Insights on schedule risk and quality
Practical notes on planning, scheduling and risk for life sciences projects.
P50, P75 or P80: which date should a board commit to?
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Read the articleImproving schedule quality
Why so many schedules look good on paper but fail in execution, and four core principles for building schedules that are reliable enough to manage a project by.
Read the articleUsing Monte Carlo simulation to justify schedule contingency
A practical guide to quantitative schedule risk analysis: how Monte Carlo works, how to read P50 and P80 dates, and how to build a contingency case that survives a gate review.
Read the articlePlanning with uncertainty
How to build a robust schedule from the constraints that really govern a pharma capital project, and then use Monte Carlo simulation to embed uncertainty and drive better decisions.
Read the articleP50 or P75: which date should you announce?
What the two dates mean, why the gap between them matters, and how to choose a baseline your project can defend.
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