Performance System
The performance system makes workload, production, backlog, cost, and quality visible so leaders can act before issues become client problems.
Foundational Reporting
The Playbook’s reporting discipline is simple: every level of the organization should be able to explain the workload, production, and backlog story without guessing.
Question 1
Workload
What work is assigned to me or my team?
Question 2
Production
What has been completed this week, month, and year-to-date?
Question 3
Backlog
What work remains and when will it be done?
Project Management Discipline
Ensure work is clearly defined and aligned to client objectives.
Prioritize, sequence, establish due dates, and manage delivery commitments.
Estimate, track, and report cost performance against expectations.
Non-negotiable PM rule
Do not accept work without establishing an engineering due date.
Measures engineering effort required per completed point.
Measures cost efficiency by unit of completed work.
Measures cost efficiency for mileage-based work.
Shows the effective rate across mixed resources in the model.
Measures weekly design production throughput.
Measures construction man-hour production or downstream construction throughput.
Compares actual engineering effort against the estimate used for planning and performance.
Tracks work remaining and helps answer how soon remaining work will complete.
Measures how often deliverables are accepted without avoidable rework.
Weekly Operating Cadence
Executive Takeaway
The purpose of reporting is to help leaders see the truth earlier: what work exists, what has been completed, what is left, what is at risk, and where action is required.
