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Issue 2008 Author Title Summary A step-by-step look at the construction of a Gantt chart leaves Good and Bad: Gantt Gordon Aronson asking for greater simplification in Primavera version Chart Bars and P6.1 7.0. Primaveras Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS) is an oftBreaking Down ignored tool. Doug Findley, a senior consultant with High Bridge Summer 2008 Doug Findley Primaveras OBS Associates Inc., explains how to use it and make it work for you. The Most Combining trades into one scheduling category can lead to slip-ups in Troublesome Gordon coordination and project progress. Gordon Aronson has a simple Acronym in May 2008 Aronson solution: Dont do it! Scheduling Making Your Primavera Schedule Communicate Gordons Take on Road Ahead Announcements at Primaveras 2007 User Conference Failure to communicate is the leading cause of project failure, says Gordon Aronson. Make your WBS and activity codes communicate in your schedule and youll be on your way to project success. The Primavera user conference offered more than just record attendance numbers. It provided fodder for discussion on whats good and what could be better. Gordon Aronson provides his view of the road ahead. Primaveras recently released P6 includes a few updates from P5, but for now, its all about the Internet interface. Gordon Aronson reviews some of the new and improved features in the Power Client.

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What happens when your project is divided into 10 projects, each requiring its own baseline and regular updates? Primavera expert Gordon Aronson has the answer. Nothing says urgent quite like a document on red cardstock in a sea of white copy paper. Use color to call attention to your urgent issues, and youll get the attention you need, says Gordon Aronson. Just avoid the temptation to overuse it.

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Tracking Submittals Tracking submittals does not need to be an onerous or confusing in Planner/Scheduler task, suggests Gordon Aronson. They can be tracked and managed 5 directly where they will control the workflowin your CPM schedule. With Primaveras impending arrival of Version 6.0, the march towards Web-based scheduling and planning has picked up the pace. Gordon Aronson predicts that Web components will soon win the lions share Get Ready, Hustle or of software development. So, its time to get up to speed or get run Be Dragged over. Primavera Contract Manager: Making RFIs Really Communicate What does your RFI communicate? Does it scream urgent or does it fall to the bottom of the inbox? Using Primavera Contract Manager, Gordon Aronson explains that you can make your RFI carry the necessary weight to get the attention it needs, when it needs it. Frustrated by the process of manually comparing printed schedules, Primavera Schedule Ron Winter developed a software system, Schedule Analyzer, to Review, Comparison automate the task. Scheduling experts Gordon Aronson and Paul and Analysis with Levin present a two-part review of this program and how it performs Schedule Analyzer with Primaveras tools.

