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The UKs IR35 Private Sector Reform is set to arrive on the 6th April 2020. With it comes shifts in responsibility and liability which everyone in the supply chain needs to understand in order to manage the risks that come with determining the status of freelance workers.

For UK- based freelance contractors, considered inside IR35, the reform may mean that come April you will be placed under PAYE. For end clients and agencies, you could find yourselves either suddenly paying employee costs (PAYE and National Insurance Contributions) or suffering the ire of HMRC if a contractor of yours is thought in scope for IR35 purposes (whilst not demonstrating that due process has been met to support ‘reasonable care’).

As the IR35 reform is only three months away we’ve composed a ‘how-to’ guide on dealing with IR35:

• Risk assess your situation
• Confirm your arrangements
• Simplify it through an umbrella organisation

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Project controls needs real-time, accurate and complete project data to be truly effective, yet a significant percentage of the costs and activities of most construction projects is commonly held in the purchase orders and subcontracts owned by a separate procurement department. The challenge with this is, when project procurement is not a cohesive part of the project team, it introduces a silo-effect and disconnect that causes information delays, uncertainty and a lack of complete project visibility. This disconnect can be eliminated by integrating procurement directly into the project team and its project controls systems.

Join us for our latest webinar with 4castplus CEO, Chris Ronak and learn how rethinking the project-procurement relationship can reduce risk, provide real-time cost visibility, produce a holistic picture of a major project in real time and deliver key data on accruals, vendor performance, vendor progress, vendor trends and forecasts.

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In this webinar, we’ll cover:

• The importance and value of tightly connecting project procurement with project controls
• The difference between 'corporate' procurement and 'project' procurement
• The risks and silo-effect of segregated procurement
• Methods for bridging the gap between finance and project controls
• Using system integration as a solution to embed project procurement into the project team

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Graphics Custodians STILL wanted - if you have an interest in graphics and would like to join the team of practitioners who are helping to shape (and improve) the 700 graphics contained in the Compendium & Reference of Project Controls Tools & Techniques please get in touch as we need a few more keen practitioners to help and be rewarded.  Admin@GuildofProjectControls.com

Help STILL wanted - if you wish to help and be part of a small team of leading practitioners to help document some GENERIC standard operating procedures (SOP) for SCOPE, PLANNING, COST, RISK, PROGRESS, CHANGE, CLAIMS (etc.) we'd love to hear from you.  We are building a great team so get in touch.  PPAdmin@planningplanet.com

Some thoughts by Jerome Ijachi Odeh

LinkedIn and Planning Planet are two of my favourite websites and here is a list of 10 people I follow on LinkedIn or look out for their posts on Planning Planet. Reading from these people always makes my day. Image Credit: ijmaki While LinkedIn is the number one networking platform for professionals and businesses, Planning Planet is the number one knowledge centre for project planning and scheduling. I would highly recommend having accounts on these platforms, if you do not have one, as using them will enrich your project planning/scheduling knowledge.  Read Jerome's post...

ARES PRISM project controls software is celebrating 25 years of helping organizations deliver their projects on-time and within budget. Learn more about their journey and important milestones.

For those of you who are not yet familiar with ARES PRISM, they are an enterprise project controls software that manages the complete project lifecycle delivering dependable forecasts, cost control, and performance measurement. PRISM is a scalable, intuitive system that harnesses best practices and integrates all aspects of the project, including cost, schedule, change, estimating, contracts & procurement, and field progressing. 

Watch this Integrated Project Controls webinar to learn more today!

BLOG: What is cost estimation? We explain it to you in 4 steps

A good estimate includes not only the cost but also all data related to the way the project was envisioned to be carried out. Read the latest blog and find out more about the principles of cost estimation.

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Importing Activity Codes into Orical Primavera P6 using an XER file and Excel

by Paul E Harris

The process outlined in this paper shows how you may simply edit an XER with Excel and import the Activity Codes, Click here for a link to this paper>>>

This new book is a casual users survival guide aimed at users who understand the software basics but require a short and snappy guide to demonstrate the less intuitive functions.

This book is available in pocket sized paperback and eBook formats from Kobo, Kindle and iTunes. Click here for more information>>>

Other books, training manuals and instructor PowerPoint slide shows by Paul Harris are available on:

• Microsoft Project,
• Oracle Primavera P6 and
• Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject

More information and links to sellers at our website>>>

Paul E Harris Director

Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd

In the schedule update of Primavera P6, there are occasionally gaps (empty spaces) between the actual bars and the remaining bars as illustrated in picture here.   This post explains the reasons and solutions.

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Whether you’re aware of it or not, most of your waking hours are filled up with tasks — both big and small ones.

These tasks can be anything: from driving to work every morning, to fixing yourself a healthy meal or reviewing a document for work. No matter the type of job you’re performing, it’s important to always keep in mind that behind each task stands a goal that you’re working towards achieving.  Read the Blog...

Change is hard on everyone.

Even the more adaptable among us have a hard time changing the way they do their things. And that goes double for change in the corporate enterprise, where things move slowly and people expect stability especially when they’ve been doing things the same way for a long time without hearing any complaints.

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The software solution that helps project teams share sensitive and confidential schedule data, ScheduleCleaner has launched new version 2.3.  The major release contains several new features and improvements that enable the application to work schedules in XML format. The new features are:

1. Create Templates for project’s modification in an XML file;
2. Quick Clean XML file;
3. Remove Project Data in XML file;
4. Mask Project Data in XML file;
5. Insert Prefix/suffix to Project Data in XML file;
6. Remove Project Baselines from an XML file.

You can experience the application first-hand by starting a 15-day Free Trial. 

What is it?

ScheduleReader^TM is a standalone software solution that dynamically presents project data from XER, XML and XLS schedules exported from the Oracle^® Primavera^® P6^® application, which users can easily filter, organize and share with project stakeholders.

It works with project files without connecting to database, and can open any large project plans in just a few seconds.

Who can use it?

• Non schedulers who wish to review a schedule.
• All project members who now view project data in PDF.
• Schedulers who need a quick access to schedule data and reports.

• Provides fast, interactive overview of project data.
• Improves project communication and coordination between teams.
• Modernizes scheduling efforts and improves project delivery rates.

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Someone recently asked me if it was possible to display two duration columns in a Primavera P6 layout, one column in hours and the other in days.

This tutorial outlines the steps required to display two different units of durations.

Tutorial Complexity: Beginner

P6 Version: Release 18.8.0 

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Decentralized leadership offers a lot of benefits, such as increased decision velocity, faster reaction times and more targeted actions and projects.

Empowering teams to take greater control of their direction and decision making requires greater critical thinking in the workplace.

Unfortunately, however, according to a major survey of over 60,000 managers.

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A superior alternative to the "most popular" software for us as planners?

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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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