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THE PROJECT CONTROLS WORKOUT |
| It doesn't matter your skill level or seniority we help you to be ever more work fit! Be under no illusion budgets will become tougher, you may have already lost your job, be looking for a new one, or concerned about keeping your current position; either way, be ready to exploit wherever you are in the world with our workout. Planner? Scheduler? Risk Manager? Cost Engineer? PMO Practitioner? Project Controls Lead? No matter we supply a pain-free route to absolute work fitness! We offer: | |
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MICROSOFT PROJECT BASELINE PERCENT (%) WITH WEIGHTED SUMMARY ROLL-UP |
| By default, Microsoft Project does not have a baseline percent (%) complete field or column like you would find in other scheduling software like Primavera P6. This video outlines steps to follow if you want to display a baseline percent (%) complete column in a Microsoft Project schedule. It also shows how to roll-up percent (%) complete to summary tasks based on weighted percent (%) complete of the subtasks. Read more... |
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DELAY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES USING ELECOSOFT POWERPROJECT |
Many construction contracts specify that a delay must be calculated from the critical path of a program. Often project programs are completed Elecosoft Powerproject and therefore to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs to add delays to the program to evaluate the delay. If you wish to understand the various techniques of assigning delays to activities using Elecosoft Powerproject, clicking on this link>>> Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books, online videos available through Udemy and training material on: - Microsoft Project,
- Oracle Primavera P6 and
- Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject
Details at Eastwood Harris Paul E Harris Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd | |
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EVA NEWS |
| NEW transatlantic series | To continue in the efforts of bringing the professional community together, we will now go further afield and start a new transatlantic series as a joint effort between the College of Performance Management (CPM) in the US and EVA in the UK. This new series titled “Building Bridges not Walls” will start on Thursday 27th May and will be based on the same format as our previous online events, with the aim of sharing ideas through conversation in a community unfettered by normal affiliations and restrictions. | | Steve Wake and Gordon Kranz CPM President will discuss EVM joined by Tim Sheldon Head of the UK Submarine Agency. Regular broadcasts every Thursday. Guests who are senior, diverse, open, interested, passionate, different, motivating, inspiring, and reassuring. A growing network to change for the better. Discussion with interest from both sides of the pond. |
| | 25th Anniversary at Armourers Hall | | On 30th September and 1st October, we will be holding the physical edition of EVA25 to mark its 25th anniversary a little bit later than originally planned, which will also include a networking dinner at the hall on the first evening. Expect the usual unusual approach to presentations. EVA25 may well also see the first live performance by Dale and Val from Project Chatter with their very own Talk Show. With an audience of approximately 120 senior and influential project and programme practitioners, speakers and attendees tend to stick around for both days, so they can network in ‘Chatham House’ conditions in the finest small hall in the City, the Armourers and Brasiers Hall at Moorgate. The home of EVA for the last 10 years. We hope you will be able to join us on to mark this special edition. Website and booking will be available during June. Expect announcements soon. And keep Thursday 4 November free too for The Light at the End of the Tunnel! |
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WEBINAR: PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT CENTRIC DASHBOARDS |
| This webinar provides a walkthrough of how PRISM Dashboard provides portfolio-centric and project-centric dashboards and reporting. Take a look at the user journey as we view high-level data from the top down, drill down into specific projects and their cost and schedule data, and save and export project performance charts into reports. Learn how you can view one project’s dataset or choose multiple projects to view for portfolio-centric dashboards. View the On-Demand Webinar... |
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DCMA 14-POINT ASSESSMENT METRIC DESCRIPTIONS |
| The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point assessment helps the Department of Defense evaluate schedules to see whether they are well-built and adhere to best practices that are important to the success of the project. The DCMA 14 Point Assessment Metrics with EV Method is used to analyze MSP Projects with LOE tasks. Most of the DCMA 14-Point metrics look only at activities that are baselined with a duration > 0d. The two exceptions are the Critical Path Test and the BEI. Read the blog post... |
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"PROVEN PRACTITIONER" A PLANNING PLANET PRODUCT |
| Do you seek PROMOTION or do you want to better UNDERSTAND YOUR Stengths and SKILLS (in private) or do you seek that NEW ROLE? Proven Practitioner provides... ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED Go to Premium and sign up! |
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XER SCHEDULE TOOLKIT |
| Make schedule quality integral to the way you plan. XER Schedule Toolkit have recently introduced a range of new integrity metrics combined with a scoring mechanism that makes the process of assessing and improving project schedules much easier. All RAG and score thresholds are fully configurable, allowing you to create and save project or client specific templates. We offer affordable packages for the enterprise, meaning access to these vital tools are no longer just for the elite. Start your free trial today Find out more here... |
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CLEOPATRA COST ENGINEERING |
| Digitalization of project controls in the chemical industry: The need for a shift Wednesday, 19 May Join the webinar to find out how chemical companies can start reaping the benefits of today’s technology. About the webinar The chemical industry is far less digitalized than other industries – especially in project controls.
