An Introduction to the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling Conformance Index
Learn how the Conformance Index in PMI’s Practice Standard for Scheduling scores a schedule model, and how to assess each component in any scheduling tool.
Live Date
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Session Window
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Format
Live Virtual Conference
Member-exclusive resources & replay access included
Designed for PM leaders leveling up their org
Why project leaders are booking this
- • Actionable tactics to ship deliverables faster without scope slip
- • Live Q&A with a battle-tested practitioner
- • PDUs to keep credentials current while sharpening team leadership
What to Expect
PMI’s Practice Standard for Scheduling includes a method for measuring how well a schedule model conforms to the standard: the Conformance Index. This event is for schedulers who are familiar with more common schedule health models like the DCMA 14-Point Assessment, but who may not have been exposed to PMI’s approach.
This session explains how PMI frames a CPM schedule, from the scheduling method and tool to the schedule model, its instances and the presentations people see. It covers the components that make up a schedule model and how they are grouped: the core set every schedule needs, the resource, risk and earned value sets your project documents may require, and the optional and not-scored components. You’ll see how the score is calculated, why a schedule missing any required component can’t be scored at all, and why the lowest recordable score is 32.
The session closes with a simple four-question method for assessing any component in whatever tool you use, with worked examples in Microsoft Project and ProjectXL. It is the first in a monthly series that will take the Conformance Index one set at a time, and then compare PMI’s approach with other major schedule assessment guides.
You Will Walk Away With
- An understanding of how PMI’s Practice Standard for Scheduling frames a CPM schedule, from the method and tool to the schedule model, its instances and the presentations your stakeholders see
- A working map of the Conformance Index components, and how to use your contract and schedule management plan to tell which resource, risk and earned value sets apply to your project
- How the score is calculated, why one missing required component keeps a schedule off the scale entirely, and where the minimum recordable score of 32 comes from
- A four-question method for assessing any schedule component in Microsoft Project, ProjectXL or whatever tool you schedule in
Meet the Expert
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Eric Christoph
Live Q&A + practical frameworks you can deploy with your PMO immediately.
Earlier in his career Eric served as Corporate EVM Subject Matter Expert for L-3 Communications. In that role he implemented multiple EIA-748 Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and helped build baseline plans for over 100 projects and proposal efforts with a combined value over $400B. Eric also represented L-3 on the Board of the NDIA Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) which oversees the EIA-748 standard. Over the last fifteen years Eric has contributed to several key guidance documents related to EVM including the PMI Practice Standard for EVM, MIL-STD-881, and GAO-16-89G. Today, Eric is a Senior Partner at Transformative Management Solutions where we help project teams and organizations implement EVM and Agile project control solutions using Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
Skill Focus
Conformance Index
CPM scheduling
critical path method
DCMA 14-Point Assessment
Microsoft Project
PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling
PMI-SP
ProjectXL
schedule assessment
schedule health check
schedule management plan
schedule model
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