23 Feb 2018 News

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On the 6th and 7th of March PP will be at the Project Challenge Spring Show in Olympia, London. We're hoping some of you will come and meet us - we even have a drinks evening nearby in the evening of the 7th...

 Please click here to say you are coming... [1] 

Why should you visit the stand?

1. Help and advice on Certification for career advancement
2. Recruitment
3. Corporate Guild involvement
4. Endorsed Training Partner opportunity
5. Be more involved in Planning Planet
6. Advertise yourself, goods, service or product to our community

Los Angeles Metro Helping Ready City for the Olympics

Throughout February, the world has been captivated by extraordinary displays of athleticism, dedication, and heart at the Winter Games in South Korea. As Oracle Construction and Engineering roots on these incredible Olympians from around the globe, we are also thrilled to highlight another impressive Olympic feat at this year’s Oracle Industry Connect [3]: the transformation of Los Angeles in preparation for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which manages the second-largest public transportation system in the US, is planning $160 billion in transportation upgrades as it readies the city to host the 2028 Olympics. Julie Owen, deputy executive officer, program management for Los Angeles Metro, will join us at Oracle Industry Connect this April in New York City to explore how her agency is leveraging technology to promote innovation and enhance the delivery of those and other projects. Key to such efforts is enterprise scheduling that provides project, portfolio, and program-level performance information for executives and constituents. In addition, the agency’s centralized solution enables tracking of transit project risks, while capital project lifecycle management solutions integrate with corporate financials and executive dashboard analytics to ensure project delivery on time and within budget.

Julie, a Guild of Project Controls Certified Fellow of Planning & Scheduling [4] and Cost Management [5] is no stranger to extraordinary and inspiring projects. Read more about her career path and background in her candid Q&A in the Construction and Engineering blog here [6].

Learn more about Oracle Industry Connect and link to registration here [7].

By Dr. Dan Patterson [9]

After being on the road these last two weeks presenting at project planning conferences and talking to hundreds of project practitioners, I have come to a simple realization...we have accepted and implemented some poor planning habits in our industry that prevent us from producing accurate and achievable plans, faster.

by Khuong Do [11]

In Primavera's Resource window -> Details tab, there is an selection box called “Currency”......

What does it do?

I’ll explain it in this article.

I’ll show how to use it in this article.   Read Blog [12]

If you would like to help teach practitioners, or your team the fundamentals of Planning & Scheduling or Cost Management or even Managing Claims then please read this page [13].

You would be provided with a detailed sylabus and course content so all you would need to do is to be an experienced project practitoner and be able to develop some training slides to use with students.  

We even advertise you and your courses and find you your students - please read this page [13].

Hello PPers,

Many organizations struggle to maintain consistency in how they handle complex approvals, projects and deliverables. Trying to align these activities with so many moving parts and keep everyone in the loop can be nearly impossible.

Some of the challenges you face may include:

• Limited visibility into what stage a given project is in
• Inconsistency in defining what work is complete
• Poor collaboration/communication with key stakeholders

Details:
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
9:30 AM PST | 12:30 PM EST | 5:30 PM GMT
Register Here [16]

Regards, 
The Clarizen Team

The EcoSys [17] 8 software release introduces an expanded vision for managing the life cycle of projects -- Enterprise Projects Performance. Beyond project controls, this approach looks strategically across an organization spanning multiple programs, portfolios, or divisions -- with a mission to maximize returns and margins - view the webinar [17]

In this session, we showcase the three products of the EcoSys [17] Enterprise Projects Performance platform – EcoSys [17] Portfolios, EcoSys [17] Projects and EcoSys Contracts – and how their interaction creates unparalleled visibility.

Attendees will see how improved enterprise projects performance is driven by:

1. The alignment of strategic decision making with tactical, real-time project and contract intelligence
2. Proper prioritization, selection, and management of project portfolios from inception through execution to close out
3. Controlling projects and managing contracts through standardization based on best practices to avoid overruns and mitigate contract risk
4. High visibility of forecasts and trends via built-in dashboards, dynamically drilling down into underlying causes

About EcoSys:

EcoSys [17] is the global standard for Enterprise Projects Performance software. Projects Performance goes beyond project controls to ensure all of your projects are identified, defined, delivered, measured, and recycled in one modern, fully integrated platform.

What is new in version 4.3 ( See short video [19] )

Create Groups, Filters and Sort by combining multiple fields (e.g. WBS, Activity Codes, Primary Resource, UDFs and all the other fields)

• Update Physical % Complete, Units % Complete; Duration % Complete; Remaining Duration
• Import Baselines from XML file
• Select to display Code Values or Code Description
• New filtering criteria using Primary Resources, Activity Codes, WBS

Find out more [20]

Visit our section on Planning Planet’s forum.

PrimaveraReader’s discussion channel [21] is a dedicated place where you can share knowledge, ask questions and also suggest features and improvements you would like to see in upcoming versions of PrimaveraReader.

Working as a project controller, you will very likely encounter long lists of commitments, actuals, and other cost data that need to be reported on a frequent basis.  To ease the job of structuring the project data, breakdown structures prove to be the answer.  They allow otherwise flat data to be viewed from many angles, serving the needs of the various stakeholders in the project, e.g. management, clients, and engineers.

Which Primavera P6 program should you purchase? Primavera P6 EPPM or Primavera P6 Professional? If you need to purchase the software, you had better understand which Primavera P6 is best for you. Primavera P6 software is costly, and you don’t want to make the wrong choice.

Navigating the Primavera suite of applications isn’t exactly straightforward. So I thought I should clear up what Primavera P6 EPPM does that Primavera P6 PPM doesn’t and vice versa. Read the Full Plan Academy Blog [24]