Advanced Planning, Scheduling & APS worked example

Schedule Recovery Time Cost at 58% recoverable schedule share: a worked example

Suppose recoverable schedule share falls to 58%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate the cost of recovering lost schedule time from recovery hours, cost per hour, recoverable share, and restart overhead.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovery hours required: 36 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Cost per recovery hour: 115 $ / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Recoverable schedule share: 58 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 80)
  • Restart and coordination overhead: 900 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Recoverable catch-up cost = recovery hours required × cost per recovery hour × recoverable schedule share.
  • Schedule recovery cost works out to 3,301 $ recovery cost at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cost per recovery hour works out to 91.7 $ / hr at these inputs.
  • Recoverable catch-up cost works out to 2,401 $ recovery cost at these inputs.
  • Restart and coordination overhead works out to 900 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recoverable schedule share sits at 80% and the headline result is 4,212 $ recovery cost, this scenario comes in 21.62% below the baseline at 3,301 $ recovery cost.
  • It computes the total cost of recovering a slipped schedule, combining variable catch-up hours with fixed restart and coordination overhead. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Schedule recovery cost: 3,301 $ recovery cost (headline result)
  • Cost per recovery hour: 91.7 $ / hr
  • Recoverable catch-up cost: 2,401 $ recovery cost
  • Restart and coordination overhead: 900 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Schedule Recovery Time Cost calculator, set recoverable schedule share to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.