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The SLIDE Squad Concept

 

ICS SLIDE Schedulers work, side by side, with the client's own scheduling department. For the most part, the SLIDE Scheduler deals with the field personnel in development the schedule's overall design, infrastructure and logic ... and the scheduling department handles the automation and physical production of the schedule. What follows is a brief description of how a typical schedule is developed using the ICS SLIDE Squad.

 
Steps in Schedule Development Using an ICS SLIDE Scheduler

STEP
Project Team
Scheduling Manager
SLIDE Scheduler
Scheduling Department
DESCRIPTION
1
X
Receive Notice of New Project
2
X
X
Call ICS SLIDE Squad; SLIDE Scheduler arrives, typically within one week.
3
X
X
X
Scheduling Manager introduces SLIDE Scheduler to Project Team at jobsite.
4
X
Perform thorough project documentation review; preliminary schedule scope definition.
5
X
X
SLIDE Scheduler & Project Manager meet to discuss project, execution strategy, key issues.
6
X
SLIDE Scheduler designs schedule infrastructure; engineers schedule functional component design
7
X
X
SLIDE Scheduler chairs Logic Sessions with subs in the field; Project Manager attends.
8
X
X
SLIDE Scheduler and Scheduling Manager meet to discuss Schedule Infrastructure
9
X
X
 Schedule Infrastructure developed by Scheduling Department
10
X
X
X
 SLIDE Scheduler and Scheduling Manager meet to discuss Schedule Logic; Handoff to Scheduling Department
11
X
 Scheduling Department automates Schedule Logic
12
X
X
Scheduling Manager and SLIDE Scheduler review automated schedule for quality, satisfaction of performance criteria.
13
X
X
SLIDE Scheduler presents Schedule to Project Manager for pre-approval before submission as Baseline.
14
X
Project Manager provides comment and feedback. SLIDE Scheduler marks up Schedule for subsequent correction.
15
X
X
 Scheduling Department makes required changes to automated Schedule.
16
X
X
Scheduling Manager and SLIDE Scheduler review revised Schedule.
17
X
X
X
Scheduling Manager, SLIDE Scheduiler, and Project Manager review final schedule before submission as Baseline.
18
X
X
X
Scheduling Manager, SLIDE Scheduler present Schedule to Owner. Project Manager attends.
19
X
Owner reviews Schedule and returns "punchlist" to Project Manager.
20
X
X
 Scheduling Manager and Scheduiling Department makes corrections and resubmit.
 
Observations About Using an ICS SLIDE Scheduler
The ICS SLIDE Scheduler spares the Scheduling Manager the daily burden of working through the details of the Project Schedule's design, as conceived by the Project Team. The Scheduling Manager is free to focus on other responsibilities, entrusting schedule content development to the SLIDE Scheduler. However, mechanical or technical aspects of schedule development are handled by the in-house Scheduling Department, presumed to be staffed by junior-level and intermediate-level schedulers. Involvement of the Scheduling Manager at various times through the above process serves to ensure a smooth handoff toward the end of the process.

Obviously, the above 20-Step Scenario envisions a Scheduiling Department headed by a Scheduling Manager. In organizations where there are no in-house schedulers or scheduling managers, per se, the SLIDE Scheduler tends to assume an advisory or mentoring relationship with the Project Manager, who typically lacks the expertise in scheduling possessed by the SLIDE Scheduler.

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