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Partner & Sponsor News September 2014

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Please find some words / news below from our software and consulting partners.  We hope that you find something that interests or adds value.

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TILOS News

New TILOS9 presented @ Innotrans in Berlin

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 Linear Project will present TILOS 9 for the first time on the Innotrans fair in Berlin from September 23 to 26 2014. The major goal for the version 9 release is: Improving the methods of structuring projects and their visualization.

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Task Grouping is displayed in most Gantt chart based systems using headlines and summary tasks. A direct link to the location is not possible. Grouping in TILOS can display coloured vertical ribbons with attached graphics left to the text panel. This is improving the communication including the location of work execution.

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The tasks/boxes can be formatted with text, logos (responsibility) and traffic light indicators similar to the cards in planning tables.

The same project structure can be visualized now in the time distance diagram by using WBS or category summaries. They are calculated from the task categories or WBS. The time and the distance coordinates of the detailed tasks are summed up to the structure above. This is ideal for displaying top level plans from detailed data set.

The activity data can be imported from Primavera, MS Project and ASTA Powerproject with all the structures. Only the graphics on the WBS or Category nodes have to be assigned as well as company logos for the executing companies.

The new pure location links in TILOS 9 allows to set distance coordinates based on links in a similar way to time coordinates during reschedule. Planning locations is then much easier and more flexible. Example: One driving task in a tasks group (process) can define the distance to work on both: Predecessors and successors.

There are more functions not listed here. The full list of all functions of TILOS 9 will be published soon on the TILOS homepage. The release is planned for November 2014.

More information about TILOS: www.TILOS.org

Hello, have you seen our new website? www.synchroltd.com

SYNCHRO’S USA CONFERENCE:
OPTIMIZING CONSTRUCTION WITH 4D
January 14-15, 2015 Marriott Marquis Marina, San Diego, California  We Invite You to Join Us!

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SYNCHRO NEWS....

PRO V.4.10.4 AVAILABLE NOW 

If you have noticed a performance lag or experienced crashes when upgrading to 4.10.  We just posted a new build of Synchro on our website for immediate download that fixes many of these issues.  In addition to getting the latest install, please check the following: 

- Update to the latest video drivers from the Manufacturer's Website 

- Install latest Windows Update 

Update Synchro Now

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Synchro Software LTD User Group on LinkedIn

The Synchro Software User Group is available as a forum for Synchro PRO users to share best practices, questions, answers, and case studies. It is available for every level of user from trial period users to the most experienced. As one of the official user group forums available to the user community expect the Synchro Software staff to participate in the dialogue and to help respond to questions and share observations.

We also provide information in advance of testing for new releases, share release notes and discuss product development priorities among the user community.  Join Us

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Entrance Details

Eligibility: Any project using Synchro PRO anywhere in the world

Categories of Entry: Building Project, Industrial Project, Infrastructure Project, Specialty Project, Project of the Year, University Challenge, NEW – 4D Planner of the Year

Read more...

Please come say hello and check out our new website www.synchroltd.com

Site Progress Mobile from Asta can help you improve project progress reporting from site.

With Site Progress Mobile you can:

  • Record project progress quickly and easily
  • Update progress at any time, from any location – even without a signal
  • Improve data accuracy by removing need for any re-keying of progress updates
  • Take photographs and associate them with particular tasks or build stages
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Find out more here

Read why Furnace Fabrica chose Asta Powerproject

Furnace Fabrica (India) Ltd., one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies specialising in the Oil and Gas industry turned to Asta Powerproject after a company-wide strategic objective was put in place to centralise its project planning processes.

“We had been using Oracle Primavera and MS Project, but decided that Asta Powerproject had the edge over them in terms of its user friendliness and its cost and income management functionality”

Mr Shashikiran Prasad, Designation Director.

Read the full case study here

EcoSys EPC Project Controls Software

EcoSys has become the enterprise project controls software standard for both owners and contractors responsible for large projects. 

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Our easy-to-use web-based platform, EcoSys EPC, helps organizations worldwide plan and manage project portfolios, control project costs, and improve project performance.

- The Business Case for Project Controls Software (free on-demand webinar): Watch it now!  

- AREVA Improves Project Certainty with EVM Standardization (case study): Download it now!

Learn more about EcoSys EPC: Visit our website!

InEight is a leading provider of technology solutions for the construction and engineering industry, offering a full suite of responsive, intelligent tools that help connect all facets of construction and engineering operations...

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Hard Dollar Releases HD PCM Version 13

The company continues to deliver new enhancements to its leading estimating and project cost management solution, providing new customer-driven enhancements in this new release.  Read more...

PMA TECHNOLOGIES
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Partner Strapline:  We provide tools that make project management easier.

PMA Technologies is a unique fusion of active PM practitioners along with accomplished software developers and designers. We are passionate about channeling our intellectual innovation into real and practical ways to improve the world of project management.

As a subsidiary of  PMA Consultants, we leverage over forty years of experience in project management and scheduling innovation. We promote open communication, thorough planning, and risk management, all of which improve project understanding and execution. We actively develop NetPoint®, a planning and scheduling app that encourages collaboration, and NetRisk™, a schedule risk analysis addition for NetPoint. Both NetPoint and NetRisk are powered by GPM®, a flexible scheduling algorithm that enables real-time feedback and new opportunities in schedule optimization.

