The Planning Engineers Organisation currently has a survey running to determine which products are preferred out there in the world of planning and scheduling. So what software do you use? There are some interesting results, most notably, Primavera and Micro Planner X-Pert are the top rated amongst those polled.

When performing Earned Value calulations there is always a lot to consider. Making it worse, is that tools such as Primavera have that many options it drives you mental. Here is a nice trick to roll up Percent Complete and Earned Value to the WBS level based on Milestone completion:
1. With your project open, navigate [...]

In many cases, you need to use the tools you have got. And a lot of the time, you need to derive a cash flow, budgetary requirements and more. In many projects, you need hammock tasks and/or level of effort tasks to acheive this.
Many tools allow Start-to-Start and Finish-to-Finish relationships between two tasks only. However, [...]

Communication is a core part of the PMBOK. A part of Communication management, is the ability to understand your team and how it interacts.
For example, you may have a team of Extraverts where ideas fly around a room, but the idea that makes the most sense may be sitting in the mind of the sole [...]

When it comes to asking the vital question, “how long will that activity take REALISTICALLY” we can often get stuck thinking about it!
Enter PERT Weighted Averages.
A weighted average in terms of PERT analysis involves an Optimistic, Most likely and Pessimistic duration. The equation to work out the “weighted average” duration of a task is:
PERT weighted average = [...]

As an ever-expanding company, we are keen to recruit some graduate project schedulers and cost controllers.
Project Management starts with managing Scope, Cost and Time, so what better way to gain a fuller understanding of Project Management, than with a few projects as Project Scheduler and Cost Controller. And, of course, opportunities for training & mentoring do [...]

The Dignity for Chronic Pain Sufferers (DFPS) website is now up and running. GBA is proud to say it is associated with this cause. Please visit the site and register your opinion and messages of support. The link is:
http://www.dfps.org.au

The 13th of July, 2008 marked a very special day for UARC, with the successful completion of thier first hill climb at Collingrove SA, hosted by the Sporting Car Club of South Australia. The morning was an early start, with Collingrove 80km from the city. Blustery yet fine weather made the day perfect for the [...]