Timeline diagram is core to planning

Good progress on the Gorinchem-Waardenburg dike reinforcement project hinges on adequate planning. Quite a job given the complexity of the project. Who does what, where and when? Primaned's project management consultants have the clean task of making this transparent.

Anyone who is (regularly) involved in a project knows that planning is essential. As soon as anything in the entire chain goes differently than planned or expected, it can have major consequences. Project management is the magic word. And that is exactly what Primaned is good at. As a consulting firm, they specialize in project management, the tooling around it and training in it.

Detailed plans

"We have two roles in the project," says Paul Vogels, managing director Primaned. "We are lead planner, which means we are responsible for setting up the planning management and deliverables both internally and to the Flood Protection Program and the Graaf Reinaldalliantie. The other role is that we employ an Integral Detail Planning Planner who is responsible for creating integral detail planning. Partly by translating information into Primavera (planning software) and partly by supporting eight monodisciplinary planners in setting up detail planning."

Timeline diagram

Solutions deployed by Primaned include providing the software, preparing the project schedule including probabilistic planning (risk-based) and baseline document, what-if scenarios, an integral detailed schedule, a monthly progress report and the time path diagram. "A time path diagram is the core piece of the overall planning. It lists all the work on the route and makes it clear who does what and when. Suppose something happens during the project, the project management consultant calculates the impact, draws up what-if scenarios and comes up with possible solutions. The great advantage of the time path diagram is that it creates support and provides insight into the process of dike reinforcement. Moreover, it provides the opportunity to look ahead and anticipate possible scenarios."