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Field notes on readiness tracking
Practical writing on CSU readiness, weighted rollups, and keeping a tracker the whole project can trust.
The guideCommissioning & Startup Readiness: A Practical Guide to Tracking Percent Complete
How CSU and operational-readiness programs actually track progress — the Milestone → Activity → Task breakdown, weighted rollups, status vs. percent, and the habits that keep a tracker honest.
Read the guide- August 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Weighted Percent Complete: Why Simple Averages Get Rollups Wrong
A worked example of weighted percent-complete rollups — and the quiet failure that makes unweighted trackers overstate readiness.
- August 11, 2026 · 5 min read
The CSU Readiness Checklist: From Construction to Commissioning Without Losing Data
A phase-gate checklist for the handoff from construction to commissioning and startup — and the data practices that keep readiness claims defensible.
- August 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Why Facility Handover Packages Still Live in Excel — and What Breaks When They Do
Excel isn't going anywhere on capital projects. The failure modes are specific and predictable — and so is the fix: round-trip, don't rip-and-replace.
- August 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Milestones, Activities, Tasks: A Work Breakdown That Matches How Facility Projects Run
Generic WBS tooling flattens facility work into 'tasks and subtasks'. Three levels with distinct meanings — and positional, display-only numbering — work better.