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Gather the Live Schedule Facts
Collect the active dates, added-work details, calendars, lead times, approvals, and field constraints that control the analysis.
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Map the Schedule Ripple Effect
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Planning a Renovation
Map a scope change through the live project schedule and show where dates, dependencies, and decisions shift.
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Show the full schedule effect of added work before promising a revised completion date or presenting a change order.
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What you'll do
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Trace the Dependency Chain
Follow the added work from its first affected activity through trades, inspections, deliveries, closeout, and completion.
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Test Dates and Recovery Options
Compare completion outcomes and test practical ways to absorb or reduce the delay.
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Issue the Impact Brief
Turn the analysis into a concise record for the owner, design team, subcontractors, and project file.
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Map the Schedule Ripple Effect
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Your situation
Describe the project, current phase, original completion date, and work now in progress.
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Describe the added, changed, or discovered work, including location, quantities, and any requested deadline.
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Paste the active schedule, milestone list, or relevant activity dates, or upload the latest schedule file.
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List affected trades, inspections, approvals, deliveries, and predecessor or successor activities already identified.
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Select the current approval and execution status of the added work.
List work calendars, access limits, inspection notice periods, fixed milestones, crew limits, and other scheduling rules.
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What you'll do
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01
Gather the Live Schedule Facts
Collect the active dates, added-work details, calendars, lead times, approvals, and field constraints that control the analysis.
02
Trace the Dependency Chain
Follow the added work from its first affected activity through trades, inspections, deliveries, closeout, and completion.
03
Test Dates and Recovery Options
Compare completion outcomes and test practical ways to absorb or reduce the delay.
04
Issue the Impact Brief
Turn the analysis into a concise record for the owner, design team, subcontractors, and project file.
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Beginner instructions
Start with the current completion date, the added work, and the next three scheduled activities. If exact dates are missing, use estimated working-day ranges and label them clearly.
Advanced instructions
Check the critical path, available float, calendar rules, procurement lead times, inspection notice periods, crew availability, and concurrent delays before accepting any revised completion date.
Use this when
You need to explain how requested or discovered work could affect trade sequencing, inspections, deliveries, milestones, or final completion.
You'll need
- Project context
- Added work
- Current schedule
- Known dependencies
- Change status
- Schedule constraints
You'll get
- A complete dependency chain from added work to project completion
- Confirmed facts separated from schedule assumptions
- Working-day impacts tied to specific activities
- Best-case, most-likely, and worst-case outcomes where supported
- Recovery options with tradeoffs
- An owner-ready schedule impact brief
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- A complete dependency chain from added work to project completion
- Confirmed facts separated from schedule assumptions
- Working-day impacts tied to specific activities
- Best-case, most-likely, and worst-case outcomes where supported
- Recovery options with tradeoffs
- An owner-ready schedule impact brief
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