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This decision support tool, the CSTT, helps in identifying opportunities for trade-off between cost and schedule. User-friendly, this Excel® spreadsheet assists in evaluating the degree of trade-off and identifies techniques to optimize cost and schedule. Ranks project drivers, quantifies the trade-off, ranks techniques by effectiveness, and lists applicable techniques by project phase.

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Addresses the fundamental need of addressing in real-time various leading indicators that could be early warning signs of trouble on a project. With the PHI software tool, 43 leading indicators can be evaluated and can complement current traditional measures. The tool begins where the CII Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) ends: after front-end planning. The tool identifies and quantifies the extent of each of the leading indicators so that a project's health can be assessed throughout project execution.

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Offers project managers a tool to assist in planning for radical reduction in project cycle time. Takes the reader through each phase of a project, from pre-project planning through start-up, and offers best practices and radical reduction techniques that can provide greater than 25 percent reduction in schedule, provided that the four key drivers are in place: a compelling business need, owner commitment, high performance team, and detailed project planning. Includes a “Playcard” that allows users to pick from 25 top radical reduction techniques by phase as they plan their own projects.

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A supplement to the Game Planner (IR193-2), the Playbook uses sports analogies to take the reader through planning for radical reduction in project cycle time. Similar to the Game Planner in that it takes a phase-by-phase approach. The Playbook covers many basic project management processes, but highlights specific techniques that apply to radically reducing project cycle time.

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Enables assessment of gaps in project controls skills and provides a procedure for designing the appropriate training program to fill those gaps. Provides matrices for determining employee skill levels, and prescribes needed training modules for advancement to higher levels.

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Reviews project controls practices. Presents tools and resources to help organizations assess their project controls and management systems (PCMS). Draws upon CII members’ project controls implementation performance to provide guidance for seven project controls functions and 13 broad trends in PCMS implementation.

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Project Controls and Management Systems (PCMS) includes the people, processes and tools for the planning and execution of all phases of capital projects. This research concluded that the principles of PCMS functions are still valid today, but can be improved by adapting them to the modern project environment.

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Choosing between cost and schedule options can occur many times throughout a project’s life cycle. This publication describes a decision support tool, the Cost Schedule Trade-Off Tool, which assists in selecting from 23 optimum techniques depending on the phase of a project. Includes case study summaries and introduces the Excel® based CSTT as means to prioritize techniques based on their effectiveness.

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Describes an alternative to traditional measures used to gain information on how a project is doing in real time. Defines what a leading indicator is and also defines five key project outcomes. The research ultimately produced 43 leading indicators and led to the development of the Project Health Indicator Tool, which is a software tool initially described in this research summary.

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Addresses the requirements and the barriers to reducing project life cycle time by 25 percent or more. Discusses both drivers and techniques that need to be in place to succeed when attempting to reduce cycle time. Also identifies the CII Best Practices that have proven to be the most frequently and successfully used in the research case studies.