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Klargantt

Check the quality of a schedule

Drop the schedule: it is run through the 14 points of the DCMA assessment, plus three checks belonging to Klargantt. Each point gives its number, its threshold, and the tasks concerned.

Drop a schedule file

Microsoft Project XML, Primavera P6 XER, GanttProject .gan, CSV or .xlsx table, .mpp recognised. Or

When to use it

A schedule arrives from a contractor or a subcontractor, and someone has to say whether it holds before signing it off.

Or you are producing the schedule, and you want it checked before you send it.

Or a contract requires a schedule review, and what is needed is a reasoned report, not an impression.

What this page does

  • Missing links, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish links, positive and negative lags, hard constraints.
  • Float above 44 days, negative float, durations above 44 working days.
  • Unresourced tasks, late tasks, the baseline execution index, the critical path length test.
  • Three further checks: declared calendars, the presence of start and finish milestones, and the legibility of the chart.
  • Four verdicts per point: met, exceeded, to be stated, not applicable. The report never concludes "compliant".

What it does not do: A report is not an opinion. Klargantt gives the number, the threshold and the tasks; it does not say whether the schedule is acceptable, and it does not replace the judgement of whoever signs. The thresholds are those published in the DCMA assessment; your contract may impose others.

What is read

  • Microsoft Project XML, Primavera P6 XER, GanttProject .gan, a CSV or .xlsx table.

No file is uploaded: the schedule is read by your browser, in this tab, and the page is not allowed to open a connection to any other site.

Frequently asked questions

What is the DCMA 14-point assessment?
A grid for assessing schedule quality, published by the US Defense Contract Management Agency and adopted in many contracts. It measures the structure of the schedule, not its subject matter. The guide, point by point.
Does the report say whether my schedule is compliant?
No, deliberately. It says "met" or "exceeded" point by point, with the number and the threshold. The conclusion belongs to whoever reads it.
What does "to be stated" mean?
That the point cannot be settled with what the file contains. An assumption is written as an assumption, and a check that lacks what it needs says so instead of concluding.

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