Controls Thinking
Essays on the craft of project controls: how to read a schedule, how to forecast honestly and how to report so that people act.


Schedule risk is visible long before it arrives
Projects rarely fail suddenly. They drift, quietly, in ways a well-read schedule shows months in advance.
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Forecasting the finish: why a range tells you more than a date
Single-date forecasts feel decisive. They are also the least informative answer a project can give.
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The monthly report, rewritten for the people who decide
Most project reports describe. The ones that matter answer: will we finish on time, on budget, and what do you need from me?
ReadThinking that changes the finish.
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