The SSI Project Integrity Audit tool is a collection of 14 separate audits that you can perform on selected tasks or all tasks in a schedule. Make a selection from the drop-down list named Select an Audit Condition to Check in the Project, Run the Selected Check and view a list of tasks that meet the condition the audit tests for. You can double-click on an item in the list to go to that task in the schedule or click Filter for Items Below to display all tasks meeting the audit condition in a project table.
Schedule Integrity Metrics Tools must be robust, scalable and adaptable to the needs of an organization. They also need to be current to the definition of “Best Practices” by various Government and Industry agencies. Best Practices descriptions and criteria are found in various documents and guidelines such as:
· The Planning & Scheduling Excellence Guide (PASEG)
· The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
· The GAO Schedule Assessment Guide
· Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Data Item Description
· Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) descriptions
· US Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point Schedule Assessment
Additionally, a project or company may have its own audit or quality “checklist” representing their own policy or methods for developing and maintaining good schedule integrity.
SSI’s Audit Builder allows a team to meet current, evolving and user specific auditing needs. User Defined Audits can be run one at a time or added to a batch of audits and reports.
When the Audit is complete, a list of tasks that meet the Audit condition (failed the Audit in most cases) appears here. If a project table is active and the task is visible, you can double-click an item in the list to go directly to that task.
Log Notes - select a task field to record audit notes. Later you can filter for tasks with notes in the selected field.
Exclude Flag - Select a flag field to use to identify tasks to exclude in audits. If you use this option, tasks with "Yes" in this flag field will be always be excluded from the evaluation.
