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Kairos scheduling handbook

Construction Scheduling 101

Build the professional vocabulary and mental model needed to read, question, and explain a construction schedule.

Project managers, engineers, owners, field leaders, and professionals entering project controls · Foundation · 8-part curriculum

What you will practice

  • Read a CPM network and its dates
  • Explain float, calendars, constraints, and data date
  • Distinguish a baseline from an update
  • Recognize basic schedule-quality warning signs

Module 1

The plan as a network

Understand activities, WBS, logic, and the CPM calculation.

Module 2

Time and flexibility

Read calendars, constraints, float, and negative float.

Module 3

Control over time

Understand baselines, status cutoffs, and periodic updates.

Module 4

Trust the forecast

Apply a first-pass credibility and quality review.

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