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Addressing uncertainties in decommissioning cost estimates – World Nuclear News
October 3, 2017
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Addressing uncertainties in decommissioning cost estimates World Nuclear News
How to Calculate Earned Schedule
September 30, 2017
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In this training, I am going to show you how you can calculate the “Earned Schedule”. I assume you already know what “Earned Schedule” is. If not, please make sure that you watch another video that I have prepared for you entitled “Earned Schedule- An improvement to EVM Scheduling Metrics.” To measure Earned Schedule, we
Earned Schedule- An improvement to EVM Scheduling Metrics
September 16, 2017
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Earned Value Management (EVM) is a powerful tool for evaluating the schedule and cost performance of projects and predicting future results. However, existing earned value schedule performance metrics does not do a good job with schedule performance evaluation and prediction. Use of “Earned Schedule” enhances the earned value management ’s ability to better represent and
Why the EVM Scheduling Metrics Are NOT Reliable!
August 27, 2017
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“Your critical path schedule shows behind schedule. How come your EVM schedule performance indicates an ahead of schedule status?” “What is wrong with your SPI report?” “We are going to finish this project 3 months behind the schedule. Tell me why your SPI is showing a good schedule performance?” Have you ever faced an angry
Certifications in Planning/Scheduling
August 20, 2017
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Summary: Have you ever considered attaining a professional certification in Planning/Scheduling? Do you know of internationally recognized certifications in Planning/Scheduling? Did you know that several international associations provide a variety of certifications in Planning/Scheduling including: Certified Scheduling Technician (CST) PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Are you interested to know how you
The Cream of Project Controls
August 11, 2017
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Recently there was a tremendous opportunity to learn from one of today’s premier project-controls advocate and thought leaders on topics relating to what most current project controls professionals may very well be occupied with on a daily basis. Lessons from experience have taught this author that every opportunity to hear Chris Carson – Vice President
How to Standout from the Crowd in the Competitive Job Market
August 3, 2017
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How many times have you submitted your resume to an online job posting that 100% matched your qualifications, but never heard a word back? How many times have you heard that landing a job is getting hard these days due to a bad economy, bad luck, and outsourcing? Have you ever thought what is causing
How to Quickly Identify Behind Schedule and Over Budget Activities in Primavera
July 31, 2017
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Have you ever wondered how you can quickly detect the activities in the schedule that are behind? Did you know that in Primavera P6, you can quickly identify behind schedule and over budget activities by using graphical indicator in User Defined Fields (UDF)? In this tutorial, I will show you how to define User Defined Field indicators
5 Important Lessons Most Project Controllers Learn Too Late in Their Career
July 24, 2017
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After years of working with experienced Project Control teams in various organizations and industries, I believe there are important lessons that most Project Controllers learn too late in their career. Watch this video to learn these top 5 important lessons: Download the free audio mp3 podcast of this episode on iTunes. Like this episode? Please share it so
How to Perform Schedule Time Impact Analysis in Primavera P6?
July 19, 2017
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A Schedule Time Impact Analysis is a method used to determine the extent of impact from potential delay in the construction process. This schedule analysis method involves inserting additional activities indicating delays or changes into an updated schedule representing progress up to the point when a delay event occurred to determine the impact of those delay activities.