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Owners do themselves a disservice by not understanding project Contractor Schedule scheduling software. So argues Gordon Aronson in this months Submittals in a P5 Primavera feature. He looks at six different scenarios between World contractors and owners in the scheduling submittal process. Technological bells and whistles are only as good as their TIME-SCALED AND effectiveness. Scheduling expert Gordon Aronson makes a plea to NETWORK LOGIC scheduling software developers to create easy-to-read logic DIAGRAMS diagrams. Contractors entrenched in doing business the way its always been done may be resistant to changes, especially if the old ways have As a Contractor, Why worked in the past. Primavera expert Gordon Aronson offers Should I Use compelling reasons for incorporating Primavera tools into the Primavera? workplace. Differences in Finish Type Contraints in Project Management Primavera expert Gordon Aronson offers a tutorial on the types of finish constraints and their differences. 5 Working with constraints in Primavera prompts a chain reaction of Constraints consequences. In this months Primavera column, Gordon Aronson Understanding the shows some of the most common constraint types and explains how Reults they work. Uncertainty and the The only constant in life is change. Gordon Aronson offers some eyeConstruction opening reasons to factor in uncertainty into estimating, planning and Schedule scheduling for any construction project. By the time an event negatively impacts workflow, its too late to start Building an Effective collecting documents for a reliable and accurate time impact analysis. Time Impact Analysis Gordon Aronson explains when and how to begin the process. Primavera-When Activity Cost Issues Drive Out-ofSequence Progress Checking off an activity before it gets the official stamp of approval will cause problems with CPM software. Gordon Aronson offers three ways to address the discrepancies in P3 and one in Primavera Engineering and Construction. Multiple scheduling calendars may seem like a maze of lines to the Multiple Calendars non-scheduler. Yet to the trained eye, they can keep a project moving and How to Use forward. Gordon Aronson explains how to use and read these tools in Them Primavera Project Management 5. Without a complete understanding of logic, project managers and Tracing and field staff may be left to wind through the maze of lines that comprise Understanding Logic a network diagram. Primavera Claim The pointers in this tutorial will help you maneuver your way through Digger Primaveras Claim Digger program. A successful project depends in part on understanding how to interpret the schedule. This months Primavera article looks at scheduling output and how to properly read it. CPC publisher Paul Levin reviews the recent Primavera User Conference in Orlando, Fla. His comments include information on Primavera 2005 User Primavera updates, announcements and a one-on-one interview with Conference Report Dick Faris. How to Use Contractor to Review and Modify a Primavera Your project was created in P3ec but you are only licensed to use Engineering and Primavera Contractor. What do you do? Gordon H. Aronson tells you Construction how to import the project into Contractor. Scheduel Page 2 of 3 Primavera Project Management: Learn to Read the Red

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Instead of listing each individual detail as an activity on your project, Primavera expert Gordon Aronson recommends using the Steps Primavera Steps: feature, which allows you to group bullet-point items as part of a Their Advantages and larger activity. The benefit you keep better track of the progress of Updating each activity while reducing the number of activities in the schedule. New Features for Primavera's Planning Gordon Aronson takes an analytical look at some of Primaveras 5.0 and Scheduling features in its Project Manager module. Software Resources and Costs To list or not to list (resources and costs), that is the question. in a P3e/c or Gordon Aronson helps decipher the ins and outs and ups and downs Contractor Schedule of itemizing resources and costs in P3e/c and Contractor software. One of Primaveras most compelling features is its graphics for displaying activity sequence, duration and logic. P3e/c and Bars and Contractor present new features, as well as new challenges. This Relationships in article demonstrates the importance of careful attention to the bar P3e/c and Contractor layout settings.

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The project architect/engineer, owner, construction manager or contractor who has made the decision to move to an advanced system like Primavera Engineering & Construction or its younger brother, Primavera Contractor, is ready to carry project management to the next level. All who make their living in the engineering and construction industry recognize the long list of factors that make this a business full of risks. Yet, it is the rare project, from start to finish, that openly assesses and accounts for the time and cost risks. Evidence suggests that most engineers and owners simply ignore its Gordon H. existence, too many construction managers refuse to deal with it, and Aronson and Risk and the countless contractors believe that its not worth the effort, given the July 2005 Dan Patterson Construction Project specified and accepted contractual constraints. Ive had a number of contractors after learning Primavera Engineering & Construction (P3e/c) or Primavera Contractor ask point blank what is the benefit to me to use a work breakdown What is a WBS and structure (WBS). This is not an easy question to answer, and Why Use a WBS in a certainly not openly apparent. In order to construct a meaningful Gordon H. Construction answer, we must discuss a few related topic and define exactly what June 2005 Aronson Schedule? a WBS is and is not. Primavera Engineering & Construction, along with its sibling Exploring Primavera Primavera Contractor, are here for some and just around the corner Gordon H. Scheduling for the others. Gordon Aronson introduces his column and outlines May 2005 Aronson Applications what's coming in the next few months. The P3-to-Project Manager Transition Guide by Gordon Aronson is P3-to-Project now available for download. This 92-page full-color pdf is free with a Gordon H. Manager Transition Construction Project Controls paid subscription or may be purchased May 2005 Aronson Guide separately.

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