IV-SCHEDULE — Scheduling and Critical Path Control
Manages work packages, dates, duration, dependencies and critical path calculation in its own system boundary, separate from IV-PROJECT's cost and progress-payment decisions. It shares only verified time, deviation and progress signal with IV-PROJECT.
Who Is It For?
IV-SCHEDULE is for project planners, site chiefs and technical offices who need scheduling depth that goes beyond IV-PROJECT's cost/progress-payment core. Teams already using IV-PROJECT license this separately to run critical path and dependency management on the same data model.
- Project planners and technical offices — Work package, duration, dependency and critical path calculation
- Site chiefs and field teams — Short-term lookahead and field progress feedback
- Project managers (alongside IV-PROJECT) — Carries verified time and deviation signal into the decision package
- Teams using XER files — Bring an existing schedule in through controlled import
IV-SCHEDULE Overview
Stage
Pilot
First Output
Critical path and deviation report
Data Sources
XER, manual, MSP XML
Price
Set together during pilot
Features
The evidence layer for critical path and dependency management
Critical Path (CPM) Engine
Calculates duration, dependency and float for work packages using critical path logic, flagging activities at risk of delay.
Dependency Management
Supports start-to-start, finish-to-finish, finish-to-start and start-to-finish (SS/FF/FS/SF) relationship types.
Baseline Tracking
Tracks deviation against the approved baseline. Multi-baseline version comparison is on the roadmap (Phase 2).
Resource Load Visibility
Shows activity-level resource load. Automated resource leveling is not yet in scope.
Field Progress / Lookahead
Feeds field progress signal back into the schedule and presents a short-term lookahead view.
XER Import
Imports schedule files in XER format. Binary .mpp support is handled as a separate technical phase.
Workflow
How a critical path check happens in IV-SCHEDULE
- Schedule Data Entry — Activity, WBS, date, duration and dependency data is entered manually or via XER import.
- Dependencies and Baseline — Relationship types are defined and the baseline is locked with authorized approval.
- Critical Path Calculation — The CPM engine calculates the critical path and float.
- Deviation Check — Deviation and delay signals are generated against the baseline.
- IV-PROJECT Signal — Verified time and progress signal is passed to IV-PROJECT; cost and progress-payment decisions stay there.
- Trace Record — Schedule changes and approvals are kept as an auditable record.
System Boundary
What IV-SCHEDULE is not
IV-SCHEDULE does not produce project cost, progress-payment or cash flow decisions — those stay within IV-PROJECT's boundary. It does not produce formal drawings, BIM or CAD output. Here too, ZIYA only provides suggestions and a second opinion; ZIYA does not set the critical path, the baseline, or an approval — that authority stays with the authorized user.
- Resource leveling and multi-baseline version comparison are currently on the roadmap (Phase 2).
- Binary .mpp import is not yet supported; XER and MSP XML imports are the supported schedule paths today.
- IV-SCHEDULE does not replace IV-PROJECT; the two work together as separately licensed systems.
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