CPM Newsletter - August 2009 - Volume 3, Number 3
CPM News
CPM announces agreement with Rio Tinto
CPM Solutions Ltd. has signed a three year agreement with Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., a member of the Rio Tinto Group, to provide on-going Oracle-Primavera P6 enterprise-wide project management software implementation, training and support consulting services. Kennecott uses Primavera P6 software to help manage projects at many sites around the world. Kennecott decided to move from many distributed implementations of P6 to a single centralized installation and database.
The P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) licenses and databases consolidation will result in numerous benefits to Kennecott Project Controls Management and personnel:
- Real-time high-level and detailed reporting of portfolio and project performance
- Single point of access for all Kennecott users, including executives and management
- Ease of access to reporting and status information
- Establishment of standardized project management structures, codes and reports
- Administrative and support efficiencies
When the P6 EPPM software upgrading, consolidation, implementation and training of the initial five locations is complete, other members of the Rio Tinto Group may, but are not obligated to, buy Consulting Services from CPM Solutions.
CPM Agreement With Acumen For Risk Analysis
CPM Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce it has signed an Alliance agreement with Acumen of Austin, Texas for collaborative sales, training and implementation of Oracle-Primavera Risk Analysis software solution. Please visit Acumen at http://www.acumenpm.com.
CPM Agreement With Integrated Management Concepts For EVM
CPM Solutions Ltd. is also pleased to welcome Integrated Management Concepts (IMC) of Thousand Oaks, CA as an Alliance partner for collaborative sales, training and implementation of Oracle-Primavera Earned Value Management software solution. Please visit IMC at http://www.intgconcepts.com. CPM Expands Consulting Services At Syncrude
As part of its renewed three year Consulting Services engagement with Syncrude, CPM is expanding the delivery of enterprise-wide Oracle-Primavera P5 Implementation Consulting Services at Syncrude by adding two consultants to the on-site consulting team. CPM consultants provide Custom Training, Implementation and Planning and Scheduling services to a variety of Syncrude’s business units. In excess of 30 Syncrude employees have taken CPM’s innovative Training Course CPM300 Oracle-Primavera P5/P6 For Plant Maintenance and Turnarounds.
Update on CPM Solutions Web Site
CPM’s web site continues to grow in popularity. Frequent web site section visits from viewers around the world are:
The CPM E-Learning 102 web based course continues to be well received. The online course includes in-depth content and the convenience of learning at your own pace. This course is not intended to replace the instructor led courses but to complement them. They are ideal for people who are interested in refresher courses.
Try a demo of our Primavera P6 Basics Online Course on our E-Learning page.
CPM Launches Virtual Training Course CPM VT102 For Oracle-Primavera P6 PowerClient
CPM Solutions is pleased to announce a new course which delivers training on the leading edge of technology – our instructor led Virtual Training Course CPM VT102.
What is a Virtual Training Course?
Today’s collaborative web technology now allows CPM Solutions to deliver courses in a virtual classroom. Students can be located anywhere in the world and simply need access to a phone and the internet to take part in our fully interactive, live training. Students connect remotely to CPM servers to access and learn Oracle-Primavera software.
How does Virtual Training work?
- Students connect to the virtual classroom by phone and through a web-enabled computer
- A CPM instructor leads the class using collaboration software
- The instructor can share any application on their desktop including slideshows, and the Primavera P6 software for demonstrations
- Students connect to CPM servers to access the Primavera software and complete assignments in real-time – no software is installed on student PCs
- Students can easily share their screen with the instructor and the entire class for questions or troubleshooting
- Set-up instructions are sent to students well in advance of the training.
What will I learn?
VT102 is the Virtual equivalent of the 102 Project Management in Primavera P6 Basic training course - our most popular course – Students will learn Primavera Project Manager P6 from the ground up. We'll teach you everything you need to know to get scheduling. After completing our comprehensive hands-on case study, you'll feel like a Primavera pro! Visit the course outlines page for details.
What else do I need to know?
- A total of 18 hours of instructor-led and e-learning training is delivered
- Training can be scheduled around students’ availability
- As part of the course, students are provided 30 days access to CPM’s e-Learning 102 course to enable them to review the course remotely
- A case study is provided to students to be completed outside of training. Students submit a xer file with the completed project
- Participants who successfully complete the course will be provided a certificate
- Additional information and course tuitions can be found on our training page
- Please contact Leanne Messina at Tel: 604 294 1577 EXT 117, E-mail: lmessina@cpmsolutions.ca for further information
Oracle / Primavera
Managing Risk with Project Portfolio Management in the Oil and Gas Industry During an Economic Downturn
In March 2009, Oracle produced a White Paper entitled “Managing Risk with Project Portfolio Management in the Oil and Gas Industry During an Economic Downturn”. The following is an excerpt:
“ In short, company leaders—from CFOs to capital project managers—are today looking for proof far beyond a reasonable doubt that the company’s investment will be secure and safe and meet return-on-investment metrics. And the obligation to provide proof falls to those making the investment request. Indeed, the current market conditions are a timely reminder that in our industry, risk analysis and contingency planning of projects and portfolios is crucial. This is true when operations require additional external financing to further exploration and production efforts—and it is still true when financing is secure and organizations need to simply decide where to invest existing capital.”
The Oracle Primavera Global Business Unit is focused exclusively on helping project-intensive businesses manage their entire project portfolio lifecycle, including projects of all sizes. It is estimated that projects totaling more than $6 trillion in value have been managed with Primavera products. Companies turn to Oracle's Primavera project portfolio management solutions to help them make better portfolio management decisions, evaluate the risks and rewards associated with projects, and determine whether there are sufficient resources with the right skills to accomplish the work. These best-in-class solutions provide the project execution and control capabilities needed to successfully deliver projects on time, within budget and with the intended quality and design.
