Planning Intelligence : Transforming Your Schedule into a Strategic, Legal, and Financial Asset

Introduction

Most project schedules are treated as reporting tools. But in today’s high-stakes projects, the schedule isn’t just a timeline. It’s a contractual weapon, a forensic witness, a negotiation lever, and a financial compass.

At Alvid Consulting, we’ve built a methodology that pushes project controls into a new dimension. We call it Planning Intelligence.

It’s not just about scheduling — it’s about converting data into legal defensibility, strategic foresight, and claim-proof execution.

🔎 What Is Planning Intelligence ?

Planning Intelligence™ is the structured integration of 4 domains:

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📉 The Problem with Traditional Scheduling

Most baseline schedules suffer from:

  • Artificial constraints and open-ended logic,

  • Poor change tracking and undocumented rebaselining,

  • Misaligned milestones vs. contract deliverables,

  • Siloed planning vs. contract/commercial/legal teams.

➡️ The result? Claims are rejected, arbitrations are lost, and projects bleed cash.


 

🛠️ Planning Intelligence in Action: The Alvid Approach

Step 1: Baseline Audit & Contract Alignment

We don’t just check durations. We map each activity to:

  • Clauses (e.g. FIDIC 20.1, NEC 61.1),

  • Risk events,

  • Critical interfaces.

Step 2: Forensic Delay Analysis (Real-Time or Post-Mortem)

  • TIA (Time Impact Analysis)

  • Window Analysis (retrospective)

  • Collapsed As-Built (but-for logic) All tracked through Primavera P6 and structured to hold in arbitration.

Step 3: Strategic Claims Structuring

.We use schedule data to:

  • Justify EOT (Extension of Time),

  • Identify concurrent delays,

  • Isolate owner-caused impacts.

We combine schedule output with cost assessments and legal argumentation.

Step 4: Scenario Planning & Negotiation Readiness

  • “What if” recovery models

  • Acceleration vs mitigation logic

  • Support for dispute boards or DABs (Dispute Adjudication Boards)


 

Alvid Consulting deployed Planning Intelligence :

  • Reconstructed a forensically sound as-built baseline,

  • Identified 3 contractor-responsible delays vs. 5 employer-caused disruptions,

  • Produced a defensible TIA resulting in 2-month EOT approval and zero penalties.


 

🎯 Why Planning Intelligence™ Is a Game-Changer

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💼 Who Needs Planning Intelligence ?

  • EPC contractors with high exposure to EOT/LADs

  • Owners seeking forensic clarity during disputes

  • Law firms requiring technical backup for claims

  • PMOs managing mega-project complexity


 

📢 Conclusion: Your Schedule Is More Powerful Than You Think

“If your schedule can’t defend you in arbitration, it’s just a Gantt chart.”

With Planning Intelligence, your Primavera schedule becomes:

✔ A contract compliance tool

✔ A forensic proof framework

✔ A negotiation map

✔ A litigation shield


 

📧 Ready to transform your planning culture?

📨 contact@alvid-consulting.com or 🌐 www.alvid-consulting.com

🔍 Ask about our Discover Offer – Baseline Audit & Planning Intelligence Diagnostic

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