The Role of The Scheduler - Before, During and After

Why Should You Attend:

What is the role of a project scheduler? All too many project participants do not think this question through. Many project owners assume their schedulers are supposed to be critics of all contractor schedule submittals to ensure that such schedule submittals do not document any owner caused delay. Owner representatives (design professionals and construction managers) often assume that their schedulers should review schedule submittals from the perspective of the owner. Contractor project management teams frequently deal with schedulers in a similar manner as they deal with superintendents. That is, the think of project schedulers as being “in charge of” the scheduling activity. And, all too many schedulers think of the project scheduler as “their schedule”.

• Understand why project schedules fail
• Learn the role a schedule should play during a project’s planning phase
• Determine the role a scheduler should fill during schedule development; the scheduler’s involvement in schedule management and control; and, in the change management process
• Explore the role of the scheduler during the forensic scheduling project
• Be exposed to the non-technical skills a scheduler must master

Learning objectives:

• Have a better understanding of the roles a competent scheduler must fill and how
• Be exposed to the challenges a competent scheduler faces
• Learn the details a project scheduler must master
• Understand the non-technical skills a scheduler must employ to be effective

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What is a schedule and what is a scheduler?
• Whose schedule is it?
• Why do project schedules fail?
• The role of the scheduler in the project planning phase
• The role of the scheduler in
• Schedule planning and development
• Schedule management and control
• Schedule coordination and communication
• Schedule change management
• Schedule reports and deliverable
• Project closeout; and
• Forensic scheduling
• Non-technical skills for schedulers.

Who Will Benefit:

• Owners and owner representatives managing capital improvement projects.
• Contractor executives, project managers, project sponsors and project control personnel.
• Construction managers and design professionals performing services during construction.

James G. Zack, Jr, CCM, CFCC, FAACE, FRICS, FGPC, PMP
Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC

Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. The Forum strives to be the construction industry’s resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally. Expert Advisor for AlphaSights and Guidepoint Global Advisor. Formerly he was the Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™ and earlier, the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Mr. Zack was previously Vice President of PinnacleOne and the Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and earlier a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc. Mr. Zack has, for more than 48 years, worked for both contractors and owners in 36 States in the U.S. and 39 countries abroad. Mr. Zack is a Fellow of AACE, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Guild of Project Controls and, the Society of Construction Claims Specialists International. In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes. Mr. Zack is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC), an Expert Certified Construction Claims Specialist (ECCCS), an Expert Certified Construction Delay Analyst (ECCDA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).

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