Learn More About us…

As a project management solutions company, Deltek is the indisputable best at providing insight into project challenges and using analytics to effectively overcome them, as well as aligning successful performance with corporate vision.

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We have just released a major upgrade to Acumen Fuse and Acumen Risk. The new advanced features will help users gain insight into project trends and further simplify risk analysis. Take a brief video tour of Acumen 4.1 new features. Details of the new features are listed below.

Logic Sensitivity™
The new Logic Sensitivity analysis simulates how potential delays could affect key activities or milestones in the project. Add a delay to any activity adn immediately see its impact on a certain activity or milestone.

Trend Analysis™
Gain insight by switching the traditional Phase Analyzer to a side-by-side comparison of project snapshots to track how  schedule quality is improving or progress during execution,

DCMA 14 Point Assessment Update
Acumen Fuse® now runs Check #12 – the Critical Path Test – automatically during the DCMA schedule check.

Phase and Intersection Scoring
Now users can see the any metric score, including the Fuse Schedule Index™ for both phases and intersections

See new features in Acumen Fuse 4.1

The Risk Adviser™
The Risk Adviser further simplifies risk analysis by suggesting uncertainty assignments based on schedule quality, past performance, an Acumen Fuse® metric, or even a field within the schedule.

Weather and Calendar-Based Risk Event Modeling
The Acumen Risk™ risk register now includes weather modeling! Use this new feature to include the impact of risk events that are tied to a period of time such as hurricane season or a frozen sea giving you the most accurate look at your project's risk exposure.

Revamped Risk Mapping
The revamped risk mapping feature allows you to view mappings of a single risk event to multiple activities or multiple risk events to a single activity along with activity and risk event details.

Risk-Based Schedule Scenarios
Now, generate new schedule scenarios based on risk inputs or the results of a risk analysis. After adding your uncertainties,  have Acumen Risk generate a new schedule based on these settings or run your analysis and create a schedule scenario at any P value.

See more new features in Acumen Risk 4.1

Canzip

A lot to say and not much space to do so!

When you have read the advert see at the bottom for a REAL offer to you!

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Why?

All our senior consultants have worked in Project Management for long periods of time, and we all have experienced bad planning, poor budget control, and poor resource management. This was due to poor tendering incorrect staff doing jobs that are above their level of capability.

We’ve all had Mr Bean there, done it got the T Shirt as well! It turns out to be Mr Not been there, Not done it and I don’t really have a T Shirt!!

What?

We are a company made up of experienced consultants who saw a niche in the market for a company to provide the correct tools to Project Managers to deliver successful contracts, and not a company who provides a resource, no matter what his or her capabilities were, this only caused nonproductive, stressful situations which could and should be avoided.

Where?

We have covered the UK market and we are available to work worldwide as we have Senior Consultants in Europe, South Africa, Dubai, Qatar and Australia.

Who?

Our two Lead consultants have over 20 years planning experience, our Senior Consultants have over 10 years’ experience. All our consultants are people we know, or have worked with previously or have been recommended to us; where we meet and greet potential candidates, to get to know them and to see how they mix socially and professionally. This is extremely important to us as our consultants are our reference for future work and are keys to success of the company. We build a real team.

Numerous positions to fill, no market to fill voids

We have encountered this situation where a client/contractor secures a number of contracts commissions and have difficulty finding the correct resource to fulfill their requirements. Usual course of action is to reach out to Agency to recruit staff or body, on paper they have the correct tick in the box but some have many boxes which are empty.

FILL POSITION! Suitability goes out of the Window.

It’s more economical to use Temporary Staff

Look out of the box, skilled staff are in short supply, Main contractors to achieve timescale and maintain quality normally sub contract work out where the sub-contractor carries out the physical work under guidance and supervision of Main Contractor, maintaining quality and timescales whilst working within budgets. At Canzip we can offer this facility to PCM Consultancies where we can manage their resource shortfall and we can tailor requirements to suit Budget constraints without jeopardizing quality.

To discuss further please contact Jeff Newman

THE OFFER:

We GUARANTEE the quality of our consultants. If you are not happy we will remove and replace if required WITHOUT ANY CHARGE TO OUR CLIENT…

Does anyone else have such belief?

                        WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE TALKING…..

Web: http://www.canzip.co.uk/ or Email: info@canzip.co.uk or Tel: 01646 621782 or Mob: 07854 873252

ELEARNING FOR ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 

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Primaskills Pty Ltd is now hosting Primavera P6 eLearning courses.

The courses are the comprehensive P6 video training courses based on the Eastwood Harris books. 

Link: http://www.primaskills.com.au/project-management-training/

The advantages of Primaskills On-Line Courses are:

  • All the courses are accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI),
  • PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs) may be claimed for completing these courses,
  • The courses are written by an internationally known author who has had a number of years’ experience writing project management training material,
  • All the courses are supported by a fully detailed and published book available in eBook or printed format,
  • Comprehensive workshops at the end of most modules are available to enable students to practice the skills taught in the module,
  • The courses are available 24x7 allowing students to complete the course at their own pace.

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