Such tasks are placed in Workable Backlog. Tasks are allowed to maintain their scheduled starts only if the planner is confident they can be made ready in time. Scheduled tasks are made ready by screening for constraints, then by assigning make-ready actions to remove those constraints. The lookahead process generates early warning of problems so there is more time to resolve them. Weekly work plans are formed by selection of tasks from Workable Backlog.
Action is taken on root causes to prevent repetition.
The project definition phase will be managed by the project manager responsible to the client for the entire project, including both designing and building. The project manager may use traditional sources as inputs, such as architectural programming, but such inputs will be integrated with others, including post-occupancy evaluations. Costing and project duration estimating will be integrated with the production of the project definition, rather than being done after the definition is produced. When appropriate, a target cost will be established for the facility to be designed. Otherwise, the client will make a decision regarding cost within the definition process.