Deadlines and dependencies between stages
When deadlines sit in different spreadsheets, it is hard to spot a clash of work or a delay early.
Stages and tasks are assigned to a specific project.
The schedule, tasks, documents and scope changes are linked to a specific project. The team can check the current plan without hunting through separate files.
PROBLEMSOLUTIONRESULT
When deadlines sit in different spreadsheets, it is hard to spot a clash of work or a delay early.
Stages and tasks are assigned to a specific project.Agreements scattered across emails and phone calls are hard to hand on.
Changes, documents and decision history stay with the project.A task without an owner easily ends up with no further action.
A task can have a deadline and a responsible person.Site managers, coordinators and senior managers need a shared picture of deadlines, scope and responsibility, from the office to the building site.
When the work plan, current tasks and documents live separately, the current state of the project has to be worked out afresh each time.
Example: you run several buildings, with different trades working on each in parallel. You record the project structure once and build on it as work progresses.
DATAWORKDECISION
Split a site into buildings or other objects. Assign to each the projects and the scope the work relates to.
Add milestones, tasks and dependencies. Name the people responsible so it's clear who is taking the next step.
Add documents, photos, diary entries and reports to the right project. A change doesn't get lost in correspondence.
Go back to the list of tasks, deadlines and open matters. At handover you have the work history and the documents assigned to the object.
The team sees work deadlines on a timeline. It is easier to see what can move forward and what first needs the previous stage to be finished.
ENQUIRYQUOTEPLANHANDOVER
You record the customer, the object and the scope to be discussed before work starts.
You prepare a quote and link it to the scope and planned resources.
The confirmed scope stays with the project. The team works from the same agreements.
The schedule, tasks and people form a clear plan for the office and the crew in the field.
You see the work done, the history of reports, the team's time and the costs incurred.
Add a real project, assign tasks and a team, then see what it is like to work from a single source of information.
Start with the work you are doing now.