Assurance
Logic, constraints and float have to be explainable. A schedule that only the author can defend will be challenged.
GOVERNMENT
Planning and Scheduling for Government Programmes
Government programmes are judged on assurance as much as on the finish date. The schedule has to be explainable to people who did not build it.
Government
A public programme needs a schedule that can be assured
Public clients ask for baselines, integrated schedules and regular reports that internal audit, a delivery authority or a funder can follow. Jargon and a file that only one planner understands will not pass that test.
We prepare schedules against the client specification: WBS, coding, change control and narrative. Stage gates, consents and dependencies between projects in a programme are explicit. Where earned value is mandated, the cost and schedule structures are aligned before the first report, not patched afterwards.
The work covers public buildings, defence estates, transport and civic infrastructure. We support the client team or the delivery partner. We do not replace the governance those bodies already have.
On the programme
What has to be got right
Stage gates
Approvals are predecessors. Treating them as notes means the forecast ignores the way public money is released.
Programme interfaces
Several projects often share a date. Those interfaces need an owner and a milestone both sides report.
How we help
How EVM Solutions supports the team
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Specification compliance
Baselines and updates prepared to the scheduling standard the authority has published.
Plain reporting
Critical path, variance and risk written for a board that is not made up of planners.
Earned value where it is required
Cost and schedule structures set up so the performance report is calculated, not assembled by hand.
Also in this section
Other sectors
Construction
Buildings and campuses, where trade sequence, access and sectional completion decide the finish date.
Read the pageInfrastructure
Rail, road, water and utilities, where possessions, third parties and linear access drive the dates.
Read the pageData Centres
Shell, long-lead electrical plant, MEP and phased commissioning for halls that must energise on a promised date.
Read the pageEnergy & Utilities
Power, renewables, networks and utilities, planned around outages, commissioning and regulatory dates.
Read the pageOil & Gas
Brownfield shutdowns, long-lead equipment and commissioning on programmes where the asset stays live.
Read the pageIndustrial
Factories and process plants, where equipment installation and production ramp-up sit on the critical path.
Read the pageMarine
Ports, harbours and waterfront civils, planned around tide, weather and scarce marine plant.
Read the pageFAQ
Questions we are often asked
Can you work inside a public-sector scheduling standard?
Yes. We follow the WBS, coding, narrative and update rules the authority specifies.
Do you provide the governance as well as the schedule?
We provide the planning and controls products the governance uses. Decision rights stay with the client.
Is this only for UK public bodies?
The approach fits public programmes in the UK and elsewhere. The contract and the assurance regime of that client are what we follow.