Schedule Management and Integration
• Develop, maintain, and manage the Owner’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) encompassing all major project activities from planning through occupancy.
• Maintain the Executive / Program Schedule used for executive reporting, governance, and strategic decision-making.
• Maintain the Development Schedule used to manage design, procurement, approvals, permitting, utilities, sustainability, funding, move management, activation, and other owner-led activities.
• Integrate major milestones and critical activities from the General Contractor’s Construction Schedule into the Owner’s Integrated Master Schedule.
• Monitor alignment between the Program Schedule, Development Schedule, and Construction Schedule and identify schedule conflicts, risks, and recovery opportunities.
• Independently evaluate contractor schedule assumptions, logic, sequencing, milestone achievement, and recovery plans.
• Coordinate schedule information across WGU, consultants, contractors, public agencies, utility providers, and other project stakeholders.
Project Controls and Performance Management
• Establish and maintain project controls systems, processes, standards, and reporting protocols.
• Develop and monitor key project performance indicators and milestone tracking systems.
• Track progress against approved project objectives, schedules, budgets, and key milestones.
• Analyze project performance trends and provide recommendations for corrective actions.
• Support integrated reporting across schedule, cost, risk, procurement, and project delivery functions.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards and performance reporting tools.
• Lead development and maintenance of the project risk register.
• Identify schedule, delivery, procurement, commercial, operational, and execution risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops and coordination sessions with project stakeholders.
• Evaluate risk impacts and support development of mitigation strategies.
• Monitor risk trends and escalation triggers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support project-wide risk management efforts and governance processes.
Forecasting and Scenario Analysis
• Develop and maintain project forecasts related to schedule performance and major milestones.
• Perform schedule risk assessments and scenario analyses.
• Evaluate potential impacts of project changes, delays, approvals, procurement activities, and external factors.
• Support executive decision-making through forecasting and alternative scenario modeling.
• Provide independent assessments of project completion forecasts and milestone achievement.
• Prepare executive-level project controls reports, dashboards, and performance analyses.
• Present schedule, risk, forecasting, and performance recommendations to project leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain project controls governance procedures and reporting standards.
• Maintain project controls documentation, records, and reporting protocols.
• Support audits, governance reviews, and project reporting requirements.
• Provide independent recommendations regarding schedule approvals, milestone commitments, recovery plans, and major project decisions.
• Partner closely with the Development Manager to evaluate project alternatives, development strategies, and business decisions.
• Partner with the Design Lead to align design deliverables and project milestones with overall program objectives.
• Partner with Construction leadership to monitor schedule performance, milestone achievement, sequencing, and execution risks.
• Partner with the Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to align schedule, cost, risk, and forecasting information and support integrated project controls reporting.
• Partner with the Finance Manager on forecasting, cash flow planning, executive reporting, and financial governance.
• Partner with Development Accounting to support reporting, forecasting, and project performance analysis.
• Coordinate with Procurement to support procurement planning, long-lead item tracking, contracting activities, and delivery milestones.
• Serve as the Owner’s authority for the Executive / Program Schedule and Development Schedule.
• Validate and oversee, but do not own, the General Contractor’s detailed Construction Schedule.
• Ensure alignment and integration between Owner-controlled and contractor-controlled schedules.
• Establish schedule governance procedures, reporting standards, and schedule control processes.