Construction
Specifically for construction and engineering, a project delivery solution should be able to help generate predictable results by reducing complexity, promoting teamwork, and connecting management to field offices.
Construction projects require planning and execution, but once started they are subject to numerous unpredictable actions. Failure to predict and manage these changes can result in substantial costs and schedule delays. Stakeholders in the construction and engineering ecosystem are leading with unprecedented requirements, ranging from demand for faster and higher construction, penalties for missing deadlines with a growing shortage of qualified commercial resources, which increases costs, erodes margins and slows down progress.
- Contract management
- Planning and programming
- Change management
- Reports and analysis
- Mobility and progress in the field
- Cost and schedule
Construction companies are increasingly looking for tools to help them more consistently deliver projects on time and on budget. Just as important is connecting with the business at large, as well as handling the two fundamental construction project management approaches: the critical path method (CPM) and lean construction. It’s also important that you provide an environment where lean scheduling and CPM can co-exist, complement each other, and offer combined benefits.
• Users can map logical relationships between activities in the CPM network to determine the critical path and completion date of the project. The solution automates activity sequencing and relationships and connects activities between WBS elements to reflect transitions between phases.
• Allow activities to be divided into smaller tasks, collaboratively plan due dates and commit to them as planned.
• It provides an automated environment to commit to due dates, tag completed tasks, and re-engage with unfinished ones. Cover planned, committed, completed and overdue tasks, as well as baseline activities.
• Allow users to monitor Planned Percent Complete and assign reasons for missed commitments based on best practices. Task alerts that notify the CPM network in real time of incompatible dates or statuses.
These features will make it easier to leverage industry best practices and improve project planning, scheduling, and resource management. You get improvements in contract management, as well as complete visibility with integrated scheduling and cost control, also allowing you to track costs and forecast trends with integrated analytics.
