Develop coding structures to meet project requirements

This standard is about developing coding structures to meet requirements.

You will need to be able to use and develop different types of breakdown and coding structures that are appropriate and sufficiently complex to meet the project requirements and are flexible enough to accommodate changes in scope and strategy. You will also understand when and how to apply standard structures that facilitate measurement when prescribed.

Who this standard is for
This standard is for project controls-related roles, including project controls engineers, estimators, planners, schedulers, cost controllers, risk analysts, risk managers and contract managers.

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1. identify the information required to develop coding structures
2. collate the data and information required to develop breakdown and coding structures, to:
   • underpin data flows
   • form a responsibility assignment matrix
   • support data analytics
   • monitor progress and performance accurately
3. prepare breakdown and coding structures that meet the project requirements, covering the whole scope of the project and including the appropriate level of complexity and flexibility
4. produce coding structures with the level of flexibility required to accommodate project scope and strategy changes
5. where applicable, maintain the required coding standards across the business to allow application of Norms and benchmarking
6. present breakdown and coding structures in an appropriate format and explain how they meet requirements or how they can be modified, or improved, to meet requirements
7. analyse breakdown and coding structures and recommend improvements when required
8. document and report on Learning from Experience regarding coding structures, throughout the project life cycle

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1. the importance, purpose and principles of coding structures for the successful measurement and control of projects, including creating and communicating performance
2. coding structures can inform Norms and benchmarking for future estimates and forecasts
3. the information and data required to develop breakdown and coding structures
4. the different types of breakdown and coding structures and the approaches for developing them to ensure full scope coverage and flexibility to accommodate changes
5. how to interpret, configure, and integrate coding structures
6. breakdown and coding structures and their uses for control, including:
   • the creation of data models to aid integrated and intelligent reporting and insights into project progress
   • code as a labelling and indexing device
   • control accounts
   • work packages, including advanced work packaging
   • tracking engineering activities
   • breakdown structures as a communication channel to stakeholders
   • interrogation of data
   • underpin the flow of data through the project systems
   • project governance
   • compliance with standards
   • to underpin the use and integration of new technology into project controls delivery, including Building Information Modelling (BIM), 4D & 5D modelling and AI
   • factors that influence coding structures
7. presentation formats and styles of coding structures
8. numbering and naming conventions for coding structures
9. types of standard structures and the contexts in which they apply
10. how to analyse and evaluate coding structures to ensure they provide accurate control including recommending how to improve them
11. how breakdown structures are used to capture Learning From Experience for use on future projects

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Additional information:

Types of breakdown and coding structures
Types of breakdown and coding structures may include:

• cost breakdown structure (CBS)
• work breakdown structure (WBS)
• organisational breakdown structure (OBS)
• asset breakdown structure (ABS)
• product breakdown structure (PBS)
• programme breakdown structure (PBS)
• risk breakdown structure (RBS)
• estimating breakdown structure (EBS)
• responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
• international cost management standard (ICMS)
• RACI communications and reporting matrix (Responsible/Accountable/Consulted/Informed)
• standard methods of measurement, including New Rules of Measurement (NRM), Rail Method of Measurement (RMM), Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM)
• custom coding structures developed for specific needs, for example, commissioning or interface with supplier
• standard regulator- and client-prescribed structures

Control of projects
Use of coding structures may be used to:

• interrogate data
• communicate with stakeholders
• apply project Governance
• comply with standards

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2029

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Current

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Original

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Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

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ECI PC30

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Contract Manager, Engineer, Estimator, Risk Manager, Project Engineer, Project Controls, Cost controller, Analyst, Planner, Scheduler, Risk analyst

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Breakdown structures; coding structures; client-prescribed structures, work breakdown structure; cost breakdown structure; organisational breakdown structure; product breakdown structure; asset breakdown structure; programme breakdown structure; risk breakdown structure; estimating breakdown structure; responsibility assignment matrix; RAM; RACI matrix; regulatory-prescribed structures, standard methods of measurement; New Rules of Measurement (NRM); Rail Method of Measurement (RMM); Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM; custom coding structures; scope changes; strategy changes; labelling; indexing; control accounts; work packages; advanced work packaging; data models; reporting; insights; aggregation; disaggregation; views’ presentation formats and styles; numbering and naming conventions; factors; interpret; develop; configure; integrate; Learning From Experience; data integration

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