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Exclusive Preview for the Planning Planet Community: The 2025 State of Construction Scheduling report is here—and you’re among the first to get it.

SmartPM analyzed over 70,000 project schedules and collected over 3,500 survey responses from construction professionals (including you!) to uncover what’s really happening with time, data, and decision-making on jobsites today. The findings challenge common assumptions about schedule quality, control, and the gap between planning and reality.

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• Why only 12% of baseline schedules meet best-practice standards
• How 75% of leaders rely on schedule data—even when it’s flawed
• What the most effective teams are doing differently to manage delay and risk

How are leading organizations in the Middle East transforming their capital projects through digital innovation? Discover the answers to this and more in our exclusive session.

Whether you're in the early stages of digital adoption or looking to optimize existing systems, this webinar offers actionable insights tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of the Middle East’s project landscape.

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Discover the best practices for Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and learn how to apply data-driven, reliable methods to forecast project risk.

• • How to quantify real risks 
• • Tools & methods for accurate QRA 
• • Making risk forecasts transparent & actionable

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One of the key pillars that separates a successful turnaround from a chaotic, over schedule, over-budget one is the scope freeze.

In Cleopatra Enterprise’s latest blog, expert Jos van der Stelt explains how a disciplined scope freeze sets the stage for successful execution. 

The blog covers: 

• Why scope freeze is critical in TARs (budget, schedule, risk control...)
• When to implement it
• How to handle emergencies that arise post-freeze 

Scope discipline isn’t about limiting flexibility. It's about ensuring focus and performance. 

Read the full blog now...

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IAMTech Knowledge - Whether you’re running a refinery, a process plant, or just figuring out how to modernise your processes, here are five secrets, from a seasoned software provider (and not-so-seasoned gardener), to help ensure your next software rollout bears fruit.

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Spider Project

Spider Project offers numerous unique functional features and is the only PM software that optimizes resource, cost, and material constrained schedules and budgets for projects and portfolios.

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Construction CPM Conference 2025 has concluded, but offers to our friends at Planning Planet to view recorded sessions here.

This is over 60 hours of accredited continuing education by software developers Oracle, Deltek and Elecosoft, as well as industry experts from around the world.

Thank you,
FRED