated company responsible for performing the work on
the task. There are two task types: Task and Task Milestone.
17
18. Lean Scheduling Concepts
• Commitments:Commitments are optional submitted agreements to
assume responsibility for the work to be performed on a public task. The
assigned company and user commit to perform the work by a specific date.
If the commitment due date is not met, then the task is overdue.
• Hand-offs:A hand-off is a connection between two tasks that indicates the
sequence in which the task work should be performed. Work is "handed
off" to the next task to be performed after its preceding task has been
completed.
18
19. Lean Scheduling Concepts
• Push Planning: In traditional or push planning, work is planned in sequence
from the start of a project or task milestone. Planners "push" work through
the sequence according to an established schedule.
• Pull Planning: In pull planning, the sequence of work is determined by
responsible parties planning backward from a task milestone or goal.
Performers request or "pull" work from their dependencies based on
demand for subsequent work to begin and after all prerequisite tasks have
been completed.
19
20. Work Breakdown Structure
Create the “Big Picture” schedule by organizing project into manageable
phases using the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
Easily model the project
schedule. The WBS defines
project phases and creates a
framework that effectively
represents the overall plan.
Simple to Create
Leverage Templates
Indent/Outdent
Cut/Copy/Paste
Grid or Gantt
20
21. Activities, Durations, Relationships
Create logical relationships between Activities in the CPM network
Traditional CPM scheduling
defines activities, durations
and relationships. This
determines the critical path,
project duration, and project
completion date.
Add Activities
Define Durations
Sequence Activities using
Relationships
Connect Activities between
WBS elements to reflect
transitions between phases
Calculate the schedule
21
22. LastPlanners® Breakdown Activities
LastPlanners® breakdown Activities, identify Tasks durations, sequences &
due dates in facilitated production meetings
LastPlanners® breakdown
Activities into smaller Tasks,
collaboratively plan their due
dates, and commit to complete
them as planned.
The Hopper
- Unplanned Tasks
- Activity Optional
- Collapse/Expand
Tasks get durations,
sequences, and due dates
22
26. LastPlanners® Commit & Complete
The LastPlanners® commit to Due Dates on the Planning Board, complete
when done, and re-commit if not completed
The planning board is where
field disciplines commit to
Task due dates. Each field
discipline has a different Task
color assignment on the
Planning Board.
Digital Planning Board vs.
Trailer Wall
Planned Tasks
Committed Tasks
Completed Tasks
Overdue Tasks
Reference Activities
Collapse/Expand
26
27. Monitor Performance
Monitor Planned Percent Complete (PPC) & Reasons for missed
commitments per Lean Construction Institute’s best practices
With the field executing, it’s
now about capturing
completions. If commitments
are missed, reason codes are
assigned, and new
commitments are made. Tasks
alert the CPM network for
incompatible dates or status.
Project PPC
Company PPC
(Inherited Colors)
Reasons for Missed
Commitments
One Time Frame, All Charts
27
41. Work Management > Tasks
2. View Due, Pending, Flagged
and Completed Tasks.
2
3
1 1. View & Create project Tasks
or private tasks on the fly.
3. Recommit the tasks with
right reasons.
41
53. Coordination
Reduce the need for larger,
complex master schedules
which were never intended
to micro-manage the level
of detail required for field
execution teams. Placing
the right coordination tool
in the hands of the right
stakeholder eliminates
costly re-work, drives
accountability and reduces
risk.
Commitment
53
Community
The benefits of our solution
54. Coordination
Reduce the need for larger,
complex master schedules
which were never intended
to micro-manage the level
of detail required for field
execution teams. Placing
the right coordination tool
in the hands of the right
stakeholder eliminates
costly re-work, drives
accountability and reduces
risk.
Commitment
Blending CPM and Lean
methods drives
performance right down to
the workface based on
commitments of field
disciplines. Flexible Task
sequences focus on short
interval timelines that
inform the master schedule
activity network, giving a
comprehensive view of
overall performance.
