scoobdog

And doing it poorly.

How's that cold? Kicking your ass hard?

NEVER EXPLAIN THE PUNCHLINE!

Why don't you know where your money is going?

Is that $900 a week?

Cool.

Were you also juggling chainsaws?

White

"Tubthumping?"

Chekov's gun.

Like from a security camera or something?

A real life murder mystery.

Huh. My mom mentioned that. I guess she was watching Arthur today.

Always wondered how one does that.

It's not a mistake until you "accidentally" look up Princess Peach plant vore.

And the fact that the price of Apple products that are already on the downswing bumping up....

That's Ok. We all know.

Nothing wrong with that. You gotta hold these guys to deadlines or they will find a way to put your project on the back burner while they finish someone else's project. What will help a lot is if you start having on-site meeting on a weekly basis and make them mandatory for the subs that are on-site or setting up to be on-site.

Not much. It's a little more user friendly, but it's still time consuming.

Is there a reason for such a tight timeline?

That's why Project exists. Do you insist on on-site meeting with your subs weekly?

Baby steps. You don't want to end up being stressed about things you can't control.

One other thing is that, in the process of becoming proficient in Project, I had to learn how to create "predecessors." Without getting too technical, the program uses links between line items to determine when a new task starts, and, in creating a schedule, I have to think of sequencing not in terms of dates but in terms of when a task starts in relation to its parent. Even if you're not programming a schedule like I am, thinking of tasks in terms of parent-to-offspring instead of as deadline-to-deadline is far more manageable.

Eh, it's all good. I'm just mentioning it because you were talking about how overwhelming the process was. Even with my Project schedules, which tend to be pretty detailed, subs rarely follow the schedule I send to them. Having the visual forces them to be at least somewhat honest, but, more importantly, the visual allows me to better look ahead to see potential adjustments if one trade goes long or doesn't start on time. Doing that makes the whole thing more manageable.