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DMC MINING CASE STUDY: C-SUITE INSIGHT INTO IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONTROLS SOFTWARE
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We spoke with DMC Mining Services (DMC) CFO Rebecca Ng and COO John Luckock, to hear about DMC's project controls success story.
This case study explores their search for a project controls software that would provide them with a systematic pathway for monitoring, controlling, and forecasting projects. Download this case study to learn more about how DMC has made operational and financial improvements, sped up turnaround time, increased accuracy of reporting, and optimized resources with reduced work duplication through the implementation of ARES PRISM.
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“There is a holistic approach for having technology help operations be more efficient and effective. We implemented best-in-class operation tools in order to work better and smarter and support the boots on the ground,”
Rebecca Ng, Chief Financial Officer at DMC Mining Services, said. Read more...
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ASSIGNING MULTIPLE ACTIVITY CODE VALUES TO SINGLE ACTIVITIES IN P6
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ASSIGNING MULTIPLE ACTIVITY CODE VALUES TO SINGLE ACTIVITIES IN P6
Some scheduling products like Powerproject allow Multiple Code Values to be assigned to an activity.
This is useful for example when you have two people responsible for an activity but in P6 you may only assign one person who would be represented as a single code value.
If you wish to know some workarounds to this issue then click on this link>>>.
Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books and online videos.
These are all available through Udemy and training material on:
- Microsoft Project,
- Oracle Primavera P6 and
- Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject
Details at Eastwood Harris
Paul E Harris
Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
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10-MINUTE PROJECT PERFORMANCE MATURITY ASSESSMENT, BASED ON PMI’S OPM3 FRAMEWORK
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Complete a 10-minute project performance maturity assessment, based on PMI’s OPM3 framework, to understand how effective your organisation is at managing project performance.
Once completed you’ll receive an in-depth report tailored to your organisation's maturity levels in three key areas: process, human capital, and technology. Discover how to better deliver projects - on time and budget.
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Why do I need a project performance maturity assessment?
Project performance continues to operate under dire circumstances. The Portland Business Journal reported that 80 percent of enterprise projects fail, while a McKinsey study revealed that 45 percent are running over budget and delivering 56 percent less value than the original scope.
Most of these ill-effects are caused by immature or outdated practices.Understanding the scope of your problems and the specific (and fixable) pain points related to those problems is the first step realigning your organisation toward best practice project performance. Read More...
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ANNOUNCING PRISM ESTIMATING VERSION 8
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Learn about the latest new features and functionality in PRISM Estimating Version 8 through this short overview video. Some of the updates include new 2D & 3D takeoff capabilities, new estimate wizards for both bottom up and top down estimates, and multiple project variable templates. PRISM Estimating Version 8 has also expanded its carbon estimating capabilities to provide a single platform for the estimation of cost and carbon from cradle to grave. Learn more today! View the On-Demand Webinar...
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DCMA 14-POINT ASSESSMENT METRIC DESCRIPTIONS
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The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point assessment helps the Department of Defense evaluate schedules to see whether they are well-built and adhere to best practices that are important to the success of the project.
Most of the DCMA 14-Point metrics look only at activities that are baselined with a duration > 0d. The two exceptions are the Critical Path Test and the BEI.
Read the blog post...
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"PROVEN PRACTITIONER" A PLANNING PLANET PRODUCT
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Do you seek PROMOTION or do you want to better UNDERSTAND YOUR Stengths and SKILLS (in private) or do you seek that NEW ROLE?
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XER SCHEDULE TOOLKIT
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Make schedule quality integral to the way you plan.
XER Schedule Toolkit have recently introduced a range of new integrity metrics combined with a scoring mechanism that makes the process of assessing and improving project schedules much easier.
All RAG and score thresholds are fully configurable, allowing you to create and save project or client specific templates.
We offer affordable packages for the enterprise, meaning access to these vital tools are no longer just for the elite.
Start your free trial today...
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CLEOPATRA COST ENGINEERING
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AACEI Recommended Practices for Cost Estimating Maintenance Turnarounds
The contribution of Bas Druijf from Cleopatra Enterprise
Read this article to learn how the Cost Estimate Classification System work for Turnarounds.
The Recommended Practices (RP) issued by AACE International are widely recognized and have been adopted in estimating and control departments across the process industries. Until recently, the focus of these practices was mainly on capital projects. However, they are now also beginning to cover Maintenance Turnarounds.
As an initial step in covering this important aspect of process plant operation and management, the AACEI has issued the Recommended Practice: Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Maintenance Turnarounds for the Process Industries (112R-20).
This Recommended Practice helps both to standardize work processes and to take cost estimating for turnarounds to the next level. It gives industry professionals a common language, which they can always fall back on. Read the full article to learn more.
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Using Cleopatra Enterprise’s state-of-the-art benchmarking and cost estimating features, Enbridge is able to compare the performance of projects and increase the accuracy of future cost estimates.
‘’At Enbridge, it's crucial for us to understand and adjust project costs with today's ever-shifting energy project types. Cleopatra helps us achieve that objective.'' - Ryan McPhee, Supervisor, Cost Engineering, Project Development at Enbridge
The software tool Cleopatra provides Enbridge, the leader in energy delivery in North America, with powerful project cost management and an integrated structure with advanced analytics and flexible reporting abilities.
Download the case study to find out how Enbridge improved their cost estimation and benchmarking processes, resulting in significant time savings and support in critical business decision making.
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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE NEWS
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Construction CPM Conference is continuing. We are therefore watching, waiting and planning a bifurcated program of Virtual or Online curricula while determining safety issues of a Live event.
Returning to Orlando January 16 – 19, 2022 Read more here...
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ALTERNATIVE TO PRIMAVERA AND ASTA?
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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... Ask questions here...
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HOW TO USE TRACE LOGIC IN SCHEDULEREADER
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Trace Logic helps project managers and schedulers to examine why an activity is scheduled to occur at a particular time. It enables them to step or “trace” forward and backward through a sequence of activities, so they can focus on predecessor/successor relationships.
With Trace Logic view, you can easily determine whether an activity’s predecessors were delayed, or existing constraints are still applicable.
How can you use this feature in ScheduleReader? Learn here.
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REMOVE POBS DATA FROM XER FILES WITH SHEDULECLEANER
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Primavera P6 users can encounter many issues with bloated XER files due to POBS data since it can take hours when importing XER files into the P6 database.
But can you remove POBS without any consequences to the file? Yes, ScheduleCleaner removes several categories of data from a XER file including POBS data. After cleaning POBS data with this simple software solution, the file size of a large XER file will be viably decreased, hence reducing the time to import the XER file into the P6 database.
Read more how to remove POBS data using ScheduleCleaner here.
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