Cost Indicators
Significant difference between the estimate of cost to complete and the budgeted cost for work remaining (BCWR).
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Formal Replanning vs. Reprogramming
Before I continue, it’s important to clarify the difference between replanning and reprogramming for the purposes of this article.
Replanning is simply rearranging the existing work while staying within the original CBB.
Reprogramming on the other hand, is much more involved whereby you are formally changing the project in such a way that the origi.
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Over Target Schedule
An over target schedule (OTS) often accompanies an over target baseline.
The OTS describes the revised schedule that has resulted in the time-phased activities and milestones being scheduled beyond contractual milestones.
Most commonly when you are performing an OTS it will also involve an increase in budget (OTB).
The OTS and OTB are never done in.
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Schedule Indicators
High level of concurrency in the remaining integrated schedule.
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When Do I Know I Need An Otb/Ots?
Assuming that your original baseline was created in a rational and logical way, then performance data generated during the project’s execution will be your first indicator of the need for an OTB/OTS.
Heaven forbid your EV metrics start to shift significantly away from your baseline: i.e. your Cost Performance Index (CPI) and/or your Schedule Perfor.
