Foray 285 · Project delivery tools

Testing an open-source PDA platform

Can a ready-made analytics service improve project decisions enough to justify preparing and connecting the data?

Project facts passing through an analytical tool and an independent comparison

Essai 1 · Winter Fleet · 7 November 2026

Which extra jobs can the fleet take?

Apply the real PDA tools to three boats, qualified crews, 48 existing commitments and seven new offers. Compare the returned answers with a transparent reference calculation.

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The continuing enquiry

Ends, ways and means

A reusable programme for testing accuracy, project meaning, missing evidence, correction, repeat use and practical benefit.

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What does PDA do?

PDA Platform provides software tools that an AI assistant can call to keep project records and perform analyses. The MCP connection gives the assistant access to those tools; their usefulness depends on their calculations and on what the supplied data actually means.

This enquiry asks what those tools contribute to a recognisable delivery decision. A saved record or a convincing report is evidence of useful support only when it helps answer the question accurately.

First result: PDA retained proposed changes and a changed availability assumption. It did not supply the decisive fleet capacity or cash answer. The separate calculation found a five-job candidate that fits the declared rules.

That is a bounded finding about one fictional case and the tested version. The wider enquiry remains open: a conventional schedule or risk case may fit the platform better, and repaired capabilities can be compared with these retained failures. Human time savings and operational benefit have not been measured.