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MESSAGE FROM PLANNING PLANET TEAM...
We would like to bring you all up to speed with a few of our initiatives here at Planning Planet. We hope you find some of them to be of interest. We also include below, some messages from our sponsors.
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The Guild of Project Controls is moving on and gathering momentum now. To all intents and purposes Planning and Scheduling is a Standard of Practice which is ready to be used as a basis for testing individual knowledge and Forensic Analysis is close behind. Our final Standard; Cost Management is well on the way to completion - we are confident that within the next two months all the hard work will be largely completed.
We still require more Corporate Involvement - be at the forefront - sponsor the Guild [email protected] is who to mail - we will transform things and we all know the benefits...contact us.
Our PP Freelance pages are coming on nicely - use the power of our community for your next contract... as with all good ideas everyone benefits so it must be good!! Contact [email protected] and register! Keep more of your money and be more competitive to employers.
Finally PP Marketplace is ready for the smaller suppliers to our industry - we know there are consultants, software vendors, professional services companies, training organisations and much more out there that need just an opportunity to work with our community and marketplace is your chance! Real competitive advantage for both supplier and client - PP will ensure you get the exposure to the largest Project Control community in the world - contact [email protected] and we will send you what we believe to be the best way to boost your business.
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ACUMEN...
Registration for the 2013 Acumen Annual Summit is now open.
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The Acumen Annual Summit is a time for project professionals and Acumen software users to gather for networking, learning, and sharing project management best practices alongside uses for the Acumen Fuse, Acumen Risk, and Acumen 360. The Summit will feature a full day of complimentary training for Acumen software users, over 20 educational sessions, several exciting networking events, all in a beautiful setting in Houston, TX. For a limited time only, complete a survey and receive a free pass. Review the schedule and register now.
2013 Acumen Annual Summit
9/30/2013 – 10/2/2013
Houston, TX
Interested in participating? Check out the call for papers and call for sponsors for this year's conference.
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ASTA...
Bookings being taken for new BIM course from Asta on 3rd and 4th July, London
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The course has been designed to offer delegates a real hands-on experience of BIM tools and exposure to BIM ways of working and by attending you will:
- Gain an understanding of BIM and its use from the perspective of construction contractors
- Learn how the use of the BIM models, tools and processes can assist in the planning process
- Identify common issues that affect the planning process when working collaboratively with a BIM model
- Produce a 4D programme within a federated BIM model
- Gain an insight into the value of 4D planning
- Appreciate developments in communicating site layout and logistics planning
- Undertake progress reporting in 4D BIM
The cost of the course is £595 + VAT. For more information and to book a place please click here.
To contact us directly call 01844 261700 or email [email protected]
Sign up for an Asta Powerproject online webinar.
Our free, high quality, webinars provide a quick and easy way to find out how Asta Powerproject can benefit your project management efficiency. Register here to reserve a place today.
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ECOSYS...
EcoSys, provider of enterprise project controls software, will be hosting several breakfast seminars in the coming weeks
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We encourage Project Controls professionals and all those interested in improving project performance to attend these FREE events. Follow the links below for more information and to reserve your seat:
- 25 Apr – Toronto, ON – “Project Controls Best Practices”
- 8 May – Denver, CO – “Project Controls Best Practices”
- 15 May – London, UK – “Top 5 Challenges to Effective Cost Controls”
- 16 May – Aberdeen, UK - “Top 5 Challenges to Effective Cost Controls”
If you can’t attend these events in person, we encourage you to join our live Webinar on Thursday, 18 April. The topic will be “A Project Controls Maturity Model: Where does your organization fit?” Two sessions will be presented:
EcoSys, provider of enterprise project controls software, will be hosting several breakfast seminars in the coming weeks. We encourage Project Controls professionals and all those interested in improving project performance to attend these FREE events. Follow the links below for more information and to reserve your seat:
- 25 Apr – Toronto, ON – “Project Controls Best Practices”
- 8 May – Denver, CO – “Project Controls Best Practices”
- 15 May – London, UK – “Top 5 Challenges to Effective Cost Controls”
- 16 May – Aberdeen, UK - “Top 5 Challenges to Effective Cost Controls”
If you can’t attend these events in person, we encourage you to join our live Webinar on Thursday, 18 April. The topic will be “A Project Controls Maturity Model: Where does your organization fit?” Two sessions will be presented:
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LOGIKAL PROJECTS...
LogiKal Projects is known for providing world class Project Controls and Planning services.
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Strategic Solutions - LogiKal Projects; we believe that the application of disciplined Project Controls, integrated with your Program Management Office (PMO) and business finance functions, is a cornerstone to the successful delivery of your portfolio and programme of projects. We are renowned for building successful solutions operating at both strategic and operational levels to match individual client needs. We have experience in consulting for multinational organisations with very large portfolios of projects as well as small companies with a few projects on their books. Read more...
In the past 6 months we have been working with 2 large scale Contractor and client organizations in the Oil and Gas sectors, offering tailored solutions and a maturity assessment worked through with Senior Management, to produce a streamlined approach to Project Controls. The immediate effects seen have been improved data quality and increased systems efficiency producing substantial resource savings. Our focus has been on tackling the three dimensions of people, process and systems in order to ensure that they are well matched in order to support the overall solution effectiveness. Read more...
