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FREE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENET GUIDE |
| Curious about Earned Value Management (EVM)? Dive into our comprehensive guide to understand the core concepts, explore the essential guidelines rooted in industry standards, and uncover the real-world benefits. Learn how EVM enhances planning, scheduling, and budgeting for more efficient project management. Discover the key to better project insights and decision-making. Download the guide HERE... |
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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE 2024 |
We now have ASTA Deltek and SmartPM as prime exhibitors at the Construction CPM Conference (CCC24). Please consider our CCC24 event in January 14-17 2024 in San Antonio, United States. The Big News is they have a price bump NOV 3rd. So we encourage all to Register to Attend by NOV 2. Go to Construction CPM Conference now to save $50 and $50 is ten shots of tequila to enjoy. See more... Thank you, Fred Plotnick. | |
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ARE YOU A ROSER CONSYS SOFTWARE USER? |
| Are you a ROSER Consys software user? We understand your concerns with the impending discontinuation of ROSER Consys by Prometheus. We also know that being asked to transition to a whole new, bespoke solution, designed for another customer, without a migration path is frustrating. But, worry no more! IAMTech is here to transform your ROSER migration journey. Having successfully worked with numerous ROSER customers, we're offering an efficient migration to our high value, low cost, STO software, iPlanSTO. Our confidence in our ability to facilitate this switch is unshakeable - so much so that we guarantee you a successful ROSER migration. Join IAMTech, and experience the future of STO software, from a vendor happy to put the cost of the software subscription on its website!. We're ready when you are. Your seamless switch to iPlanSTO awaits... |
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LEARN PRIMAVERA P6 - THREE WAYS TO GET STARTED |
| Primavera PPM is the standard and most widely used enterprise project portfolio management software for planning and managing large scale projects across the Construction, Oil, Gas, Energy, Manufacturing, and similar industries, known to encompass complex projects. The software is a powerful tool capable of supporting the prioritization, planning and management of large-scale and complex projects, programs, and project portfolios from end-to-end. Learn more... |
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USING PHYSICAL PERCENT COMPLETE WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT |
A properly updated Microsoft Project schedule should have: - The Status Date is set on the date that progress was measured,
- All Actual Durations are in the past and
- All Remaining Durations are in the future,
When updating a Microsoft Project schedule users quickly find the % Complete field is linked with the Duration, Actual Duration and Remaining Duration. Then when a user edits the % Complete to represent actual progress, this will either put Actual Durations in the future or Remaining Durations in the past, which are both illogical. To enter a progress with a value that is different to the % Complete value, to represent progress that is different to the Duration % Complete then the user may use the Physical % Complete field. This will allow them to update a schedule in a similar way to updating a P6 schedule when all activities are marked with a Percent Complete Type of Physical %. This paper will explain how to use the Physical % Complete field to update a Microsoft Project schedule. Eastwood Harris also has a Microsoft Project Template making using this field simpler by clicking on this link>>>> An update schedule with this template would look like this: | |
| | - The Status Date is represented by the solid black vertical line,
- The Baseline bar is the grey bar,
- The Actual bar is represented by the edited % Complete bar is the green bar that ends at the Status Date and
- The Physical % Complete is the yellow bar.
| 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 video training is available through Udemy through 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 here>>>>
Paul E Harris
Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
17 October 2023 |
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| ScheduleReader is a useful software that allows you to open .XER and .XML project schedules created in the Primavera P6 application. With ScheduleReader you can view and analyze different data, create, and share various reports, as well as do progress updates on your project. On the webinar, you’ll have unique opportunity to learn more about all the benefits of ScheduleReader software and how it can help you improve your project environment. Register... |
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MEET JORDY PALIT: A JOURNEY THROUGH PROJECT CONTROLS, TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT, AND CLEOPATRA ENTERPRISE |
Join us for a special podcast episode where one of our own, Jordy Palit, a senior implementation consultant at Cleopatra Enterprise shares his story; from his initial steps into the world of project controls and turnaround management to what ultimately led him to our Cleopatra family. What to expect: - Insights into Jordy's path to becoming a seasoned professional in project controls.
- A glimpse into his experiences while working with Cleopatra Enterprise.
- Why in his opinion incorporating a total project controls platform such as Cleopatra is crucial in optimizing project management efficiency.
Listen to Jordy’s inspiring journey now... | |
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JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE STO LINKEDIN GROUP BY CLEOPATRA FOR TURNAROUNDS! |
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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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| TRAINING BUILT ON TAKT PLANNING |
| Training built on Takt Planning. It basically boils down many books and multi-day trainings on takt planning into about 45 minutes of reading. Read more... |
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