Execution plan

The main focus of the optimization process in PP/DS is the determination of production campaigns. On the basis of the results determined in SNP optimization, a detailed schedule which considers additional resources and products is created. This schedule is fully executable and there is no need for manual planner intervention, even though manual replanning and adjustments are fully supported within the PP/DS module. An executable plan can only be ensured by considering additional complex constraints in PP/DS optimization. These additional constraints include ... 

Methodical business and project execution planning is necessary. 

The results of this VIP are used by the project management team to update its project execution plan for each FEL phase. The class of facility quality VIP provides the best results when conducted prior to executing any other VIP eftbrt in the conceptual phase (FEL-1) of the project. 

Business Planning/Project Development Initial Involvement/PIan of Action Process Design Estimating Project Execution Plan/Master Project Schedule Engineer, Procure, Construct... 

Initial Plan of Action Execution Plan / Master Schedule Construction Management ... 

Estimates for large projects are normally prepared by staff estimators or a contractor. However, the Project Manager must be capable of at least spotchecking them and ascertaining that sufficient information is provided to prepare realistic execution plans. On small projects, the Project Manager is frequently required to prepare estimates and is expected to be capable of doing so. 

Project Execution Plan/Master Project Schedule... 

One of the most important project management activities is the preparation of realistic execution plans. Project execution plans can, and should, be prepared for any type of estimate conceptual, preliminary, and definitive. It is the Project Manager s responsibility to prepare them. A thorough execution plan must address ... 

Project Execution Plan (Chapter 9). This includes the contracting plan, the preliminary schedule, and the preliminary estimate. 

The Project Manager is specifically responsible for planning the overall project execution, ascertaining the validity of the input, and establishing realistic cost and schedule objectives. A complete execution plan cannot be finalized until a detailed scope and a good quality estimate have been developed. However, planning must start at project inception so that serious roadblocks can be identified and avoided early in the game. 

Compliance to and documentation of regulations increase the engineering hours required to execute the project and the Project Manager must ascertain that they are acknowledged and the impact on cost, and sometimes schedule, is included in the cost estimate and project execution plan. 

Chapter 4 emphasizes the importance of selecting the right project and the timely and realistic execution planning to insure that it is done right. ... 

The culmination of the risk analysis process is the Risk Management Plan (RMP). The RMP must be incorporated into the execution plan and contain provisions for ... 

A small project does not require such a formal approach. An experienced Project Manager would be fully familiar with all the conventional risks and pitfalls encountered in project execution and will avoid or mitigate them following the deliberate approach propounded in this book and basing the project execution plan on the guidelines included herein. 

PROJECT EXECUTION PLAN/ MASTER PROJECT SCHEDULE... 

General Preliminary Execution Plan Validity Check Project Specific Durations Questions/Decisions Master Project Schedule Firm Execution Plan Presentation Compressing the Schedule Project Coordination Procedure... 

Trying to execute a project without an execution plan and a master project schedule (MPS) is like trying to drive from here to there without a map or a elock. Eventually you will get nowhere, you will be late getting there, and you won t even know it. A project execution plan combined with the MPS provides a road map with criteria to judge where you are at any time and to know when you have arrived. It also provides the basis for the control system and is an excellent communication tool. 

The project execution plan is intimately related to the cost estimate each one depends on the other and neither can be totally complete without the other. For example, the total number of construction hours may be a determining factor in the contracting strategy, while the contracting strategy will affect productivity, which in turn impacts on the hours. Furthermore, both will influence schedules. Ideally,... 

The level of a project execution plan discussed in this book is basically a master bar chart schedule showing the required labor loading, indicating the contracting strategy and the expected rate of progress. 

Each project has different requirements and unique problems which dictate different approaches. However, all execution plans must basically address and convey the following information ... 

Conceptual and preliminary execution plans can certainly be covered in 20 or 22 activity lines and, therefore, can be documented on one page. Definitive (sometimes) and detailed (always) plans could require several dozen activity lines and several pages. However, for the benefit of management, they must be summarized on one page. The Project Manager must use ingenuity to come up with a meaningful summary. 

Project execution planning is one of the most important responsibilities of the Project Manager in both large and small projects. In the early stages of all... 

It must be noted that while a schedule is a stand-alone document, the execution plan could not exist without the master project schedule. 

All the factors listed below can affect project cost and/or schedule. Some will have a favorable impact, others a negative one. Some are controllable, while others are not. Since no two projects are alike, the effect will vary with the circumstances surrounding each one. Every factor must be considered and analyzed before finalizing the project execution plan. The Project Manager must "make things happen," make the most out of the favorable and controllable factors while striving... 

As mentioned before, the execution plan and master schedule go hand in hand with the cost estimate. Neither can be completed without the other. The project... 

A firm Execution Plan cannot be firmed up until ... 

However, the preparation of execution plans is a bootstrap operation, where a preliminary plan must first be developed to make the execution decisions, which in turn may impact the original data and determine the firm execution plan. The information required to prepare a preliminary project execution plan is essentially the same as that required for the initial plan of action discussed in Chapter 5, except that it is now based on more accurate data. Whereas the latter is based on conceptual data and educated guesses, the preliminary execution plan must reflect, at least, a Phase 0 design and a preliminary or conceptual cost estimate. 

The preliminary execution plan must then be analyzed to determine its compatibility with the realities of local weather conditions, plant production schedules, and other constraints specific to the project. 

Figure 9.2 Preliminary execution plan progress curve/field staff.

The revised preliminary execution plan promotes thinking and raises questions that must be answered in order to refine the plan and prepare an accurate appropriation cost estimate. 

The preliminaiy execution plan provides sufficient information to permit the project team to conduct a meaningful survey of available local construction contractors and establish a viable contracting plan. 

The master project schedule (MPS), like the appropriation estimate, is a standalone document that must be completed before a firm execution plan can be... 

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