Our philosophy is to embody a flexible and adaptable approach, with a genuine desire to cross fertilize sector best practice. We demonstrable transparency, openness and honesty in everything we do and We will make your Project Controls work! Read more...
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SAFRAN...
Moving forward with Safran Project Version 5
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Q2 is the release target for the latest version of Safran Project- the flagship from Safran Software Solutions. The Software field trial period will be completed shortly, and in a few weeks thereafter Safran will have a full release of the latest software. This new release contains features such as
- Schedule Risk Analysis
- New Progress Completion status report
- Bull’s Eye report showing cumulative CPI and SPI trends for projects and aggregated to Portfolio level
- Extension of the Gantt interface to allow for display of Risk percentile dates.
- A new Change report
Safran will demonstrate the new software version at the PMI Global Congress 2013 –EMEA in Istanbul next week.
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Progress Completion Chart with activities organized by finish date and status shown in red, yellow, orange and green.
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Project Performance can be summarized visually with bulls-eye charts. Projects that are over budget, behind schedule, or are heading towards disaster can be identified immediately.
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Schedule Risk results and Schedule Risk Analyses totally integrated with the Safran Bar Chart Editor.
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SPIDER PROJECT...
Spider Project is powerful professional project management software, unparalleled in the world market.
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The first SP version was launched in 1993 and since then it has been constantly improved. The current Version 10 is used in 28 countries. 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.
The unique features of Spider Project include Quantity Based Scheduling, Conditional Scheduling, Skill Scheduling, Cost and Material Leveling, Resource Critical Path Calculation, Cash and Material Flow Calculation and Management, Trend Analysis, Intelligent Risk Simulation and Analysis, Calculation of Success Probability Trends, Management of Project Time and Cost Buffers, Application of Corporate Norms, Management of many Parallel Budgets, Multiple WBS and many others. Check out our dedicated Discussion Forum.
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SYNCHRO...
The First Annual Synchro EU User Conference in Birmingham, UK
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Synchro is pleased to announce the First European Union Synchro Professional™ User Conference on Thursday May 2, 2013 at the Copthorne Hotel , Birmingham, UK.
Expect a vibrant and informative conference, designed for participants to exchange ideas, build connections and learn from super users. Experience the uses of Synchro by listening to the most advanced project management delivery teams in our community. Invest the time and take the opportunity to join your contemporaries, face to face, in our effort to advance the cause of construction excellence.
Registration is open now; Email us your registration information to [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham in May!
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TILOS...
TILOS 8 English version released
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Linear project GmbH has released version 8 of TILOS in English. New orders for TILOS will be delivered in Version 8 from now on. TILOS 7 clients with an annual maintenance and support contract will receive their upgrades over the next weeks from Linear project GmbH or their local TILOS distributor. The delivery email will contain a download link and a new product ID to activate TILOS 8 on a computer. There is a patch provided for TILOS 7 to allow the usage of TILOS 7 and TILOS 8 in tandem.
One of the most notable functions of TILOS 8 is the merging of data from different sub-projects into one time distance cell. This will enable the dividing of a project into different sections (zones or tenders), then merging these by dragging and dropping sub-projects from different TILOS works running simultaneously on your computer.
Other new features include a new view management allowing easier navigation and switching between the different views of your project. The mass haulage functionality is entirely new and will be described in the following section:
TILOS 8 Mass Haulage functionality
Road and rail projects usually require the movement of large quantities of earth in order to prepare the terrain. This is subsequently one of the biggest cost drivers in these types of projects besides bridges and tunnels. Earlier versions of TILOS enabled the monitoring of such quantities using distance diagrams.
TILOS 8 now does this does this interactively:
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- Shows mass areas based on soil classes in different colours reflecting the layers of soil vertically. Data can be simply imported from Excel or other apps using the clipboard or the xml interface.
- The Bruckner curve analyses cut and fill areas to generate the mass balance curve.
- Haulages are constructed interactively by drawing links between the rectangles showing quantity and distance of transport. At any given time, the user is informed of the masses in each area. The total mass transport as a product of volume and distance is also graphed.
- The planning wizard creates a cut and fill task from each haul, linking them automatically. The time-based diagrams show sliced or total quantities over time as quantities in stock piles and crushing zones.
- The flexible resource planning in TILOS allows for the optimized utilisation of a fleet of vehicles as well as calculating its entire usage and costs.
- During execution, quantities achieved can be entered or imported to compare planned and actual quantities with one another in order to control the performance on-site.
If you would like to test the new TILOS 8 version, send an email to [email protected] requesting the latest version of the software.
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XER TOOLKIT...
Is an Excel Addin devised and developed by project control professionals with the capability to read, analyse and display Primavera schedule data
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The FREE Schedule Viewer
The schedule viewer is a smart alternative to PDFs of the project plan. Outputs have the look and feel of primavera’s native gantt and are complete with collapsible WBS grouping sections. The viewer provides users with the ability to define, customise and save filter/ column schemes and unlike some other free viewers; the XER Toolkit provides access to the majority of Primavera columns including activity codes and user defined fields. There are even some columns that are not available within Primavera itself (e.g. steps, driving predecessors/ successors with detail, resources etc.).
The schedule viewer is entirely free to download and use. Read more... www.xertoolkit.co.uk
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