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You might have heard about Power BI and its capabilities to connect with various project data sources and the live data. Power BI, this open-source powerful visual data analytics service offered by Microsoft, provides interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough to create your project reports
Visual Data Analytics?! Power BI?! What on earth is that? I recently had a conversation with a close friend of mine – a project controls professional like myself. We got around to talking about the methods we use to analyze our data. He complained that the weekly data he is
T-Shaped Project Controls Professional vs. an I-shaped Project Controls Professional! Which one are you T or I ?! You might say… “ what on earth are you talking about”? What is a T-Shaped Project Professional or I-Shape? Have you made up these terms? Well, if you’ve never heard of a
A project lives and dies by its budget, but how do you put together a budget that will bring the project to fruition? Well, developing the project budget originates from the Cost Estimating process. What is a “Cost Estimate” in project management and how do you develop a cost estimate?
Watch this interview with Ursula Kuehn, author of Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project Management. She is a recognized trainer and consultant in integrated cost and schedule control and earned value management procedures.
You might have heard the terms “4D Schedule Models”, “4D Scheduling”, “4D BIM”, “4D BIM Modelling”, “4D Simulation”, and “4D BIM Planning.” For simplicity, let’s refer to these terms as “4D Scheduling”. But, what do we mean by “4D Scheduling”? What is 4D Scheduling? 4D Scheduling is simulating the planning
Project Controls Conferences in 2021! Would you consider attending one? Either your goal is learning new strategies, getting motivation, discovering new cutting-edge tools and technologies, or meeting like-minded professionals, attending conferences is a surefire way to achieve your professional goals. I always come away from conferences feeling energized and empowered
Watch this interview with Ursula Kuehn, author of Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project Management. She is a recognized trainer and consultant in integrated cost and schedule control and earned value management procedures.
Are you ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? What are the top ten new technologies that will transform the global economy by 2025? How these new technologies will impact the future of Project Management? Watch the video below to get answers to the above questions. Download the free audio mp3
Watch this interview with Ursula Kuehn, author of Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project Management. She is a recognized trainer and consultant in integrated cost and schedule control and earned value management procedures.
Watch my interview with Dr. David Hulett for some key lessons on Schedule & Cost Risk Analysis
Do you run a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) in your projects? Does your company have an effective Quantitative Risk Analysis capability? An effective Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) capability will not exist in a vacuum. QRA capability will be a function of an organization’s overall risk management capability.
Are you ready for the 4th Industrial Revolution? The 4th Industrial Revolution is going to bring exponential changes to the way we live, work and relate to one another due to the adoption of new smart technologies. Imagine the connected machines that interact, visualize the entire production chain and construction
Ramani Sundaram talks about how rules of thumb can assist estimators in bringing value to their cost estimating approach.
We have all probably heard the term “big data,” another term that can be many things to many different people. But what is BIG DATA and what’s its impact on the future of cost estimating? Larry Dysert, the Cost Estimating thought leader has opened up the concept of Big Data
Watch my interview with Dr. David Hulett for some key lessons on Schedule & Cost Risk Analysis
How do you get started in Power BI? Before diving into the content and providing you the Power BI starter guide, let’s have the same understanding of what Power BI is all about. What is the Power BI? Power BI is a business analytics service by Microsoft that puts visual
Project planning vs. scheduling- are they the same? You might have heard the role of Planner/Scheduler in a project. Does it mean that Planners & Schedulers do the same work? Are “Planning” and “Scheduling” the same terms? If not, what are the key differences between Project Planning vs. Scheduling? Check
What is 5D BIM? What are the impacts of 5D BIM on the future of cost estimating? Larry Dysert, the Cost Estimating thought leader has opened up the concept of 5D BIM, its evolution from the past to the future, and its impact on the future of cost estimating. Watch
What is the most common way of looking at a construction schedule? Do you use a schedule dashboard or special schedule report? For many, it usually involves going into Primavera P6 and adjusting groupings and applying filters (sometimes very lengthy and complex filters that become hard to follow). Once the
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