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CII Best Practices Implementation Benchmarking

CII’s Best Practice Implementation Benchmarking Program provides a clear, evidence-based way for member organizations to answer key questions, including: What is the benefit of using CII Best Practices? How does my project’s cost and schedule growth compare to similar projects in the CII database?

This page provides a high-level overview of how the program works. Detailed training and step-by-step data submission guidance are available upon request.

Improve cost and schedule predictability

You receive: A project level benchmarking report comparing your cost and schedule growth to peer projects, deliver ~1 week after submission.

Identify practice gaps and their impact on outcomes

You receive: Practice implementation scores for projects and/or corporate programs, and direct links to CII tools and publications to close gaps.

Establish a baseline and track year over year improvement

You receive: A company level dashboard summarizing portfolio trends, and organization wide practice scores.

Make data driven decisions with interactive analytics

You receive: Access to the CII Data Warehouse (Data Miner) - a dynamic way to use filters and select different metrics to obtain benchmarks.

Benefit of best practice adoption

You receive: Evidence based insights and benchmarks that quantify the value of using CII Best Practices.

Benchmarking facility costs for eligible types of projects

You receive: Facility cost comparisons by $/GSF against similar pojects in the CII database (select projects/sectors).

Data You’ll Provide

CII’s Best Practice Implementation Program collects two primary types of data:

  1. Cost & Schedule Data (Quantitative)
    • Baseline estimates: original budget and planned schedule
    • Actuals: final cost and completion schedule (total TIC for owners and, for contractors, reflecting their scope of work)
    • Project characteristics: size, type, location, delivery method, etc.
  2. Best Practice Implementation Data (Qualitative) 
    • Responses that measure how CII Best Practices were implemented in a project OR as per a corporate program.

Who Should Participate

  • Ideal participants:
    • Project Managers leading capital projects
    • Project Controls professionals with access to cost and schedule data
    • PMO Managers familiar with project and corporate-level execution and practices
    • Continuous improvement teams building baselines and tracking progress
  • Project eligibility:
    • Projects at any stage can be entered. Project reports are available once actual cost and schedule are entered at completion.
    • Both owner and contractor organizations can submit reflecting their scope of work.

How It Works

  1. Access Training & Resources
  2. Collect Your Data in Coordination with:
    • Project controls (cost and schedule)
    • Project managers (practice implementation assessment)
    • Internal data sources and project files
    • Typical time:
      • Data collection: 3–5 hours (longer for first-time participants)
      • Validation & submission: ~1 hour
  3. Submit Your Data via Email (included in the Data Collection Toolkit)
  4. Receive Reports & Access the Data Warehouse
    • View validated data in the Data Warehouse within days, along with the project key report
      • Additional registration is required for all members to access the Data Warehouse
      • Contact us at [email protected] to request access or with any other questions you may have
    • Receive your project-level report in about one week (for submission connection to research-projects)
    • Access your company dashboard for an overview of all your submissions

Other Resources

Benchmarking Associates Guide

Publish Date:
Jan 01, 2023
Publication:
IR-BMM-2 v2
Benchmarking Associates Guide

CII Value of Best Practices Report

Publish Date:
Jul 01, 2011
Publication:
BMM2010-4
Benchmarking & Metrics Value Of Best Practices
Access The Data Warehouse Here