A-BIO Introduces New Service Offering: Technical Scheduling and Project Controls
A-BIO’s Technical Scheduling and Project Controls Services aim to be the best-in-class provider of functional project schedules and project controls in the life sciences. Building schedules through the eyes of a technical project manager, A-BIO’s team constructs schedules fully integrated with the nuanced logic, failure modes, and constraints that are unique to the life sciences industry ensuring schedules are functional and accurate. Coupled with the development of custom reporting and planning tools, A-BIO builds on top of basic schedule functions as progress trackers, imparting utility as a proactive planning tool and execution guide.
Operating in the life sciences ecosystem brings unique complexities and dependencies, particularly with regulations and compliance requirements presenting a unique set of hurdles for project managers to navigate. This is to say, project managers operating in this environment need all the help they can get. Often project schedules are built, and referenced at a high level, and their greatest utility is acting as a progress repository or a rough finish line calculator for reporting to management. A scheduling tool has much more potential than that. With a keen understanding of the industry and expertise based in project management, A-BIO builds schedules that positively impact the execution of projects of all shapes and sizes.
Critical to schedule development is knowing where the failure modes reside in the tasks unique to the industry; progression through commissioning and qualification, document reviews and approvals, and execution within an operational facility, to name a few. Schedules with robust logic built around these items paired with appropriate tools allow for a project team to navigate the project landscape with a roadmap for execution, allowing the project team to tell the story of the schedule in a digestible format. While this function is great for reporting to management; the hidden secret of these tools is their ability to provide project managers with the means to proactively manage their scope. From documentation requirements and traceability to active task tracking/assignment, schedule risk assessment and summary scheduling, whatever the project team can imagine can be built. Custom tools allow fluidity for project managers to run their projects as they see fit knowing that one size does not fit all. While projects vary, one thing does remain constant, tools driven by the schedule itself ensure a “single source of truth” methodology, increasing alignment and efficiency, while reducing the risk of incorrect updates and misreporting.
Beyond the ability to proactively support projects through the development, maintenance, and reporting of a comprehensive technical schedule, A-BIO supports the full spectrum of project controls deliverables. With extensive project management expertise, A-BIO can effortlessly navigate the difficulties around budget and cashflow projections, management, and reporting.
The A-BIO technical scheduling and project controls team is ready to help guide project teams through the execution of their next projects in the life sciences environment. Whether that engagement is direct with owners in the management of their capital projects and maintenance shutdowns, or Design/Build or EPCMV firms requiring additional expertise in schedule development within the life sciences ecosystem, A-BIO is eager to assist.
About A-BIO
A-BIO has been serving the life sciences (GMP facilities and operations) sector since 2014, helping clients effectively define and meet their goals for capital project execution and operational readiness. We leverage decades of owner's-side experience to identify the right resources and expertise to support your needs. Whether as GMP owner's representatives or technical/operational consultants, our diverse and growing team will endeavor to exceed your expectations.
About Alex Geisler
Alex has nearly a decade of experience working with A-BIO. With meaningful engagements in management of small and large capital projects, Alex developed a keen interest in the ways that scheduling can positively impact a project’s execution. Alex’s base in project management has allowed him to develop robust schedules and tools to guide his clients through the most difficult projects.