VisionMonitor
Managing Risk Associated With Green House Gas Emissions Management
Planning and executing a Green House Gas (GHG) strategy requires expertise in areas organizations may not have subject matter experts. Corporations are struggling to build strategies that adequately manage the risk associated with GHG emission management and are asking questions such as:
· How do we put together a plan to mitigate the risk associated with GHG emissions?
· What are the regulatory rules we need to consider?
· What are the steps involved in putting together a verifiable and certifiable GHG Emissions inventory?
· How should we handle organizational changes (acquisitions, mergers, divestures) with respect to GHG emissions management?
· How do I manage collection, aggregation and calculation of data from disparate data sources (systems, manual) across the enterprise that is required to put together an accurate GHG inventory?
· What quantification methods, calculations and emission factors should we be using to put together a quality GHG inventory?
· What role does the Management of Change play in GHG management across the enterprise?
· What investments will I have to make to meet my reductions goals?
· How can we assess the short-term and long-term impact of various operational scenarios such as new facility or production expansions, divestures on my GHG inventories and reduction goals?
· How do we mitigate certain future risk with so much uncertainty surrounding our regulations?
· How often should we update the plan?
· How do we know what is our most current GHG position in terms of inventory, forecasts, credits, offsets, reduction targets?
VisionMonitor has worked with environmental consultants to architect the business process of planning a GHG strategy – and now deliver this expertise to customers as a rules-driven solution that guides the user through a comprehensive planning process. The end result is a plan for an organization’s GHG strategy that is ready for today and flexible to meet tomorrow’s regulatory and business challenges.
VisionMonitor’s Emissions Inventory Management Planning Process
VisionMonitor Announces Availability of v5.0
Now shipping, VisionMonitor v5.0 enables real-time, enterprise-wide data monitoring of companies’ environmental operations and delivers optimized analysis to oil and gas, refining, utility, chemical and petrochemical companies.
The new VisionMonitor v5.0 product suite, keeping up with an unparalleled track record of robust real-time environmental operational data management, brings together enhancements balanced to provide VisionMonitor clients with a scalable platform that is adaptable to changing business and regulatory landscapes with best of breed technology features. The new product suite defines a gold standard for environmental risk management with features to support collaboration, agility, business execution and rich user experience using Microsoft’s Sharepoint Server 2007, AJAX, Silverlight 2 and Microsoft Virtual Earth technologies.
VisionMonitor Software provides environmental risk management tools for organizations in a variety of industries. VisionMonitor’s web-based solutions enable organizations to take a proactive approach to management of their environmental operations. By collecting, processing, and monitoring data in real-time, VisionMonitor software provides a finger on the pulse of the operations.
VisionMonitor Documents and White Papers Now Available on CPM Web Site
Please access the VisionMonitor page to download the following documents and white papers:
· Environment Compliance Management
· Operational Intelligence
· Environment Business Intelligence
· Green House Gas-Ware
· Monitoring Emissions in Real-time
eTimeMachine
eTimeMachine Value Proposition
eTimeMachine is an Enterprise Work, Resource and Project Management system, that puts into an Employee’s Workspace activities from Oracle-Primavera, Microsoft Project, Help Desk systems (such as BMC Remedy), Workflow systems, and eTimeMachine itself.
This allows employees to report real-time progress (which in turn can also update Primavera and MS Project), enter their time and expenses, and submit their timesheets for approval by both functional and/or project managers. View the eTimeMachine Value Proposition.
eTimeMachine.com Inc. (www.etimemachine.com) is recognized as a leader in enterprise project management solutions which complement both Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project Server environments. eTimeMachine combines its rich resource and work management, project and activity costing, operational compliance and integration functionality with other best-in-class systems to collect, integrate and consolidate all resource, project and activity related data from across the enterprise to achieve corporate-wide success.
New Hires
Brad Watamaniuk
CPM is pleased to announce that Brad Watamaniuk has joined CPM as a Senior Application Consultant. Brad graduated with honors with an Engineering Design and Drafting Technology Diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute Of Technology. Brad is a practical, timely and cost effective results driven project team member with seventeen years of achievement and demonstrated successes in planning, managing, execution and support of engineering, operational and maintenance and turnaround projects within the mining, heavy oil, petro-chemical, power generation, pulp and paper and civil municipal industries. Brad provides Oracle-Primavera P6 Implementation, Planning and Scheduling consulting services.
James Stirling
CPM is pleased to welcome James Stirling as a Senior Application Consultant. With a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree, James has over 10 years experience working in projects controls in multiple industries including Telecommunications, Mining and Oil & Gas. His responsibilities covered project management, project controls and roll-out management with Telecom vendors and operators and Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors and principle contractors. James also provides Oracle-Primavera P6 Implementation, Planning and Scheduling consulting services.
Training
CPM announces three new two day training courses:
CPM910: Project Management Fundamentals
This 2-day course provides participants with an overview of the entire project management life cycle, including the roles of the project manager and project team. You will learn the key deliverables that are produced in the initiation and planning stages of a project.
CPM920: Project Control and Change Management
Another new course! Project control is an essential to the success of large capital projects. This 2-day course emphasizes key elements of project control, the flow of information and communication, time and cost control as well as change management.
CPM950: Microsoft Sharepoint for Project Professionals
Microsoft SharePoint is a powerful tool that can be easily implemented to help project personnel manage team communications and documentation, and control risks, issues and changes. This 2-day course is ideal for project managers, project support personnel, project coordinators and administrators.
Please visit the Training page to view times and locations for all upcoming CPM Solutions scheduled classes.
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