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The Complex Projects Contract 2013 (CPC2013) focuses on managing time to ensure projects are delivered to specification on budget and without delays. Unlike existing contracts, which target failure by requiring financial compensation for late completion, CPC2013 provides the procedures to enable par
29 Oct 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 4 min read
Planning Planet members are invited to a free AIPM Project Controls SIG (PC-SIG) meeting to be held at The Water Rat Hotel, 256 Moray Street, South Melbourne VIC, 3205: http://www.thewaterrathotel.com.au/Date: Wednesday 20 November 2013, Start 5.30 pm – Start (note earlier start time) Finish 7.00 pm
20 Oct 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 2 min read
There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool. And generally speaking Excel gets the calculations it is asked to p
30 Sept 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 3 min read
There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool. And generally speaking Excel gets the calculations it is asked to p
30 Sept 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 3 min read
As a scheduler within various industries, I have been asked “What is Schedule Quality?” In fact, if you pose this question to various project personnel, you may receive more than one answer per individual! Why? Some view “schedule quality” as a simple series of measures and techniques. I believe tha
6 May 2013 · Thomas Polen · 2 min read
I met a lovely old guy last week at a Fleetwood Mac concert at Madison Square Gardens who was an Attendant there. We got talking while I was getting a beer and he told me he'd worked there for forty years, he remembered when Fleetwood Mac first played there 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin filmed Song Rem
1 May 2013 · James Clements · 3 min read
The simple fact ignored by most accountants, general management and project managers is that cost is an output from the management process, and pretending cost is a manageable input is a recipe for disaster.
30 Apr 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 5 min read
One of the more common discussions on the web and in other places is focused on arguing the merits of, or comparing, the PRINCE2 Methodology with the PMBOK Methodology.
16 Apr 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 4 min read
Most people with an interest will know that PMI have released the PMBOK® Guide 5thEdition, the Standard for Program Management 3rdEdition and the Standard for Portfolio Management 3rdEdition, with an official publication date ofthe 31stDecember 2012. PMI’s other key standard; the Organisational Proj
2 Apr 2013 · Patrick Weaver · 4 min read
If my team and I were on a mission to standardize our program control software, we might perform a benchmarking exercise. I firmly believe if we performed such an exercise, we would find that one-hundred different organizations would have at least one-hundred-five software architectures between them
22 Feb 2013 · Thomas Polen · 2 min read
