Planning Intelligence: turning your planning into a strategic, legal and financial lever

Introduction

Most project schedules are used as simple reporting tools. But in today's high-stakes projects, the schedule is no longer just a timeline. It is a Armament contract, und forensic witness, und bargaining chip and one Financial compass.

At ALVID Consulting, we have developed a methodology that takes project controls to a new dimension: we call it Planning Intelligence.

It's not just about planning — but about transforming data into Legal defensibility, in strategic anticipation and in Mastered execution, claim-proof.

What is Planning Intelligence?

The Planning Intelligence™ corresponds to the structured integration of 4 key dimensions :

Scheduling
Contractual
Juridique (legal / claims)
Financier (cost & impact)

The problem with traditional scheduling

Most reference schedules have major weaknesses:

Artificial constraints and incomplete logic
Poor traceability of changes and undocumented rebasing
Misalignment between planning milestones and contractual deliverables
Work in silos between planning, contractual, commercial and legal

Result: Claims rejected, arbitrations lost, and financial drift of projects

Planning Intelligence in Action: The ALVID Approach

Stage 1: Baseline Audit & Contractual Alignment

We don't just check durations. Each activity is linked to:

Contractual clauses (e.g. FIDIC 20.1, NEC 61.1)
Risk Events
Critical interfaces

Step 2: Forensic analysis of delays (real-time or post-mortem)

Time Impact Analysis
Window Analysis (retrospective analysis)
Collapsed As-Built but-for logic

All managed under Primavera P6 and structured to be defensible in arbitration

Step 3: Strategic structuring of claims

We use planning data for:

Justify the EOT (Extension of Time)
Identify the concomitant delays
Isolate customer-attributable impacts

Combining planning, costs, and legal arguments

Step 4: Simulation and negotiation preparation

“What-if” recovery models”
Arbitrage acceleration versus mitigation
Support Dispute Resolution Boards / Dispute Adjudication Boards

Real case – ALVID Deployment

ALVID Consulting has enabled us to:

Reconstitute a robust and defensible as-built baseline
Identifier 3 delays attributable to the contractor versus 5 charges to the client
Produce a defensible TIA leading to:
- 2+ months of EOT approved
- No penalty applied

Pourquoi Planning Intelligence™ change la donne

Transforming the planning process into a strategic decision-making tool
Complete alignment between planning, contract, and claims
Transition from passive to proactive and defensible piloting

Who needs Planning Intelligence?

EPC contractors exposed to EOTs / LADs
Clients in dispute situations
Law firms requiring solid technical support
PMO managing complex or multi-stakeholder projects

Conclusion: Your planning is more powerful than you think

«If your schedule can't defend you in arbitration, it's just a Gantt chart.»

With the Planning Intelligence, your Primavera schedule becomes:

A contractual compliance tool
✔ A forensic evidence framework
A bargaining chip
A shield in litigation

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