During the design stage, the project administrator provides evaluations of methods of contracting such as general contracting or multiple prime contracts. If multiple contracting suits the project and the client requirements, the contractor coordinates the contract packages for bidding. Changes to the work and the progress reporting are evaluated and monitored by the project administrator. IPMS personnel have experience as project administrator, including responsibilities for pre-construction review, change order estimates and control, progress monitoring and reporting, and analysis of cost and schedule impact resulting from changes to work. This includes working with the client to formulate the scope and anticipated sequence of work.
Planning is necessary to avoid the consequences of crisis and conflict management of projects.
Planning involves research, analysis, and communicating the results of planning. Planning increases motivation and successfully helps accomplish project goals. The WBS is used to associate activities in the plan and schedule with the scope definition. IPMS recommends the precedence diagramming method for preparing networks and computing schedules to identify the critical path. Scheduling is used to identify critical and near critical activities.