09 Sep 2022 Project Controls News

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CASE STUDY: Praetorian Construction Management (aresprism.com) [3]

“PRISM affords us the flexibility to work with a variety of clients." Femi Farinu, Technical Services Manager, Praetorian Construction Management.

Embody the tool to back up your skills.   Learn how our solution provides data accuracy with less time to implementation.

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In this interview, I asked Ross Coulman, CEO of IAMTech, Industrial Asset Management Technology, a UK-based software company that specialises in providing maintenance and risk reduction software [5] solutions to industry about the company's flagship product, iPlanSTO [6], and what he feels the 3 most significant benefits of the software are. 

Ross discusses his favourite features which are:

• A Standardised Methodology
• Real Time Visibility
• Norms-based Estimation

Click here to read more [7]....

Are you in the market for software to help you manage your Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages (STO’s)? 

If so, these tips should help you select the right software, for your organization!

Unfortunately, companies often try to force their ERP and EAM solutions to manage their shutdowns, turnarounds & outages; however, there are several Turnaround specific software packages to choose from – but only one that publishes its software pricing!

These are the providers that offer software designed specifically to support Turnaround processes:

• Roser Consys – Now Prometheus
• Prometheus – STO Planner
• Wolters Kluwer
• Monitor – M Power
• Safran
• Mobideo
• iPlanSTO from iamtech [9]

In this blog we look at some of the most useful features to look out for when choosing your turnaround software. 

Read the blog [10].

Intervention – Maximize Project Success Despite Rising Costs It’s no secret that costs are rising. 

We feel it at the grocery store and the gas station, among many other places. But project-driven organizations are feeling it too… in an exponentially larger way.

With material costs ballooning and labor shortages still in full swing, there seems to be no end in sight for this cost escalation. So, if inflation isn’t going anywhere, how should project leaders proceed? 

Read more here [12]...

1.  Introduction

The way the resource cash flows were calculated in P6 Version 20 and earlier resulted in the resource cash flow being inaccurate when a resource rate changed during the activity duration. The new P6 Version 21 function now allows the correct cash flow calculation when a resource rate changes during the activity duration.

This function changes how the cash flows for resources and role rates are reflected in the Resource Usage Spreadsheet and Profile, Activity Usage Spreadsheet and Profile, Tracking View, Resource Assignments window, and Activity Usage Spreadsheets and Profiles, Publishing and Reports

To download this paper and understand this function please click on this link>>> [13].

Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books, online videos available through Udemy [14] (and search on Paul E Harris) and training material on:

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

Please follow these links:

• Eastwood Harris books and training materials are available here Eastwood Harris [16]
• Online videos available through Udemy [14], click on this link and search for Paul E Harris, and
• Eastwood Harris inhouse, one-to-one and public training courses are offered through Primaskills Pty Ltd, more details here>>>> [17]. 

Paul E Harris

Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd

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 [19], and to find variances in projects based on the comparison of work planned and work performed

In this article [20] you will find details about the EVM measurement system, including different calculations and formulas and its implementations in Primavera P6 [21].

• The key factors for delivering successful projects
• What high performing project teams have in common
• Barriers and benefits of using today’s project controls tools and technology
• …and more!

Find out how you can revolutionize your project controls. Read the survey report results now... [22]

Activity codes allow the planner to assign codes that can be used for several purposes such as: filtering, grouping, and sorting activities.

Learn more [24] about how you can setup, use, and convert EPS Activity Code to Project Code in Primavera P6

Register now [25]. Special price. Enter Code GAS20 for a 20% discount.

Performance Day 1

• 0830 Doors open and Coffee Networking 
• 0925 Welcome
• 0930 Steve Elliott Expert Advisor - Project Controls Performing in Turbulent Times
• 1015 Simon Taylor Co-founder & Executive Director at th3rdcurve In Ireland, it really is all about the people
• 1045 Stephen Burns Head of Delivery Agri-EPI Centre, Northern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub Food and A.I.
• 1115 Coffee Networking
• 1145 Ian Milne Project Director Turner & Townsend EVM???
• 1215 Joseph Lee EUNA Practice Lead for Project, Programme and Commercial Management Mott MacDonald Decision Making in Turbulent Times
• 1245 Tony Welch VP Bids & Programmes - Thales UK 5 Levers For Change in Turbulent Times
• 1315 Lunch Networking
• 1400 David Hurren – Technical Director – RPC UK Delivery of an Integrated Performance Management platform at Dublin Airport (Case Study)
• 1430 John Urry Project SDA-SSNR-Project Controls Manager MOD Abbey Wood The challenges of “consolidation” vs “continuous change” in highly agile environments
• 1500 Iain Stevenson Executive Mission Delivery Director at AWE Building a PMO from the ground up
• 1530 Chris Sanders Head of Data Analytics at BAE Systems Data analytics transformation in mega projects.
• 1600 Tea Networking 1630 Mark Wild Crossrail Lessons Learned
• 1730 Refreshments Networking Old Doctor Butler’s Head then
• 1830 Dinner Networking  

• 0830 Doors open and Coffee Networking Welcome
• 0900 Iain Minns Partner, Head of Programme & Project Controls at Arcadis Improving efficiency and productivity to deliver successful outcomes What has worked for me and why it was worth it
• 0930 Jonathan Williams Project Manager Bespoke and Emerging Projects Environment Agency ABC Accountable Business Case, Measuring and monitoring benefits cradle to grave. A discussion to explore how a self sustaining process could track benefits through definition creation and use. A requirement of every business case.
• 1000 Charlotte Candy Risk Director Integrated Programme Controls AECOM Getting better engagement in risk management
• 1030 Coffee
• 1050 Ajay Patel Head of Risk – Projects & Programmes TfL Risk performance – how well are your risks assessed? Let’s give decision makers something they didn’t know existed …
• 1120 Paul Fisher Principal Consultant at Costain Navigating the Wake turbulence. Avoiding pilot induced oscillation in your projects through good project performance conversations
• 1150 Martin Chick Principal Consultant at Arcadis Benefits and Social Value
• 1220 Marco Frisenda Head of planning for the JV Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam (EKFB) -HS2 Central Section
• 1250 Lunch and Networking 1320 Performance The Fusion Sequence
• 1420 Georgie Alderson-Slater Principal PMO & Project Controls Consultant The Recruitment Trap – What are the causes of a downward spiral in recruiting and retaining good quality project controls staff and how do we escape the vortex?
• 1445 Tea and Networking
• 1500 David Jones Global Head of Costing at Sodexo and Costing BPO Challenges of being a cost estimating practitioner
• 1530 ????????
• 1600 Close

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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 [31]...  Ask questions here [32]...

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