Richard PalczynskiHead of Programme Controls, Crossrail

JourneyEarned ValueOur

About me

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Civil Engineer, ICE, APM and Guild of Programme Controls Fellow

Design, Construction, Commercial Management, Project Management, Six

Sigma, Programme Management, Programme Controls

Big rugby fan, love skiing and triathlon

DELIVERY CORPORATE

CLIENT DELIVERY

Fylde CoastJubilee Line Extension

CTRL (HS1)West Coast Mainline

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Programme OverviewCrossrail Route

Programme OverviewProgramme Statistics

Crossrail’s Earned Value journey

• How we procured EV

• How we implemented EV

• How EV has performed and the issues we’ve had

• How we’ve evolved EV

• What the future of EV looks like for Crossrail

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Turner & Townsend in InfrastructureHow we procured EV

What did we buy?

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Turner & Townsend in InfrastructureHow we implemented EV

Implementing EV

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1. Set clear expectations via the Works

Information

2. Published clear processes and templates,

and reinforced this with guidance and

training

3. Embedded tools and systems

4. Undertaken progressive assurance

Physical % complete (QURR)

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Period cycle

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Threading EV through our Board Report

CURRENT ISSUES

DELIVERY EARNED VALUE

CONTRACT EARNED VALUE

CONTRACT PERFORMANCE

CONTRUCTION PROGRESS

AFCDCDELIVERY PERFORMANCE

BUDGET PERFORMANCE

Summary Are we within funding? Are we on-time? Appendix

CONTRACT ONE PAGER

Threading EV through our Board Report

Turner & Townsend in Infrastructure

Summary

How EV has performed and the issues we’ve had

5 years on…

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Why is there a difference? I can’t trust this

information?

We need to re-baselineWe can’t agree with the

contractor a new baseline

We’ve got to settle aged disputes first

2009 201320112010 2012 201620152014

PRISM G2 goes LIVE. New approach to

CONTINGENCY launched

Earned Schedule launched

Tunnelling completes.

Tunnelling contracts are

awarded

Issues with EV

• Labour intensive

• Not accurate enough

• Entrenched commercial positions have meant that teams have had

to caveat all their EV data with a ‘what if’ analysis

• Constant challenge

• Lack of understanding as to what it is saying

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Using EV to compare performance

Earned Value displayed comparatively (CCB, SPI, CPI, iEAC)

Accuracy and Extrapolation Benefit

Accuracy and Extrapolation Benefit

Accuracy and Extrapolation Benefit

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How we’ve evolved EV

Evolving EV; Understanding schedule

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Period

BCWS (Baseline)

ACWP(Actual Cost)

BCWP(Earned Value)

Earned SchActual TimeSPI(t) = = 6/7 = 0.85

SV(t) = ES – AT = 6 – 7 = (1) Period delay

Earned Schedule (ES) Actual Time (AT)

BCWPBCWSSPI = = 50/65 = 0.77

SV = BCWP – BCWS = (£15k)

Substantive EV• Based on PM assessment of

TRUE position

• Allowed the ‘what if’

analysis to gain some

credibility

• Provided interim assurance

to Programme Directorate

• Brought visibility to period-

on-period movements

Today…

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EVSUB has done its job

EVA and ES mirror on-the-ground activity

We don’t get hung up on EV.

We continue to use EV as a guide

2015 2016 2017…

ES and EVSUB launched

Re-baselined

EV causing real doubts

We’re retiring EV at 85% complete *

* On a case by case basis

Turner & Townsend in InfrastructureWhat the future of EV looks like for Crossrail

The future of EV

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Sources of information

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…MOVING LONDON FORWARD