Every construction litigator knows the moment. A project finished months late, the claim is worth millions, and the whole case turns on a deceptively simple question: which delays actually drove the late completion? Not which activities slipped. Not what changed between schedule updates. Which delays were…
Read the postBack in November we introduced some changes to the criteria manager, and Beth from our engineering team created a video explaining the improvements. Check it out:
Read the postIn 2018, we began working on technology to automate a methodology for calculating the impact of schedule delays. We based it on MIP 3.4 from the AACEI Recommended Practice 29R-03, Forensic Schedule Analysis. Its official name is Observational / Dynamic / Contemporaneous Split, known more commonly…
Read the postI asked ChatGPT to explain what one of our products (Steelray Delay Analyzer) does, and I was blown away by its response. It was correct on all but one point: it doesn’t yet support Microsoft Project. I was conversing with it about forensic delay analysis, and…
Read the postAt the beginning of each workday, I take about five minutes and consider what I want to accomplish that day. Each Monday, I take extra time to consider the week ahead and what I intend to get done by Friday. And, of course, the first workday…
Read the postWe’ve had a few new version releases of Delay Analyzer. Version 0.16 was big enough that we did a “what’s new” video for that release: We also made a video showing how you can use Delay Analyzer to quickly solve mysteries around how and why the…
Read the postAfter such a long hiatus from in-person conferences, we are excited to be presenting and exhibiting at the 5th Annual International Conference, Scheduling and All That Jazz!, April 10 – 13, 2022. Brian Leach will be presenting on the challenges faced, obstacles encountered, and some of the…
Read the postMy company has been in R&D mode for several years now, and one area of focus has been to try to reinvent and improve the Gantt Chart. Gantt charts use the Y-axis to display the WBS and the X-axis to show the timeline. The data date…
Read the postYesterday (February 9, 2022), we released a new software product: Steelray Analyzer for P6. In a nutshell, Analyzer for P6 (AP6) is a streamlined schedule quality and performance analysis tool that is designed from scratch to work with Primavera P6 XER files. You use it to…
Read the postI had just finished running a quick test on a new Analyzer release. We had released a new version recently, and during the installation, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen (part of Windows) did not love our new installer. It warned you that the setup program wasn’t to be…
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