I spent a good deal of time this weekend working on a project plan. Yes, an MS-Project "project plan". As many of you know, by trade, I am a professional project manager-- albeit in another field than home renovation.
Basically I was trying to do some sort of work break-down to understand who does what. It looks like we will be meeting with the contractor any day now and I really wanted to understand the tasks at hand so that i could begin to understand what he would be estimating (meaing: what does it cost?).
For those not familiar; a project plan allows you to make resource assignments, task durations, sequencing (including determining the critical path), view the plan visually via gantt charts, and even include material costs. I haven't assigned any durations, and I haven't yet gone overboard -- or have I?
Can you imagine being the contractor who has to deal with some self professed efficiency expert on a project? Especially one who is planning home renovations, WELL outside his field of expertise? Occasionally, to humor myself, I simply remember "I know how this is done because of my vast construction experience growing up". Which would be true-- If I were building a barn in Florida. Then, I would be good to go. Sadly, I am renovating a frame house in Brooklyn.
If nothing else it is helping me understand the task at hand. I'm still deciding if I pull out the project plan when I meet the contractor. I would rather reel him in at this point than drive him away with my half baked notions of "what works best".
Toby,
Well it looks like I found your "blog"! If you can build a barn in Florida then everything else should be simple by comparison (good buddy!). Let me know if this is your blog!!!! Take care.
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