DCMA-14
Every DCMA-14 check, explained
The DCMA 14-point assessment scores a schedule’s structure. Each check below has its own page: what it measures, the threshold, exactly how Claims Digger calculates it, why it matters, and how to fix a failure. For the overview, read the complete assessment explained.
1.Logic (missing predecessors and successors)
Threshold: < 5%The share of incomplete tasks with no predecessor or no successor.
2.Leads (negative lag)
Threshold: 0Relationships that let the successor start before its predecessor logic would permit.
3.Lags (positive lag)
Threshold: 0Relationships that build a waiting period into the logic.
4.Relationship types
Threshold: FS 90% or more, SS + FF under 10%, SF = 0The mix of Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish relationships.
5.Hard constraints
Threshold: < 5%Incomplete tasks with a Mandatory Start or Mandatory Finish constraint.
6.High float
Threshold: < 5% (over 44 days)Tasks with more than 44 days of total float.
7.Negative float
Threshold: 0Any activity with total float below zero.
8.High duration
Threshold: < 5% (over 44 days)Incomplete tasks with an original duration over 44 days.
9.Invalid forecast dates
Threshold: 0Dates that don't line up with the schedule's own data date.
10.Missing resources
Threshold: < 5%Incomplete tasks with no resource assigned.
11.Missed tasks
Threshold: 0Activities whose baseline finish has passed but which haven't finished.
12.Critical path test
Threshold: ConnectedWhether the activities P6 marked as driving form one connected chain.
13.CPLI (Critical Path Length Index)
Threshold: 0.95 or higherHow much float the critical path has relative to its length.
14.BEI (Baseline Execution Index)
Threshold: 0.95 or higherHow much of the work planned to be done by now is actually done.