S-Curve in Project Management

Business Acumen

Overview

If you are a project manager, you may have heard of S-Curve, which shows progress, cost, manhours, and quantity. As said “trend is your friend”, most Project Managers are interested in seeing S-curves in project reports. 

 S-Curve is a mathematical graph or illustration that properly illustrates the appropriate cumulative data for a project or task. This data can be the cost or man-hours plotted against time. Some of the most common uses for s-curves are measuring progress, evaluating performance, and making cash-flow forecasts. 

Why should a Project / Program / Portfolio Manager attend this event? How is your topic relevant to them? 

 Project managers often estimate the earliest, and latest, a task can start in the schedule while not affecting the overall duration. This indicates how much flex or ‘float’ there is in the schedule should things change during project execution. 

 As actual work is delivered, you can plot this against the banana curve. If the data points are close to the ‘latest date’ curve, it flags the risk of project delay and prompts the project team to take action

 

Learning Outcomes

S–Curve helps 

  1. to track the project status 
  2. to make predictions about project progress, performance, cost, resources and quantity 
  3. to prepare you for upcoming risks and opportunities 
  4. to compare baseline vs. current status 

 

Speakers

Sanjeev Parekh

Sanjeev Parekh
Director, Zero Float
Sanjeev Parekh is an accomplished project consultant, advisor, and manager known for successfully transforming projects, programs and portfolios by implementing people, processes and tools for end-to-end project delivery. He brings industry practitioner experience gained in the team of owner, EPC/EPCM, consulting, and contractor organisations for their projects, function, and department at the regional, national and global levels working with industry leaders like Bechtel, Jacobs, Ausenco, Downer, Thiess, GHD, UGL, Rio Tinto and Reliance. He works on integrating a wide spectrum of processes and practices from a variety of public and private industry sectors such as Mining and Metals, Oil and Gas, LNG, Chemical and Petrochemical, Coal, Power, and Defence. Linkedin Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjivparekh/

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Event:Lunch & Learn

PMI Talent TriangleBusiness Acumen

Event Date:11 July 2025

Event Time:12:30 to 13:30

Registration Close Date: 11 July 2025 at 13:30

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