Planning

DACE SIG Planning, established in early 2016, aims to further professionalise the field of planning within project management in the Netherlands and gain general recognition for planning as the backbone of effective project control. During the kick-off meeting, many aspects of a consistent and professional approach to planning were discussed. The role of the planner and the associated competencies were also discussed extensively.

SIG Planning has drawn up a shortlist of topics to be developed further as quickly as possible, with the aim of publishing the findings or presenting them during DACE networking meetings. The current shortlist includes:

• Maintaining control over contractors' schedules
• Integrated planning within organisations
• What exactly does the role of a planner involve?
• What is proactive planning?
• What is the planner's position within the organisation?
• Probabilistic scheduling

From this shortlist, the SIG enthusiastically began exploring two topics in greater depth: "What is the role of a planner?" and "Probabilistic Scheduling".

After approximately one year of effort by SIG members, we are now also developing a third topic: "Schedule Quality". During a DACE networking meeting, SIG Planning shared its insights into "Probabilistic Scheduling" with the participants.

The SIG aims to increase its visibility and publish more through NAP/DACE.

The composition of SIG Planning is as follows:

• Marcel Pieters (MP Planning)
• Sander Visser (ARAM)
• Edger Bosker (TATA Steel)
• Frenck Klaassen (DOW)
• Nishikant Choudhary (Fluor)
• Erik Groeneweg (EG Planning)
• Henk van der Heide  (Bilfinger)
• Joris Hoogerwerf  (Riskineering)
• Ed van der Tak (Ramus)
• Uit Kuhnel  (FrieslandCampina)
• Martijn Verwoerd (Boskalis)
• Rick Lüschen (Gyroscoop)