The words on this site, defined.
Each term as the site uses it, with its source where a fact backs it.
01 / Terms
14 terms: the programme first, then information management.
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DCMA 14-point assessment
14 checks on the health of a programme, from the Defense Contract Management Agency's schedule metrics. Most checks carry a threshold; a programme passes or fails each one.
Source: DCMA, EVMS Program Analysis Pamphlet, PAM 200.1 - 02
Data date
The date a programme update is measured at. Work before it is recorded as it happened; work after it is forecast.
Source: US Government Accountability Office, Schedule Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Project Schedules, GAO-16-89G (p. 122) - 03
Float
The time an activity can slip before it delays completion. Negative float means the programme is forecast to finish after its required date.
Source: Society of Construction Law, Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd edition (Appendix A, total float) - 04
FragnetSub-network
The few activities added to a programme to model one delay event, so its effect on completion can be shown.
Source: Society of Construction Law, Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd edition (Part B guidance, paragraph 4.3, p. 24) - 05
EOTExtension of time
More time to complete under the contract, asked for or granted against a delay event.
Source: Society of Construction Law, Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd edition (Appendix A, extension of time) - 06
DAABDispute avoidance and adjudication board
A standing board that helps the parties avoid disputes and decides the ones that arise. Abu Dhabi's revised government contract, the ADGCC, includes one on government capital projects.
Source: Abu Dhabi Media Office, ADPIC - 07
Primavera P6
Oracle's planning and scheduling software, common on large projects. An .xer file is a programme exported from it.
Source: Oracle, Primavera P6 Professional documentation, Importing and exporting: import/export file formats (doc set F25600_01) - 08
ISO 19650
The international standards for managing information about a built asset over its whole life, using building information modelling.
Source: ISO, ISO 19650-1:2018 Information management using building information modelling, Part 1: Concepts and principles, Edition 1 (abstract) - 09
BIMBuilding information modelling
A method of structuring information about a built asset so that software can process it.
Source: UK BIM Framework, Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part D: Developing information requirements, Edition 2 - 10
CDECommon data environment
The agreed place a project's information lives. Each file, or container, moves through 4 states: work in progress, shared, published, archive.
Source: UK BIM Framework, Guidance Part C - 11
OIROrganisational information requirements
What an organisation needs to know to meet its own objectives.
Source: UK BIM Framework, Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part D: Developing information requirements, Edition 2 (section 1.3.2) - 12
AIRAsset information requirements
The information the owner or operator needs to run and maintain an asset.
Source: UK BIM Framework, Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part D: Developing information requirements, Edition 2 (section 1.4.2.1) - 13
EIRExchange information requirements
What each appointed party must deliver at each exchange: which information, in what format and when.
Source: UK BIM Framework, Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part D: Developing information requirements, Edition 2 (section 1.5.1) - 14
BEPBIM execution plan
The delivery team's plan for how it will manage information on an appointment, in response to the exchange information requirements.
Source: UK BIM Alliance, CDBB and BSI, Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part 1: Concepts, 1st edition (Annex C.1), hosted by CDBB; later editions exist
Start here
Start with a health check.
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You send
a Primavera P6 export (.xer) and your notice, variation and extension of time registers.
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We run
the 14 DCMA checks, then notices, variations and extensions of time.
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You get back
the findings ranked, each with its fix.