PRJ-2026-003At risk4ExecutionWaterfall

SCA Backup Data Centre

A Tier III backup data centre in Dammam that keeps Muqawil and the Authority’s systems running and recovers them after a disaster.

Project managerEng. Omar H. BawazirProject sponsorEng. Majed S. Al-RasheedProgrammeDigital Infrastructure & Security Programme

Early warning: ⁦63%⁩ chance of slipping within ⁦45⁩ days

Budget (BAC)

SAR 148M

Actual cost

SAR 117.1M

⁦79%⁩ of budget

Progress

⁦72%⁩Awaiting acceptance ⁦8%⁩

Estimate at completion

SAR 162.6M

SAR +14.6M

SPI · CPI

0.900.91

Forecast finish

⁦2027-01-07⁩

38 days behind baseline

ExecutionStage ⁦4⁩ of ⁦5⁩

Next gate:Closure13 October 2026

Pre-start · Complete
Initiation · Complete
Planning · Complete
Execution · Current stage
Closure · Not started

Schedule & Gantt

The plan with its planned, actual and forecast dates, baselines, links and critical path. The forecast is scheduled from the data date through the links and constraints.

Finish-date drift

⁦+40⁩ days vs approved

Baseline (original = approved)⁦2026-11-30⁩

Current forecast⁦2027-01-09⁩

By earned schedule⁦2027-09-03⁩

Critical activities: 5; of ⁦6⁩ open activities
Late activities: 4; past their baseline finish
Schedule performance: 0.73; earned ÷ planned value
Next milestone: in 41 days; Testing & acceptance complete

Layers

Compare with

ActivityOwnerForecast finishProgress

⁦2027-01-09⁩⁦72%⁩

⁦2025-10-18⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2025-08-04⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2025-10-18⁩⁦100%⁩

Project plan approved

⁦2026-03-17⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2026-01-01⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2026-03-17⁩⁦100%⁩

Designs approved

⁦2026-10-26⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2026-05-31⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2026-08-14⁩⁦100%⁩

⁦2026-10-26⁩⁦100%⁩

Build complete

⁦2026-12-08⁩⁦35%⁩

⁦2026-11-22⁩⁦70%⁩

+148

⁦2026-12-08⁩⁦0%⁩

+112

⁦2026-12-08⁩⁦0%⁩

Testing & acceptance complete

⁦2027-01-09⁩⁦0%⁩

⁦2026-12-24⁩⁦0%⁩

+76

⁦2027-01-09⁩⁦0%⁩

+40

⁦2027-01-09⁩⁦0%⁩

Final handover

Activities (forecast)
Baseline
Slip past baseline
Critical
Milestone
Phase / element
Today

⁦22⁩ rows shown · Data date ⁦2026-10-28⁩

AI schedule analysis

Computed from the current plan: ⁦6⁩ open activities, data date ⁦2026-10-28⁩

Critical-path risk⁦95%⁩ confidence

The critical path runs through ⁦4⁩ activities with no float

Every day lost on this chain is a day lost at launch. No other activity has three weeks of float or less.

Unrealistic durations⁦78%⁩ confidence

“System testing” needs a pace ⁦3.5⁩× faster than it has kept

It earned ⁦70%⁩ in 206 days; the forecast assumes the rest in 25 days. At the pace so far it finishes on ⁦2027-01-24⁩.

Slippage pattern⁦84%⁩ confidence

Milestones slip 98 days on average — and it is getting worse

Each milestone’s slip in days, in date order; the later ones slip more than the early ones.

106

173

112

G1G2G3G4G5

The critical chain

In date order, to final acceptance