C3 Insight™

The C3 Insight™ System has been developed specifically to help project teams to deliver their projects more predictably—specifically, more predictably on time and within budget. There are many ways in which one might address this problem. We take a systematic approach, guided by six key principles:

• The most important items of information necessary to predict the future of any project are:
• the total work scope
• the output completed to date
• the current rate of production.
Basic arithmetic says that the accuracy of any forecast based on these variables will be directly proportional to the accuracy with which the variables can be measured; hence the second principle. 
• This information must collected directly from measurement and observation at the production level of the project.
• The use of subjective individual judgement and of assessments developed at higher levels in the project should be avoided.
• The data must be gathered and analysed frequently—if possible continuously—to ensure that corrective actions can be initiated early enough to forestall emerging production problems.
• The data should be processed and aggregated mathematically, again avoiding subjective judgement.
• It should be presented in the clearest possible form, both to demonstrate the key trends and to support management analysis and decision making.

The Insight™ system provides powerful support for management decision making, for running 'what if' scenarios and, in the event of setbacks, for corrective actions to be tested and implemented early, easily and cheaply; avoiding sudden crises and the need for crash recovery programs.

The system works directly with data gathered through measurement and calculation carried out at the production level of the project. The need for human judgement at this level is greatly reduced. The result is reliable and consistent management level analysis and forecasting of a quality never before possible in project management.