ILW Planning and Scheduling_2_Animation.pdf

Schedule Issues• Plan needed to fit into very tight constraints – this meantgoing out to Tender too early increasing Risk and/orcompromising Quality• Task names were ambiguous and therefore notuniversally understood• Work Package Managers did not issue formal ScheduleVariance reports although verbal reports were given• Very early Progress Meetings did not focus on progressagainst plan but rather on technical issues• Planning Meetings started rather late in the Project (afterc.3 months as the earlier time was spent compiling theschedule)• Suppliers plans were variable and, in some cases,difficult to integrate