Cost Management White Papers and Primavera Skills

Dear Members,

Inside this Newsletter...

Please find below some really useful Cost Management white papers and case studies from our valued Partner Ares Prism plus more news about Primavera Skills.

Finally, some Guild News too!

MORE GREAT COST MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS FROM ARES PRISM

White Paper: Can ERP Software Effectively Satisfy Project Control's Requirements? Link: http://info.aresprism.com/erps_effective_project_management [1] Description: Learn about whether ERP software is truly an effective tool for managing all aspects of a project. It analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of using ERP software and offers alternatives for successful project management..
White Paper: DCMA 14-Point Schedule Assessment Explained Link: http://info.aresprism.com/dcma-14-point-schedule-assessment-explained [2] Description: This white paper explores the DCMA 14-Point Schedule Assessment and helps readers understand each metric's description, purpose, threshold calculation and threshold value.
Case Study: Centralized Project Controls at Praetorian Construction Management Link: http://info.aresprism.com/centralized_project_controls_praetorian [3] Description: This case study shares how Praetorian Construction Management uses PRISM to help provide project management services to a wide variety of clients. PRISM gives Praetorian the flexibility they need while also increasing data accuracy, creating useful reports, and improving forecasting and trending.
Case Study: Power of Integration at Laing O'Rourke Link: http://info.aresprism.com/case-study-power-of-integration-at-laing-orourke [4] Description: Download this free PRISM case study [4] today. Learn how Laing O'Rourke Australia implemented a project lifecycle management solution to provide change management control, create a robust labor productivity monitoring and control process, and establish an early warning mechanism to enable confident decision making.
*White Paper: Why Spreadsheets No Longer Meet Today’s Project Management Needs* Link: http://info.aresprism.com/why-spreadsheets-no-longer-meet-todays-project-management-needs [5] Description: Download this free white paper [5] today! Explore why yesterday’s approach to managing cost and risk with spreadsheets no longer works. While spreadsheets serve many purposes on the construction of capital projects, it can be ineffective as a core “business critical” application.
*Case Study: Enterprise Reporting & Earned Value Management at LLWR* Link: http://info.aresprism.com/case-study-enterprise-reporting-earned-value-management-at-llwr [6] Description: Download this free case study today! Explore how LLW Repository Ltd used PRISM to improve reporting, reduce reliance on spreadsheets, and increase control over their processes. They are now able to produce reports quickly while having total confidence in their data. [6]

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GUILD NEWS:

We informed you of a classroom training course we are holding with our training partner Global Knowledge, Unhappily, we have been stung by the usual 'we're very busy - taking practitioners away from projects is difficult' so in a nutshell in the last two weeks of March our 3 DAY training course in Preparatory Level Planning and Scheduling will happen and we will be giving the appraisals of the attendees who will be drawn from a number of Organisations.

Of course in future we will offer remote training but the first course has to be a classroom event!

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