Schedule Delay Analysis

Analyze Delays in a Fraction of the Time

Automate delay analysis and track days lost, gained, or changed – early enough to make smarter recovery decisions.

'Delay Analysis' summary chart with an 'End Date Variance' trend line increasing over time.

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What it Does

Time Is the Most Valuable Metric You Have

Every project update changes the schedule. SmartPM’s Automated Delay Analysis Engine breaks down the impact of each update by:

  • Progress Delay – what slipped on the critical path
  • Gains – what finished ahead of plan
  • Planned Impact – what changes were made to recover time

Within seconds, you’ll see how your end date moved and whether that shift came from the field, the plan, or both.

Summary cards showing '>30 Days CP Delay' with a count (25/85) and an increase indicator, plus an 'End Date Variance' breakdown listing In-Period Delay, In-Period Gains, and Planned Impacts.
Delay Analysis panel with tabs for 'Delay Analysis' and 'End Date Variance' and a bar chart labeled '5 Days ahead' showing Delays, Gains, and Planned Impacts.

Do the Smart Work. Let SmartPM Handle the Grunt Work.

No need to chase down logic changes or perform a schedule delay analysis manually. SmartPM automatically analyzes each file uploaded, compares the update, and tells you:

  • What activities drove delay
  • Where recovery happened
  • Whether your fixes actually landed

Built-In Delay Analysis Engine

Make Smarter Moves With Every Update

Two end date variance summary cards listing In-Period Delay, In-Period Gains, Planned Impacts, and End Date Variance, with a Gains/Delay bar visualization below.
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Period detail view with a 'Period 2' summary panel (data date, end date variance, cumulative delays/impacts), a 'Schedule Compression Index' KPI card, and a 'Critical Changes Made Last Period' table listing change items with old vs new values.
Schedule update table summarizing delays, gains, planned impacts, end date variance, and compression, with a period details drawer showing cumulative totals and key drivers.
Two end date variance summary cards listing In-Period Delay, In-Period Gains, Planned Impacts, and End Date Variance, with a Gains/Delay bar visualization below.
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“If your company wants to leverage data-driven, decision-making processes, and needs true insights into what’s really happening with the schedules on their projects, SmartPM is the product I would recommend.”

Denton Perreault (DesCor Builders)
Denton Perreault DesCor Builders
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“Incredible Schedule Analytics Tool. SmartPM is super easy to learn and very effective when trying to communicate what is going on in the schedule. It is so quick and easy to upload your schedules into the software and within minutes have all of the metrics at your fingertips.”

Brandon Howell (Layton)
Brandon Howell Layton
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“Some metrics we looked at in the past were lagging indicators. SmartPM provides leading indicators that give us time to adjust early and with more confidence.”

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“SmartPM did everything we needed it to do and more. It allows us to identify potential roadblocks in our schedule – and do it early enough to remediate the issues.”

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“Information to our owners is now 10X greater than before we had SmartPM. We uncovered a lot of risks that we did not know we had.

Shane Tresch (Bell Construction)
Shane Tresch Bell Construction
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“The dashboard is easy at a glance. You can see health, compression, and the real end date in a single view.”​​
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“The Windows Analysis is a game changer. What used to take me weeks or months on some projects now takes minutes or hours. I don't want to analyze any project without SmartPM anymore.”
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“SmartPM’s interface was superior versus the competition, with essential metrics and reports clearly displayed and easy to find.”
Rob McMurrich (J.H. Findorff)
Rob McMurrich J.H. Findorff
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“SmartPM is really helping us find and deal with the flaws in our baseline schedules and weekly updated schedules. It is saving us a lot of time by providing a cheat sheet on any issues with the schedule and points us right to the issue at hand instead of having to go dig for it.”
Brandon Schroer (DesCor Builders)
Brandon Schroer DesCor Builders
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“The integration between SmartPM and Procore is huge for us because we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We just add SmartPM into our current process to supplement it rather than change it.”