Walter Lipke
The creator of the Earned Schedule technique
International Speaker, Publish Author
United States
About
Walt Lipke retired from federal service with over 35 years of experience in the development, maintenance, and management of software for automated testing of avionics. As a manager, a career highlight was his organization’s winning of the Software Engineering Institute / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers award for Software Process Achievement.
Mr. Lipke is a graduate of the USA DoD course for Program Managers. He is a professional engineer with a master’s degree in physics, and is a member of the physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma. Lipke achieved distinguished academic honors with the selection to Phi Kappa Phi.
He is the creator of Earned Schedule (ES). Mr. Lipke has published over ninety articles on the method, as well as two books, Earned Schedule and Earned Schedule Plus. Additionally, he has presented research on ES and its schedule performance analysis methods at several conferences in the United States, and internationally.
For his contribution to project control, the practice of EVM, and the creation of ES, Mr. Lipke has received several awards:
- 2007 Project Management Institute Metrics Specific Interest Group Scholar Award
- 2007 Project Management Institute Eric Jenett Award for Project Management Excellence
- 2013 Earned Value Management Europe Award
- 2014 College of Performance Management Driessnack Distinguished Service Award
In 2017, the Australian Project Governance and Control Symposium honored Mr. Lipke by establishing the annual Walt Lipke Project Governance and Control Excellence Award. The award is made for excellence in research, expanding knowledge of the management and governance of projects, programs, and portfolios in Australasia.
To learn more about Walter Lipke, check his website at www.earnedschedule.com, or check his interview, and connect with him via LinkedIn.
Title & Abstract
Earned Schedule: Project Duration Increase from Rework
The introduction of Earned Schedule (ES), as an extension of Earned Value Management, led to the discovery of schedule adherence (SA) metrics.
With SA, you can observe how closely the project execution follows the planned schedule, by monitoring the Schedule Adherence Index (SAI). SA provides methods for identifying tasks that may have performance restricted by impediments or process constraints, and other tasks that may experience rework in the future. As well, calculation methods have been created, utilizing SAI, for determining the rework generated from performing tasks out of their planned sequence.
Rework obviously impacts project cost, but it must, also, increase project duration.
Join this session to further explore the application of the Schedule Adherence Index (SAI) in assessing the cost and schedule impact of rework.
Presentation Category:
- Cost and Schedule Control
Competency Level: Advanced