Beck Franklin has launched the Controls Lab, a set of seven free project controls tools that run in the browser. At the center is Schedule Studio, a working critical path method engine. The other six tools run on the same network, so a slip in one place shows up everywhere.
Why we built it
Most people who approve a schedule never watch one calculate. They see bars and a finish date and are asked to trust both. The Lab lets an owner or executive tie the logic, slip an activity by ten days and see exactly what happens to the finish. Once you have watched float disappear on screen, you read the next monthly update differently.
What is inside
- Schedule Studio. Build a network, set a data date, record progress and baseline it. Total float, the driving path and the finish date are calculated, not drawn.
- Schedule Health Check. The DCMA 14-point assessment on the Studio schedule: open ends, hard constraints, high float, negative float and more.
- Delay Impact Simulator. Slip an activity and see whether the delay stays confined or reaches the finish.
- Finish-Date Confidence. Thousands of Monte Carlo runs on the network, with P50, P80 and P90 dates.
- Earned Value Pulse, Cost of Delay and Recovery Options Tester. SPI and CPI in plain English, the price of one late day, and which recovery options actually buy time.
What stays private
Nothing you enter is uploaded. Imported files and typed numbers stay on your device. The sample schedules are illustrative networks, not client projects.
The goal is to give clients enough visibility to make the hard decisions while they still have options.
Emmanuel Ugbaja, Principal & CEO
Start with Schedule Studio or run the Schedule Health Check. If a result surprises you, send us the native file and we will tell you what is driving it.
