Hello All,
I've been a project engineer for several years on the mechanical end of oil/gas and HVAC projects. Consequently I've been exposed to Project Management basics such as MTO, cost estimating, deliverables, milestones, Gantt charts, dependencies, CPM etc. The scheduler is already overloaded with projects (so I'm falling into this additional scheduling role so I hope my practical engineering experience will be helpful. Whiile my exposure to scheduling has been valuable, has also been informal. I am cognizant that there is a HUGE body of knowledge that I am unfamiliar with and I have the utmost respect for you scheduling professionals that make projects happen. I'm looking forward to learning :-) With that being said, here are some questions with regards to an oil/gas project:
1. Deliver a Area 6 week Schedule and Site 2 week Execution Schedule. My research shows that this may be related to the detail Level (1 to 5) you are dealing with but I'm not sure. Is a ""Area 6 week schedule and Site 2 week Execution schedule" a common time frame in project scheduling or project specific? I'm assuming the latter.
2. Execution schedules for CAP activities? My research indicates CAP refers to Control Account Plan and deals with activities to be performed as it pertains to the project budget and schedule.
3. Resource Leveling? It seems this would refer to optimizing resources (personnel, equipment) to perform the project activities/tasks.
I apologize for the long post. Thank you for any information or confirmation!
Regards,
Iz