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MS100 Framework - Modular Reporting

Introduction

● MS100 Reporting Framework is a new framework for schedule & cost reporting at Project,

Program, Portfolio, and Enterprises Levels.

● MS100 is modular in nature, and has been developed, tested, and implemented by

Stoneboy Inc. to standardize project reporting, especially schedule reporting.

● In this framework, up to 100 standardized data points (milestones) are used to capture,

and report the beginning or end of important steps in a project’s life cycle.

● Pre-defined, and standardized Milestones (Milestone activity description). The framework

fills a gap by providing standardized milestones in the absence of a structured or

uniform approach.

● The primary enablers of this framework are standardization of data, modular structure of

data, and replication of data / data grouping.

● In 2019, MS100 Buildings was rolled out for the wider project management community.

However, the framework has been tested, and used successfully on a large number

of projects since 2016.

Details

● A set of predefined and specialized reporting

milestones are embedded in distinct schedule

WBS headings called 'modules.' In this way,

all the WBS headings, sub-heading,

sub-sub-headings, etc. are connected in a

modular arrangement.

● Abbreviations used:

○ MSB - Begin Milestone (or Start Milestone)

○ MSF - Finish Milestone

● In MS100, the ID for milestones have been

standardized. For example:

○ MS1 (Project Start)

○ MS2 (Contract Award MSF)

○ MS14 (Design CD MSF)

○ MS17 (Building Permit MSF)

○ MS31 (Mobilization MSF)

○ MS40 (Construction MSB)

○ MS70 (Completion & Closeout MSB)

○ MS80 (TCO - Temp Certificate of Occupancy MSF)

○ MS85 (Substantial Performance MSF)

○ MS100 (Project Finish)

Advantages

● MS100 Framework oﬀers a set of up to 100 pre-deﬁned, standardized milestones for

reporting at Project, Program, Portion, and Enterprise Levels.

● With MS100, schedule reporting becomes simple, and painless.

● Use of MS100 on multiple projects (or all the projects) can help firms to standardize their

schedule reporting.

● Firms which use MS100 on multiple projects can have an apples-to-apples comparison of

progress for all such projects.

● With MS100, delay analysis / time impact analysis can be expedited, and can result in

substantial savings in time, and cost for the effort.

● With MS100, firms can upgrade their organization wide project management capabilities.

For example, MS100 can help firms in harnessing efficiencies of Program Management

almost instantly.

● MS100 is easy to understand, and does not require specialist skills.

● MS100 is easy to on-board on new, as well as existing projects. It is simple enough to be

used by the existing project personnel.

● MS100 data from multiple projects can be used for reporting solutions at Program,

Portfolio, and Enterprise Levels.

● MS100 can provide performance metric functionality, as well as universal key performance

indicators (KPIs) for Project, Program, Portfolio, Enterprise levels.

● The Framework oﬀers the functionality of a Universal KPI (Key Performance Indicator).