Choosing a Delay Methodology with the principle to establish the effect (incidence and extend of delay) at first and then move to the cause of that delay.
What does the Contract requires?
Which approach is appropriate, correct and sustainable?
Does a lack of information preclude the use on any of the approaches?
Do time/cost constraints eliminate certain options?
Which approach should be selected?
Prospective critical path positions (no progress that will happen)
Contemporaneous critical path (work progress, changes in strategy)
Retrospective critical path (view from the end with the known delays)
Productivity- and cost-based Methods of analysis
Impacted As-planned, time impact, snapshot / time slice window, As-planned v As-build window, longest path, collapsed As-build, and earned value analysis.
PS 15_Remark: Time impact analysis is still a first choice of contemporary analysis, but not in retro perspective analysis where the effects of the delay are known. It appears this is a more pragmatic approach to identify the causes and the Extension of Time that a Contractor should have been granted at the time an Employer‘s Risk event occurred. Hence the time- and value-related Costs can be ascertained as well.
PS 16_Robust Risk Management for proper decisions to achieve the business objectives to apply the Strength-Weakness-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT)-Analysis with the external or internal causes: identify, assess and prioritize the causes (defined in ISO 31000) as the effect of uncertainty on objectives followed by “application of resources” to (i) minimize the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events to ascertain the composite strength factor and to (ii) maximize the realization of opportunities. Risk management’s objective is to assure uncertainty does not deflect the endeavor from the business goals. And last not at least, address the means of remedies / mitigations through actions to avoid, reduce, share or retain the threats.
Professional Experiences abroad / overseas (serval fragile, post-war states) > 15 years
Europe: German (citizen), Austria, Georgia / Caucasus, Romania
Africa-East: Kenya, South-Sudan, Uganda
Africa – South: Rep of South Africa (RSA), Malawi & Tanzania,
Afria – West: Liberia, Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone;
Africa – North: Libya
Near/Middle East: Saudi-Arabia (KSA), Yemen, Iraq / Kurdistan, Jordan
Asia: Afghanistan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines.