A progress report is an opinion
A percent complete in a monthly letter cannot be checked against anything. You need the plan it is measured against, in the same place.
For the owner’s representative
Schedule monitoring for owner’s representatives
An owner’s representative watches a schedule that someone else built. The questions are short: are the milestones holding, how many days behind the baseline is the end date, and can that answer be trusted. Fidrel gives the reader a view to read and comment on, and no way to move a bar.
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What a reader of someone else’s schedule needs
The end date moves without a trace
If the contractor edits the schedule and the old dates vanish, you learn the end date moved only when the next report says so.
The reason is in another tool
A late activity is usually waiting on an RFI or an open issue, and the schedule shows only that the bar is behind.
Can you trust what you see
Check four things. First, which baseline is selected: several can be saved, and the View menu picks the one in use. Second, when it was saved: the schedule history records that a baseline was saved. Third, how progress is judged: planned progress is a straight line across the working days and the percent done is entered by the team, so the badge is a prompt to ask, not a measurement from the field. Fourth, which schedules are shared with you: an Internal schedule is visible to project administrators only, so ask whether the one you see is the one used for the work.
Scheduling
What the role can and cannot change
Reading, filtering and commenting are open to anyone who can read the schedule, and a Read-only label shows when you cannot edit. Saving a baseline, moving a bar or entering progress is for project and organization administrators only, so an invited representative reads the schedule, which suits a role that monitors. A comment on an activity is visible to every reader of the schedule, not only to the person you mention.
A ten-minute read of the schedule
Step 1
Open the overview
The key figures show the start, end, Days remaining and progress, with the Actual progress beside Plan today and a badge: On schedule or On track, Ahead of plan or Behind plan, or Needs follow-up.
Step 2
Read the variance at the end date
With a baseline saved, the schedule’s end date carries a Variance in days: plus when it ends later than the baseline, minus when earlier. The Baseline comparison tile shows Baseline finish and Forecast finish side by side.
Step 3
Look at milestones and late work
Use the Milestones quick filter for the dates that matter to you, and Overdue for what has slipped. An activity that has moved from the baseline has a thin baseline line under its bar, and a slipped milestone gets a gray dot on its baseline day, so you see how far it moved.
Step 4
Ask on the activity
Write a comment on the activity and mention the responsible person with @. They are told in the bell, and your question stays with the activity for the next reader.
What Fidrel does not do for the owner side
Fidrel shows the variance and what blocks an activity, but it does not rule on delay, time extensions or who owns the float. The variance belongs to the schedule’s end date; for a single activity that has moved, the baseline line under its bar shows where it was planned. A saved baseline is not a contractual one, and Fidrel sends no e-mail about schedule comments, so check the bell and tell the contractor in the usual way.
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Frequently asked questions
Anything else on your mind? We are happy to help.
Talk to usYes, if a baseline was saved. The end date shows a variance in days against the baseline’s last end date, and the Baseline comparison tile shows both finish dates.
Not as an invited participant or guest: only project and organization administrators change a schedule. You read, filter and comment, and a Read-only label shows in the header.
Look for the marker on the activity: it appears when an open RFI or an open issue blocks it, and shows the title and the deadline.
At least one activity is overdue or blocked, one is past its deadline, or the end date is later than the baseline. It points you to what to open; it is not a verdict.
Yes. A comment on the activity can mention people who can read the schedule, and they see it in the bell.