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📖 A project schedule tells a story. A delay analysis proves it.

When things go sideways, “we were delayed” isn’t enough. You need to answer questions like:
- What actually drove the critical path?
- When did the delay occur - and why?
- Is it excusable / compensable / concurrent?
- What method will hold up under scrutiny?

Our Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis LIVE course is built for professionals who need defensible analysis rather than theory and buzzwords. You’ll work through real-world thinking, methods, and case-style application so you can speak the language of claims, entitlement, and impact with confidence.

If you want to stop guessing and start analyzing, register for the next cohort!

You won't want to miss this latest episode of Humans of Project Controls featuring Jessica Colbert, director at Allen Myers in Virginia.

With over 20 years of experience working in project controls, Jessica shares valuable insights from her expertise as a leader in the industry.

In this episode, Jessica discusses:
- The growth mentality and personal goals that drive her throughout the day
- Knowing when to say "no" and when to say "yes"
- The background behind achieving accolades
- Pushing against the idea that women have to constantly prove themselves
- Learning leadership and communication in long-term situations
- The danger of ignoring what could go wrong
- How construction is much more than a worker with a hard hat

Follow for more interviews with real project controls professionals. Listen to the stories behind the schedules.

Watch now: https://hubs.ly/Q04tLQLD0

Saying "Yes" Means Saying "No": Jessica Colbert on the Nuances of Recognition and Problem-Solving Welcome back to another exciting episode of Humans of Project Contr...

😡 Ever open P6 and think: “Who touched my layout?”

You’re not crazy! P6 layouts can disappear (or look “reset”) for a few simple reasons. Here’s the fastest recovery checklist:

1. View → Layout → Open
2. Look for your saved layout name (this is why naming matters)
3. Confirm you’re in the right database / environment (it happens more than people admit)

If you never saved it, you’ll need to rebuild it. That’s the lesson: if it matters, save it. If it REALLY matters, export it.

If you want more P6 fixes like this (baselines, calendars, % complete, filters, XER imports), our P6 Foundations course is built for real project schedulers.

Link in comments.

🎉 Winning bigger work is great! Until your schedule becomes the liability...

If your team can’t produce a defensible CPM schedule, keep it updated, and explain variance without hand-waving… you don’t just risk delays. You risk claims exposure, bad decisions, and a loss of trust with owners and partners.

Plan Academy helps project teams build scheduling capability that holds up when the project gets messy:
- CPM fundamentals your team can actually apply
- Primavera P6 skills that translate to cleaner updates + clearer reporting
- Project controls training that improves consistency across schedulers and PMs

If you’re responsible for delivery and you’re tired of “we’ll figure it out in the update,” book a quick demo. We’ll show you how teams use Plan Academy to train schedulers and standardize ex*****on.

🤔 One step to delay analysis is understanding your progress. How do you track progress?

Actual progress is comprised of three components:
Actual start date.
Actual finish date.
Reduction in remaining information.

A good practice is to create a "Progress Only" schedule. Open your schedule from the previous month, input these three components for the period you're analyzing. Then you'll discover the progress delay for that period.

There is much to discover when it comes to delays analysis. Plan Academy is excited to demystify the process by offering a 2-week online course starting September 14th. Learn about the intricacies of delays, claims and contemporaneous period analysis.

👉 Prepare for the future. Register for the Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis LIVE Course today!

🤯 How do you tame an out-of-control schedule?!

Decisiveness, efficiency and performance are influenced by an effective schedule. However, a myriad of issues can occur, whether it's delays, ballooning budgets, lack of training time, or an application of complicated software such as Primavera P6.

Plan Academy offers personalized guidance to fix your schedule, enhancing the performances and results at your company. Our consulting services are delivered by adept professionals eager to jump into your project and optimize your schedule. With over fifteen years of industry experience, scheduling experts at Plan Academy will improve your schedule quality, give actionable insights, increase efficiency and strengthen your team.

😎 Start optimizing your schedule, workflow and usage of Primavera P6 now!

👀 Do you need help with Primavera P6 baselines?

Baselines are significant in Primavera P6, as they preserve schedules throughout the planning process. However, the procedure can introduce daunting questions:

❓When should I create a baseline❓
You can create a baseline after finalizing and approving the schedule. Then the baseline can be used to compare current performance against the original plan.

❓How do I assign a baseline❓
There are four types of baselines: Project Baseline, Primary User Baseline, Secondary User Baseline, and Tertiary User Baseline. Go to Project -> Maintain Baselines. Create or copy the schedule as a baseline. Go to Project -> Assign Baselines. Assign the baseline under Project Baseline. You can only assign four at once.

❗️Preserve baseline history❗️
To keep your process clean and to prevent slow performance, you may overwrite outdated versions. Don't do this!! You will be unable to present or compare data. Export baselines as an XER file.

😎 Start mastering Primavera P6 today. Sign-Up for our Primavera P6 Foundations course.

🔎 The term "Contemporaneous Delay Analysis" is common when discussing delays in a project. But what does it mean?

It's the gaps between individual schedules you've created throughout the duration of a project. This provides a nuanced understanding to analyze delays within the period, distinguishing between progress and schedule revisions.

Eager to know more?

Plan Academy is offering an online 2-week forensic schedule delay analysis course. The course begins on September 14th, 2026, but you'll have access to the material for a year! You'll learn:

✅ Fundamental claims background and terminology
✅ Impacts as-planned and time impact analysis
✅ As-planned, as-built, and contemporaneous period analysis
✅ Schedule analysis taxonomy
✅ The three facets to every claim: EIC
✅ The different types of claims
✅ The different types of delays
✅ Assess your skills with case studies and presentations
✅ Get 8 PDUs and 0.8 CEUs

👉 Set yourself up for success. Register for the Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis LIVE Course today!

❓ What's the biggest challenge in construction scheduling? ❓

It's not limited time for schedule analysis.
It's not misalignment between field and office.
It's not poor data quality.

It's a lack of qualified staff.

Only 17% of staff feel they have the necessary project controls skills required to perform their functions successfully. We're here to change that.

Plan Academy offers a plethora of specialized self-paced courses, with lessons, quizzes and workshops to engage the learner. Our on-demand courses comprise of theory courses independent of software, foundational courses for standard training with a piece of software, and advanced courses for people who wish to advance their skills and careers.

👉 Build the foundation your projects depend on. Sharpen your team's skills with courses from Plan Academy.

With construction disputes at an all-time high and delay claims becoming increasingly complex, mastering advanced techniques like Half-Step Analysis isn't just beneficial - it's essential for protecting your projects and your career.
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The Reality Check: Most project controls professionals are using outdated methods that leave money on the table and create unnecessary legal vulnerabilities. Don't let that be you.
Bifurcated or half-step schedule updates sometimes have interesting results. Watch this segment from a previous Plan Academy webinar where Tyler discusses some nuances you might've missed in this delay analysis technique.

You can watch the webinar replay here: https://bit.ly/45Juk9g

What you'll learn in this Webinar
- Bifurcated or half-step schedule analysis method
- Techniques you might've missed while performing schedule analysis
- Effective implementation of the half-step analysis method
- and much more!

Learn the Half-Step method and more in our LIVE Forensic Delay Analysis Course - Register Now!
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Half-Step Delay Analysis: What You Might've Missed With construction disputes at an all-time high and delay claims bec...