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CAPITAL PROJECT EXEC CIRCLE | BREAK THE PLANNING FALLACY |
| Is your mega construction project at risk of the planning fallacy? Our latest blog dives into the phenomenon of optimism bias and how as a result: - The planning fallacy contributes to cost overruns and missed deadlines,
- with overruns of 50% minimum
- 9 out of 10 megaprojects have cost overruns
- Only 1 in 10 of those projects is completed on time
Learn how to break the pattern and ensure your project is completed on time and on budget. Read the blog here... |
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ACTIVITY DURATION VERSUS ACTIVITY MANHOURS |
| Is one more important than the other for your Shutdown, Turnaround, Outage (STO)? Building a schedule in Primavera for a Shutdown, Turnaround or Outage involves a systematic and iterative process of defining the scope, breaking down the STO into manageable components, assigning resources, determining activity durations, sequencing activities, building the schedule, reviewing, and updating the schedule, and monitoring and controlling the schedule to ensure STO success. When it comes to Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages, time is of the essence, and efficient resource allocation is paramount. Our whitepaper provides invaluable insights into the strategic considerations of both activity manhours and duration for every activity, aiming to determine their relative importance in the scheduling process. Don't miss out on the opportunity to enhance your STO planning and execution. Access our whitepaper today and unlock the power of activity manhours and duration to achieve greater efficiency, precision, and success in your STOs. Read the full blog here... |
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QA YOUR PROJECT SCHEDULES |
| Find out how schedule quality assessment metrics and guidelines can help to improve your schedule and what are some of the most popular and proven guidelines that are commonly used across different industries in this article. Read the article... |
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HOW PROJECT CONTROLS LEAD TO BETTER PROJECT PERFORMANCE |
| With their emphasis on stringent monitoring, frequent data collection, status reporting, communication, and adaptability to changes, project controls generate a ton of performance metrics that help keep a tab on the current status and steer the project in the right direction. As a result, projects that have tightly integrated project controls demonstrate stellar results. Read more here... |
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ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 PPM MULTIPLE ACTIVITY VIEWS DISPLAYED SIDE BY SIDE |
Oracle Primavera releases new updates most months, and this paper outlines how the P6 Version 22 Multiple Activity Views Displayed Side by Side function operates. This is one of the more useful enhancements introduced with P6 Version 22 and allows the two Activities windows open at the same time, side by side or one above the other. There is an additional option in the Project menu titled Additional Activities View:, clicking on this command will open a second window: | | | The two Activity views may then be displayed side by side or one above the other and resized using the toolbar icons New Vertical Tab Group and New Horizontal Tab Group. The Merge All Tab Groups will set the screen back to displaying one window. | | The Oracle description was not clear to me, but I found by experiment that: - Each window may have a different Layout and thus formatted separately.
- Each window may be printed separately by clicking in the window to be printed.
- The Schedule Options and Schedule Check Report options may not be different for each view and scheduling one view will schedule both views.
- What surprised me is that I was unable to create relationships from an activity in one window to an activity in the second which would be very useful in large projects.
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: 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>>>>.
- Resources for Oracle Primavera P6 users such as third party software that works with P6 and technical papers on Primavera P6 at here>>>>.
Paul E Harris Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd |
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BENEFITS OF TIME-DISTANCE DIAGRAMS |
| Learn what are the benefits of using time-distance diagram, and how you can simplify communicating and monitoring complex linear projects with the help of this special chart. Read the article... |
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WEBINAR : DRIVING TURNAROUND PERFORMANCE WITH POWER BI: ENHANCING STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING |
Do you wish to optimize communication and reporting through all phases of your turnaround projects? Then join the upcoming free of charge webinar on the 31st of May by Cleopatra Enterprise during which the experts Tejas Khedekar and Sharon Bosch will showcase how properly utilized Power BI connector can make all the difference in executing successful turnarounds. Register now.... | |
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CLEOPATRA ENTERPRISE EXPERTS WILL PRESENT THE REVOLUTION OF TOTAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT AACE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO 2023 |
Looking for a game-changer for total project management and total turnaround management? Cleopatra experts Elmer Sachteleben and Babette Schep will present at the AACE International Conference & Expo 2023, demonstrating how Cleopatra Enterprise revolutionizes Total Project Management. Learn how necessary tools and integrations in Cleopatra optimize project outcomes in today's competitive business environment! Join Cleopatra at the event... #CleopatraEnterprise #AACE2023 #AACEconference #projectmanagement #projectcontrols #STO | |
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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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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE 2024 |
| The next LIVE event for Construction CPM Conference 2024 will be held at San Antonio January 14-17 2024 More info here... Seeking Presenters... Latest News... A FULL DAY of lectures from the SmartPM team on Basics through Analytics and Oversight To obtain your Zoom Invite please send request to info@constructioncpm.com. Our Continuing Mission Since 2011 - To explore leading edge CPM scheduling concepts
- To seek out new expert schedulers and software solutions
- To boldly go where no scheduling conference has gone before
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