Quality Overview

Available in: All plans
Last updated: 26-Feb-2026

Overview

The Quality tab is Kazinex's schedule governance engine. It runs your schedule through 34 automated checks based on the DCMA 14-Point Assessment, GAO Schedule Assessment Guide, and industry best practices. You get an overall health score, category breakdowns, and the ability to drill into every finding down to the affected activity level.

Think of it as a "code quality" tool for your schedule — like ESLint for project managers.

Why Quality Checks Matter

Poorly constructed schedules lead to:

• Inaccurate forecasts and earned value calculations
• Schedule delays that go undetected
• Audit failures (DCMA, GAO, client governance reviews)
• Loss of confidence from stakeholders and leadership

Kazinex quality checks catch these issues early, giving you time to fix them before they become project risks.

How It Works

1. Automatic Analysis

When you open the Quality tab, all 34 checks run automatically against the currently loaded schedule. No configuration is required — the system uses DCMA-standard thresholds by default.

2. Scoring

Each check produces a result: Pass, Warning, or Fail. Results are aggregated into:

• Category scores — One score per check category (Logic, Duration, Critical Path, etc.)
• Overall score — A single 0–100 number representing overall schedule health

3. Grading

Grade	Score Range	Meaning
Excellent	90–100	Schedule meets or exceeds all governance standards
Good	70–89	Minor issues present but schedule is generally sound
Fair	50–69	Several issues need attention before the schedule is reliable
Poor	30–49	Significant problems that undermine schedule integrity
Critical	0–29	Schedule is unreliable and requires major rework

Check Categories

Kazinex organizes checks into 9 categories, each with a default weight that contributes to the overall score:

Category	# Checks	Weight	What It Covers
Logic & Relationships	8	20%	Missing logic, high float, constraints, lags, leads, FS ratio, negative float
Durations	6	15%	High/zero duration, milestones, invalid dates, LOE, approval duration
Critical Path	2	15%	CP length ratio (CPLI), CP logic test (BEI)
Constraints	4	10%	Constraint percentage, dangling activities, open-ended, SF relationships
Resources	2	10%	Missing resources, resource loading coverage
Progress	2	10%	Invalid progress, out-of-sequence (OOS) progress
Best Practices	3	2.5%	Logic density, baseline integrity, milestone spacing
Regional	2	1.5%	Ramadan calendar, authority approval
Configuration	5	1%	Activity type, % complete type, duration type, constraint type validation

Category Weights

Weights determine how much each category influences the overall score. Logic & Relationships (20%) and Durations (15%) carry the most weight because they have the greatest impact on schedule reliability.

You can customize category weights and individual check thresholds in Quality Settings.

Check Severity Levels

Each check has a severity level indicating its impact:

Severity	Icon	Meaning
Critical	🔴	Schedule is broken in this area — immediate action required
Major	🟠	Significant issue that affects schedule reliability
Minor	🟡	Best practice recommendation — fix when possible
Info	🔵	Informational — good to know, no action required

The Quality Tab UI

Quality Hero

The top section shows:

• Large score number with grade
• Visual progress ring
• Quick summary of total checks passed vs failed

Score Card Grid

Below the hero, category score cards show each category's pass/fail ratio and category-level score.

Category Panels

Expandable accordion panels for each category. Each panel contains:

• Category title and score
• Individual check rows with name, severity, result, and affected count
• Click any check row to open the Check Detail Drawer

Check Detail Drawer

A slide-out panel showing all activities affected by a specific check:

• Activity ID and Name
• The field values that triggered the finding
• Sort and filter within the drawer
• Navigate back to the Activities tab to make corrections

Quality Presets

Kazinex ships with four system presets that adjust all thresholds at once:

Preset	Use Case	Key Differences
Standard (DCMA 14-Point)	General purpose, balanced	Default thresholds
Design & FEED	Early-stage design contracts	Relaxed logic (88%), higher float tolerance (60 days)
EPC / Design-Build	Execution-phase schedules	Tighter logic (98%), lower float (30 days)
Level 3 IMS	Integrated master schedules	Broader windows (high duration 45 days, float 60 days)

Select a preset in Quality Settings to apply all its thresholds at once, or customize individual checks.

Key DCMA 14-Point Checks

The DCMA 14-Point Assessment is the most widely recognized schedule quality framework. Here is how Kazinex maps to it:

DCMA #	Check	Default Threshold
#1	Missing Logic	≤5% of activities
#2	Hard Constraints	≤5% of activities
#3	High Float	≤5% above 44 workdays
#4	Lags	≤5% of relationships
#5	Leads	0 leads
#6	Negative Float	0 activities
#7	FS Relationships	≥90% FS
#8	High Duration	≤5% above threshold
#9	Invalid Dates	0 activities
#10	Invalid Progress	0 activities
#11	Out-of-Sequence	≤5% of activities
#12	CP Length Index	≥0.95 ratio
#13	CP Test (BEI)	Pass/Fail
#14	Missing Resources	≤5% of activities

Tips & Best Practices

• Run quality checks after every import to establish a baseline health score
• Focus on Critical and Major severities first — they have the most impact on score and schedule reliability
• Use the Check Detail Drawer to export the list of affected activities and share with your planner for corrections
• Compare quality scores over time by running checks on successive schedule updates
• Customize thresholds to match your organization's governance framework (DCMA, GAO, client-specific, etc.)
• Weightage configuration allows you to score by WBS or Activity Code for more granular reporting

Related Documentation

• Quality Score Calculation
• Quality Settings
• Logic Checks
• Duration Checks
• Critical Path Checks