This is the methodological counterpart to Volume 3, which discusses how to design, develop,

maintain, and use a broad range of Project Time Management products and services. This book
teaches how the entire Project Team can greatly enhance their individual efforts through a
comprehensive and all-inclusive Project Time Management approach.
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Concept behind PAGUSYS

PAGUSYS Has Two Subjects of Focus
o About the Project Administration Component
o About the Project Guidance Component
PAGUSYS Introduces New Tools and Processes
o RAMP Manager
o RADAR Tracker
o SCOREKeeper
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Concept Behind PAGUSYS

Wihtin the Cognitive Project Management Series, this book is the counterpart text to Volume 5,
which provided the Technological perspective on Momentum Management. In this volume we
consider the Methodological aspects of Momentum Management. By methodological, we
refer to the practices, processes, procedures, and other human acts that give life to Momentum
Science.
A system is a combination of theory and practical application. Thus, a Project Time
Management System combines Technology and Methodology. Under Cognitive Project
Management, that system is called Project Administration and Guidance System, or PAGUSYS
for short. (Top of Page)

PAGUSYS Has Two Subjects of Focus

As the name suggests, PAGUSYS has two subjects of focus: Administration and Guidance.
These correlate with two of the four points on the Cognitive F.A.C.E. Diamond: Project
Administration and Project Execution.

About the Project Administration Component

The Project Administration component of PAGUSY encompasses all that is necessary to
empower and enable the Project Execution effort.

Surely, the traditional primary functional departments of the Contractor home office
come to mind: Procurement, Human Resources, Contracts, Engineering, Finance, and so
forth.
But also consider upper management, from where authority to manage is vested.

In support of Project Administration, PAGUSYS provides an array of new and powerful tools,
processes, practices, and the like, designed to integrate Project Administration and Project
Execution efforts in a way that has never been adequately addressed by Dominant Project
Management.

About the Project Guidance Component

This speaks to the very real and essential role of Project Execution, to guide the work
performance itself. To this end, PAGUSYS provides an assortment of processes, procedures,
practices, and the like that facilitate maximum Project Time Management during Project
Execution. (Top of Page)

PAGUSYS Introduces New Tools and Processes

PAGUSYS offers a whole set of new tools and processes designed to facilitate both Project
Administration and Project Execution. And let us not forget Project Coordination, the primary
role of the Project Manager and his office staff. Here are just some of these new tools and
processes.

RAMP Manager
The Resources Availability Management Program insures that Project Execution will have
whatever resources it requires to perform its work, in a timely manner, and without disrupting
project momentum.

RADAR Tracker
The Weekly Coordination Meeting is conducted around the RADAR Tracker, a printout given to
each meeting participant, which structures weekly actions so that critical administrative and
managerial actions are taken in a timely manner so as not to disrupt project momentum. The
RADAR Tracker, for instance, calls for Requests for Information (RFIs) to be submitted no less
than four weeks before the associated work is scheduled to take place. This is just one example.
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SCOREKeeper

The SCOREKeeper is a software application that runs on handheld devices (tablets, smart
phones) and allows the field to interact with a central database where key Project Time
Management information is stored.
As just one example, in part it replaces the paper Daily Report. While this is nothing new (as
such software already exists), what IS unique is that the activities scheduled to be performed
during the upcoming week are uploaded to the SCOREKeeper, and as the work is performed,
field progress is recorded daily (in real time). Consider just three benefits:

There is no need for the end-of-moth crunch to update the schedule and turn around
reports in a matter of days. This has been a problem for Schedulers for decades. With
only a few days to juggle thousands of pieces of data, there is rarely time for much
analysis of that data beyond the superficial. Compound this with several projects having
end-on-month reports due at the same time, and the problem is easily exacerbated.
Real time feedback compliments the deep well of vital information coming from the
Momentum Sciences, thus giving the Project Execution Team even more opportunity to
self-manage, thanks to credible and relevant real-time data. As one example, field
personnel can actually see their Performance Intensity on a daily basis (just like a
speedometer).
If Project Management enforces a policy that only work shown on the SCOREKeeper
will be paid for, then contractors will be more likely to perform the scheduled work in
sequence, and not ignore the schedule and perform work out of sequence. This is the
essence of Collaboration, Coordination, and Cooperation, and Communication. (Top of
Page)