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ARES PRISM, the premier capital project management solution for large construction projects, is thrilled to announce the company's rebrand to Contruent and the launch of Contruent Enterprise - an innovative SaaS solution that empower owners and EPCs to build large construction projects with precision and speed. The rebrand reflects ongoing efforts to help digitize the construction industry and battle inefficiencies that result in costly delays.

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In this blog we look at the increasing dependence on external contractors to help execute the majority of STO’s, the pitfalls, and how to avoid failure when executing your next turnaround!

The key challenges we look at are:

• Skills and Coordination
• Lack of Asset Knowledge
• Measuring and Optimising Productivity

We will then look at how to overcome these challenges to dramatically increase your productivity and create robust working relationships with your contractors using iPlan from IAMTech.

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Earned Value Management (EVM) helps project managers and controls in measuring project performance and progress. It is used to measure performance against cost and schedule, and to find variances in projects based on the comparison of work planned and work performed.

In this article you will find details about the EVM measurement system, including different calculations and formulas and its implementations in Primavera P6.

2023 is here! And with a new year comes new opportunities to improve the way you plan, manage and execute your projects and portfolios. To do this, organizations rely heavily on project controls software to ensure their projects are performing as expected… and to move swiftly to make fixes when they’re not. Just as organizations work to continuously improve upon their operations, so do software providers on the solutions they offer.

In this blog post, we’ll explore recent trends that are driving consistent project success and what you should expect from your project technology in 2023 in light of them. At the root of these trends is an effort to broaden the perspective of controls, from project planning and execution into an enterprise-wide effort.

Paul E. Harris has just released his new title 99 Tricks and Traps for Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional - The Casual User’s Survival Guide Updated for Version 22 and this may be ordered from links here>>>.  

Books are available in paperback, spiral, Kindle, Kobo, Google books and training course providers may buy instructor PowerPoint slide shows through this link.

Paul E. Harris has also written a paper that expands on the information published by Oracle by outlining the changes a PPM user will see in P6 Version 22 and adding some comments on the usability of the features.

Click on this link to see What’ New in P6 Version 22 PPM>>>

For people who would like to see the changes in previous versions please click on these links:

• What’s new in P6 Version 21 PPM>>>
• What’s new in P6 Version 20 PPM>>>>
• What’s new in P6 Version 19 PPM>>>>

Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books, training courses and online videos on the following software packages:

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

Online videos available through Udemy by following these links:

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

Please follow these links:

• Eastwood Harris books and training materials are available here>>>
• Eastwood Harris inhouse, one-to-one and public training courses are offered through Primaskills Pty Ltd, more details here>>>

Paul E Harris

Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd

Depending on the nature of the project and the type of contract, a planner must decide on the best planning approach.

Choosing the correct project planning and control approach along with the progress monitoring and control tools are important decisions that a planner must take early on.

So, what will work best for your project – Pull Planning or the traditional CPM method?

Read on to compare their benefits and see how you can get the best out of both.

Are you ready to excel in your knowledge of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) with John Hollmann in an exclusive masterclass

You will discover the ins and outs of QRA to enable you to make effective, risk-aware investment decisions and see real-life demonstrations of empirically- valid QRA application practices.

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Staying up-to-date with the ever-changing demands of our field is an essential aspect of being an STO expert.

This is why Cleopatra Enterprise has prepared a Turnaround Management Survey to gain a collective insight into the challenges and opportunities of the STOs of today.

Your participation will contribute hugely to the future-proofing of our field!

Fill in the survey now and gain a chance to win one of the two special prizes: 

• A smartwatch
• A free spot in the Cost Engineering Academy course: Turnaround Management & Control.

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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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