Control project progress against agreed programmes

URN: COSVR737
Business Sectors (Suites): Construction Site Management
Developed by: CITB
Approved: 2020

Overview

"This standard is about controlling progress processes and procedures, making improvements as a result of monitoring and feedback from others in accordance with current organisational requirements which are equal to or exceed current statutory and legislative requirements.
This standard is for people working in the occupational area of construction site management which is defined as the management of multiple construction trades and disciplines and can be used by supervisors and managers"


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

"P1      implement and monitor at least four of the following systems
          to record the progress of the project against the agreed
          programme(s)
          1.1     visual inspection(s)
          1.2     resource records
          1.3     site inspection reports
          1.4     contractor’s report
          1.5     written, graphical and electronic records of the actual
                    work against the programmed work
          1.6     site meetings
          1.7     organisational procedures
          1.8     management reports
          1.9     benchmarks
          1.10   comparison with project requirements
P2      collect and record progress information regularly and
          summarise it for stakeholders
P3      identify and record inadequate or inappropriate resources,
          recommend alternative resources and pass the information to
          stakeholders
P4      identify, quantify and record any identified or predicted
          deviations from planned progress which have or may occur
P5      identify and record the circumstances of any deviations and
          identify corrective actions
P6      recommend options to stakeholders that allow the
          programme to be maintained
P7      inform stakeholders about changes to the operational
          programme
P8      suggest, implement and record the decisions and actions that
          need to be taken to maintain progress
P9      identify and record improvements to the programme from
          feedback received and inform stakeholders"


Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

"​​​Performance Criteria 1
Develop, monitor and implement systems
K1        how to develop, monitor and implement the following
            systems and record the progress of the project against
            agreed programme(s)
            K1.1     visual inspection
            K1.2     resources records
            K1.3     site inspection reports
            K1.4     contractor’s reports
            K1.5     written, graphical and electronic records of actual
                        work against programmed work
            K1.6     site meetings
            K1.7     organisational procedures
            K1.8     management reports
            K1.9     benchmarks
            K1.10   comparison with project requirements
K2        why it is important to develop systems to monitor and
            record the progress of the project against the following
            K2.1     programmes
            K2.2     network analysis
            K2.3     critical path
            K2.4     line balance
            K2.5     action lists
            K2.6     resource schedules
            K2.7     project expenditure forecasts
Performance Criteria 2
Collect information
K3       how to collect progress information
K4       how to accurately summarise progress information for
           stakeholders
Performance Criteria 3
Identify inadequate or inappropriate resources
K5       how to identify inadequate and inappropriate resources
K6       how to inform stakeholders about inadequate and
           inappropriate resources
K7       how to recommend alternative resources to stakeholders
Performance Criteria 4
Identify and quantify deviations
K8       how to identify the causes of deviations from planned
           progress which have occurred, and which may occur
K9       how to identify and quantify deviations from the planned
           progress which may disrupt the programme
K10     why it is important to identify and quantify deviations from
           planned progress
Performance Criteria 5
Investigate deviations
K11     how to investigate the circumstances of deviations from
           planned progress
K12     how to agree corrective action for deviations from planned
           progress with stakeholders
K13     how to implement agreed corrective action for deviations to
           K13.1     maintain progress in accordance with agreed
                          programme
           K13.2     agree a revised programme
           K13.3     secure additional resources
           K13.4     alter planned work schedules
K14     why it is important to agree corrective action(s)

Performance Criteria 6
Recommend options
K15     how to recommend options to stakeholders that will
           minimise delays to the programme
K16     how to recommend options that will help the project
           progress
K17      why it is important to make recommendations that will
            minimise increases in cost and time and help the project
            progress
Performance Criteria 7
Inform stakeholders
K18       how and when to inform stakeholders about changes to
             operational programme(s) and demands on resources
K19       why it is important to keep stakeholders informed about
             changes to operational programme(s) and demands on
             resources
Performance Criteria 8
Maintain progress
K20       how to recommend decisions and actions that need to be
             taken to maintain progress
K21       why it is important to make recommendations to maintain
             progress
Performance Criteria 9
Identify improvements from feedback
K22       how to identify improvements in progress from feedback
             received
K23       how to recommend improvements in progress to
             stakeholders
K24       why it is important to recommend improvements in
             progress to stakeholders"


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Version Number

2

Indicative Review Date

2025

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

CITB

Original URN

VR737

Relevant Occupations

Production Managers and Directors in Construction

SOC Code

1122

Keywords

Programmes; Progress; Project