54
Community
The benefits of our solution
55. Coordination
Reduce the need for larger,
complex master schedules
which were never intended
to micro-manage the level
of detail required for field
execution teams. Placing
the right coordination tool
in the hands of the right
stakeholder eliminates
costly re-work, drives
accountability and reduces
risk.
Commitment
Blending CPM and Lean
methods drives
performance right down to
the workface based on
commitments of field
disciplines. Flexible Task
sequences focus on short
interval timelines that
inform the master schedule
activity network, giving a
comprehensive view of
overall performance.
55
Community
Aligning stakeholder
incentives with shared
knowledge and common
goals creates a unique and
differentiated offering in
the market where the best
of CPM and Lean means
and methods are truly
blended to drive
community engagement
and successful business
outcomes.
The benefits of our solution
57. 57
Homeworks
ENR | Oracle Webinar - How Lean & Critical Path Methods Enhance One Another
ENR | Oracle Webinar - Blending Lean & CPM: Going to the Next Level
Lean Construction Institute - Getting Started with Lean
Editor's Notes
The solution here in Oracle Primavera Cloud is with Schedule and Tasks working together
Distinction between activities and tasks
In P6 Often these were used interchangeably (client vs mobile)
In Prime there is a clear distinction
In Prime Schedule we have activities with the usual logic (SS, FS etc) and CPM
Tasks have no logic
Tasks are for flexible sequencing where the project team determine how things will be done
Note the picture in the background where this is being done.
Pre-populated post it notes for the work in hand are laid out and agreement made between all parties
Not our idea!
Here are a couple of photographs of Lean Scheduling in action on a job site.
This is a daily exercise carried out each morning before work begins that day.
Here we can see a Planning Board with a bunch of coloured post it notes
Across the top are days when work will be performed
There is a leader, usually the superintendent, who is trying to coordinate all the work
All the post it notes are created by what are called ‘The Last Planners’ typically the Foremen who are responsible for the work and know the details of what needs doing.
Each of the Foremen writes his tasks on a post it adds it to the board – note the different colours represent the different foreman/contractors.
Then as a team they interactively work on sequencing those things within the workplan.
They then take simple metrics to track the progress:
How many things did you agree to do
How many things did you get done
That is the fundamental metric of Lean Scheduling: Planned Percent Complete (Did/Said I’d Do)
Here are a couple of photographs of Lean Scheduling in action on a job site.
This is a daily exercise carried out each morning before work begins that day.
Here we can see a Planning Board with a bunch of coloured post it notes
Across the top are days when work will be performed
There is a leader, usually the superintendent, who is trying to coordinate all the work
All the post it notes are created by what are called ‘The Last Planners’ typically the Foremen who are responsible for the work and know the details of what needs doing.
Each of the Foremen writes his tasks on a post it adds it to the board – note the different colours represent the different foreman/contractors.
Then as a team they interactively work on sequencing those things within the workplan.
They then take simple metrics to track the progress:
How many things did you agree to do
How many things did you get done
That is the fundamental metric of Lean Scheduling: Planned Percent Complete (Did/Said I’d Do)
Users can manage the work and assign tasks to the users who then can progress via mobile interface.
Ability to add project level or personal tasks.
Users can see their company’s assigned tasks, complete or recommit them.
With the field executing, it’s now about capturing completions. If commitments are missed, reason codes are assigned, and new commitments are made. Tasks alert the CPM network for incompatible dates or status.
Project PPC
Company PPC (Inherited Colors)
Reasons for Missed Commitments
One Time Frame, All Charts
Organization with P6 EPPM deployment would like to take advantage of additional features that Prime Cloud Service can offer with a seamless integration.
Database level sync up between Prime and P6 to import project and schedule related data.
Near-real time data synchronization.
Flexibility to synchronize between multiple P6 instances into single Prime instance.
Option to support both cloud and on premise deployment of P6 EPPM.
Organization with P6 EPPM deployment would like to take advantage of additional features that Prime Cloud Service can offer with a seamless integration.
Database level sync up between Prime and P6 to import project and schedule related data.
Near-real time data synchronization.
Flexibility to synchronize between multiple P6 instances into single Prime instance.
Option to support both cloud and on premise deployment of P6 EPPM.