Schedule Narrative Template

The schedule narrative template provided below is an example of how the schedule narrative can be formatted and the type of information that may be requested. Note that different companies, consultants, and facilities project managers may format or require the format of the narrative differently or require that contractors provide specific line items of information. It is important from a legal perspective that the narrative clearly states whether the project is ahead, behind or on schedule so that there is no misunderstanding or room for the client or contractor to say that the document misrepresented the status of the project by not clearly documenting its status.

Schedule Narrative/Executive Summary

Project Name: ___________________________

Client Name: ____________________________

Date: ___________________________________

Update period from ______________________ to __________________________.

Update Number ______________

Month's Overview

Major work that has been started, continued from last month, and/or completed since the last update:

Number of workdays and activities impacted by bad weather since the last update period:

(Review appendix A for details regarding dates and weather cause.)

Schedule impacts and causes

Description of schedule impacts encountered during the current update period:

Activities affected by the delays and delays that are now known but have not yet been started (cause for these delays and impacts to milestones and finish date.) If applicable, review schedule D for details.

Project Schedule Highlights

Impacts of deletions, delays and change orders to contract:

List major changes made to the project schedule, including added/deleted activities (scope), changes in schedule logic, including sequencing, successor and predecessors, and changes to the schedule calendars:

Milestone Impacts	Name	Planned Date	Updated Date	Variance in Work Days Negative is behind Positive is ahead	Variance in Calendar Days Negative is behind Positive is ahead
Milestone 1
Milestone 2
Milestone 3
Milestone 4
Milestone 5
Milestone 6	Substantial Completion
Milestone 7	Final Project Completion

Other Progress Issues and Concerns:

Documents and Attachments based on above project overview

The following documents are attached if applicable as appendix:

Appendix A: Weather delay related details

Appendix B: Printout of schedule and/or digital file as required by contract

Appendix C: A printout of the updated schedule in tracking view compared with the baseline

Appendix D: A baseline high-level schedule (major milestones and summary tasks)

Appendix E: Documents that support the time impact on the schedule

Appendix F: A recovery schedule as required by contract

USE Microsoft Project Photo for reference

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