Still a lot of work is performed manually. Therefore, companies face issues like a lack of data transparency and standardization in the cost estimate and cost control processes. However, the benefits of digitalization are huge – an expected cost reduction of 20 % due to integration and automation. In this webinar we cover: - The state of the chemical industry – more complex and slowing down performance
- The 3 trends which may change the future of the industry
- Technology adoption in the chemical industry
- The need to digitalize project controls
- Maximizing the cost-effectiveness along the project lifecycle from cost estimation to cost control, benchmarking, collaboration, and data analytics through an integrated digital approach to project controls
- An intro to the implications of the software system Cleopatra Enterprise and how it can help
Featured Speaker | Vanessa Sutterlüti
Project Controls Expert, Cleopatra Enterprise | | | |
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| Cleopatra Enterprise Case Study Sasol As one the world’s leading energy and chemical companies Sasol faced challenges in cost estimating that are commonly found in global organizations. Sasol’s estimating group generates approximately 50 to 60 estimates a month. Managing this many estimates while guaranteeing quality and effectiveness in a convenient, structured manner is a daunting task. Download the case study to learn how Cleopatra Enterprise helped Sasol to overcome these and other challenges. | |
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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE ("CCC") |
Construction CPM Conference ("CCC") has been the home of practitioners of Planning & Scheduling since 2011, with yearly gatherings of 250+/- Users and Vendors of our software tools. CCC regularly invites Planning Planet to join us to share knowledge. We invite current PP Members to enjoy three of the PP presentations of 2015: For January 2021 CCC went Virtual and we are currently planning for return to a live format for January 2022. For more information, see ConstructionCPM |
ALTERNATIVE TO PRIMAVERA AND ASTA? |
| A superior alternative to the "most popular" software for us as planners? 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. Check it out here... Ask questions here... |
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CONVERT GLOBAL TO PROJECT DATA AND KEEP A CLEAN P6 DATABASE |
| ScheduleCleaner is a scheduler’s must-have tool if you want to keep a clean P6 database. The software easily converts Global to Project data in both XER and XML schedules preventing any potential data pollution and corruption during import of external project files. ScheduleCleaner can convert the following data categories: - Global Activity Codes to Project Activity Codes
- Global to Project Calendars
Find out more how ScheduleCleaner helps you keep a clean P6 database here. |
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INTRODUCING NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR MORE EFFICIENT WORK WITH SCHEDULEREADER |
| The latest version of the cutting-edge XER viewer, ScheduleReader 8.1 is here! ScheduleReader is the XER project plan viewer that allows schedulers, planners, managers, and the wider project team to dynamically view and analyze XER and XML schedule data. The software continues to enhance the user’s experience in visualizing project data with new features and improvements implemented in the new version 8.1: - Save printing setting
- Show/hide Default Layouts
- Change the splitter’s position
- Coloring options for Activity and Resource Usage Profile views
Learn more how these improvements help you in better visualizing the project data here, and to experience ScheduleReader 8.1 first-hand download its 15-day Free Trial. |
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