TABLE OF CONTENTS Normally a project is statused once a week, bi-weekly, or monthly. Very short projects could be statused daily or even by the shift or hour. As a guide, a project would typically be statused between 12 and 20 times in its lifetime. A high risk project should be statused more often than a low risk project. Progress is recorded on or just after the Data Date and the scheduler updates the schedule upon the receipt of the information.
The following information is typically recorded for each activity when statusing a project:
The activity start date and time if required,
The number of days/hours the activity has remaining or the date and time the activity is expected to finish,
The percentage complete, and
If complete, the activity finish date and time.
A printout of the schedule may be used for recording the progress of the current schedule is often produced prior to updating the project. Ideally progress should be recorded by a physical inspection of the work or by a person who intimately knows the work, although that is not always possible. It is good practice to keep this marked-up record for your own reference. Ensure that you note the Data Date of the mark-up and, if relevant, the time.
Often a Statusing Report or mark-up sheet, such as the following illustration which has a 4-week look ahead filter applied, is distributed to the people responsible for marking up the project progress. The marked-up...
