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It is Friday. Where do we finish now?

Illustrative water-main worksite and kiosk compound, used alongside the project progress records.

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1. Project brief

The reporting position

The original programme is the comparison point. You are using actual dates and remaining-work evidence to forecast the finish without rewriting that baseline.

Water main and independent kiosk · WMK-1

Project controls · WMK-1

It is Friday. Where do we finish now?

Use the same project records to separate completed work from the work still to come, then issue a supported forecast.

Water-main and kiosk project · BL-1

Supplied Scope teaching baseline, version 1. Scenario approval supplied for learning; independent technical review pending. Scope WMK-1. Independent kiosk package completion includes installation, connection, testing and acceptance.

Calendar: Monday to Friday, no holidays. Day 0 is Wed 14 Oct 2026 start; day 8 is Fri 23 Oct close. Durations use whole working days. Only finish-to-start, zero lag and zero-duration milestones are supported.

CA-WM maps all ten bay budgets to activity P. Excavation, final system testing and kiosk costs are outside this control account.

Show a short worked example

An activity started before Friday and needs two more working days. Record its actual start and two days of remaining work. The remaining work starts after the Friday cut-off, once unfinished predecessors allow it. Do not convert installed percentage into duration.

Terms for this task

An actual date records an event supported by evidence. Remaining duration is a forecast of the work and availability still needed after the cut-off.

On site

Compare the work with the records

Installed main

Installation is a physical status. Acceptance needs the inspection evidence required by the reporting rule.

Illustrative scene. Use the lesson figures and records for measurements.

Friday reporting cut-off

Boundary 8: Fri 23 Oct close. Select each activity and use its dated records. BL-1 remains the approved teaching comparison, even if your earlier logic proposal differs.

P · Install and accept ten pipe bays

Actual start boundary, if started

day

You can calculate here: use +, −, ×, ÷ and brackets.Actual finish boundary, if complete

day

You can calculate here: use +, −, ×, ÷ and brackets.Actuals evidenceRemaining duration

working days

You can calculate here: use +, −, ×, ÷ and brackets.Remaining-work recordRemaining work, resources and availabilityRemaining logic policy

Baseline handover: day 10 · Tue 27 Oct closeProvisional forecast: day 8Movement from baseline: -2 working daysNo previous accepted update.

Establish the progress register before issuing. Direct entry uses BL-1; no estimating lesson is required.

Issuing saves a learning output with its report and evidence links. It does not replace the baseline or approve construction work.

Thin grey: baseline · Solid blue: actual work · Hatched: remaining forecast. Day 0: Wed 14 Oct start.

Activity dates and values

Accessible activity table with early and late boundaries
Start	Finish	Actual / remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining
8	8	Not started · 0 days remaining

Draft forecast only. Resolve invalid or missing status before issuing an update.

Selected activity

Selected activity basis and records

Water main · Asset WM-01 · WBS 1.3

Ten bays, one installation crew; includes local bay inspection and rework allowance.

Saved project outputs

Baseline BL-1 remains unchanged. Saved versions below are retained; new work creates another version.

Structured-data CSV for review. It is not a native Primavera or Microsoft Project schedule.

Model limits and reference basis

One working calendar, finish-to-start zero lag. No automatic resource levelling, date constraints, progress override, baseline approval workflow or native scheduling-software export. Saved narrative is authored by you; validation checks evidence, model consistency and required fields, not the professional quality of every explanation.

GAO Schedule Assessment Guide · DOE earned value guidance · APM project controls. Methodological references, not accreditation.

Open spreadsheet for supporting calculations

Worksheet edits do not change the programme automatically. Review the production basis, then enter the affected duration explicitly.