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Extending Common Data Environment for Engineering projects
Common Data Environment (CDE) is the latest buzz word in the EPC project sphere. It is the single source of information for the project. It contains documentation, drawings, graphical model and non graphical data. Common…
- 23 Mar 2020
5 steps to enhance EPC supply chain reliability
Introduction As I started to write about Common Data Environment, some how my focus shifted to the impact of corona virus on projects . While the whole world is facing such a big threat, how…
- 10 Mar 2020
Earned Value Project Management Simplified
I could meet a lot of project managers from different geographies, working on different types of projects. From diverse domains. Both highly experienced as well as inexperienced. While I taught them professional project management using…
- 25 Feb 2020
Integrated Project Management: Harnessing Technology for Success.
Imagine this: you’re driving to a new destination. You’ve got a map and you’re an experienced driver,but this is new terrain, you don’t know the landmarks, the signposts are in an unfamiliar language, theweather is…
- 17 Feb 2020
End-to-end project management for a Metro Rail Project
Metro rail projects are highly complex, because they involve many stakeholders – Govt. authorities, Project Owner organizations, Investors, EPC contractor and many more sub-contractors & consultants. Each piece of the project is built by the joint efforts…
- 21 Jan 2020
Emerging trends in risk management
For most of us project risk management straightaway connects with risk identification, prioritization, response planning, contingency planning and implementation. What is really exciting is the fact that risk management landscape is fast changing or rather…
- 17 Jan 2020
3 Steps to Accurate Project Cost Estimation and Budgeting
Completing the projects within budget is a subject of very high interest for project managers. Unfortunately. cost over runs continue to be very common. As per recent Economic times report; 423 infra projects show cost…
- 28 Nov 2019
EVM Progress monitoring using S Curves and histograms of engineering deliverables
One of the biggest problems facing project managers is the lack of on-time project progress data. By the time progress information reaches them on a weekly or monthly basis, a lot of precious time has…
- 20 Nov 2019
7 steps to define Project’s Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
The planning, organizing and delivery of large projects are extremely complex. The success or failure of such projects are determined by the project strategy. Large projects also involve many different stakeholders entering and exiting the…
- 14 Nov 2019
Bullet proofing Engineering Progress Monitoring & Control
By harnessing the power of electronic data management and earned value management systems, engineering progress monitoring and control can be improved considerably resulting in improved project velocity.
- 14 Nov 2019