Project Management Power

PLUS.1 delivers the information needed by project managers to keep their projects on time, within the budget, and to optimise limited resources. It has the power to balance and optimise the parameters of the projects in the planning phase. In the update phase advanced functions support transparency and effective control. Some key features include embedded Earned Value Management capabilities and the selective loading of multiproject activities from a pool to allow department leaders to do capacity planning on selected working items parallel with working project managers.  

PLUS.1 is a sophisticated MIS and offers a range of progressive features such as Milestone Trend or Cost Trend Analysis. Sophisticated layout options allow compressed bar chart outputs and combined reports. Read how ACOS is an integral part of the Qantas Defence Services VIPER aircraft maintenance system [VIPER Update 2008].

Delivers ACOS functionality in a smaller, low cost package.

Expands the power of ACOS Plus 1 making information easily available via the internet.

Visit the ACOS home page at: http://www.acos.com

For additional information, contact Fallon Project Management at fpm@fpmviper.com

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FleetOPS, Fleet Management System

Fleet Planning and Strategic Management system. Developed by Fallon Project Management Pty Ltd.

For additional information, contact Fallon Project Management at fpm@fpmviper.com

Microsoft Project

The ubiquitous project management tool found in every office. Mosaic's consultants are skilled in the use of all version of Project from 98 through to 2003.

The official Microsoft reference sites for "Project" are:

• Microsoft Project - Support Centre: [ http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2525 ]
  
  
• Microsoft Project - Product Information: [ http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx ]
  
  
• A less sanitised view of the joys of using "Project" can be found at: [ http://office-watch.com/project/ ] Just review Woodys archives.....
  
  
• For help solving problems with MSP try microsoft.public.project a Google newsgroup dealing with problems using MSP - http://groups.google.com.au/group/microsoft.public.project?hl=en

Mosaic's Microsoft Project training, mentoring and consulting services are designed to make it work for you -

• Project Planning and Control using Microsoft Project [View course details].
  
  
• On-site Mentoring and support [View Mentoring Options].
  
  
• Consultancy and 'Project Office' services [View Consultancy Services].
  
  
• Self help books to learn how to use Microsoft Project [ Visit our books page ]
   
• Or simply email us with your requirements: info@mosaicprojects.com.au

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Open Plan & COBRA

WST Pacific is the exclusive Australian distributor of Deltek products which include Open Plan, WelcomHome and Cobra.

• Open Plan - Powerful Project Management software for project planners and schedulers.
  
  
• Cobra - Comprehensive cost and earned value management software to manage and analyse budgets, earned value, actuals, and forecasts.
  
  
• WelcomHome - Web-based virtual project office to address all areas of project management.

WST Pacific is a full service organisation which has been providing project-oriented software products, training and consulting services since 1989. Mosaic's consultants and trainers have extensive experience in the application and use of Open Plan in a range of business environments.

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Micro Planner X-Pert Micro Planner Manager Microplanner

MPI X-Pert and MPI Manager support Activity-on-Arrow (ADM) and Precedence (PDM) networking, with probably the best network diagram interface of any tool.  The tools offer sophisticated resource modeling, resource analysis, progress tracking and Earned Value capabilities. X-Pert’s power is delivered via a user friendly graphical interface with default settings for all key functions. This allows each user to work with only those areas of the system needed to optimise control over their project, minimising the learning curve. As skills develop or project requirements change, additional features can be brought into play to maintain full control, enhance reporting and optimise outcomes. Micro Planner X-Pert supports 15,000 operations, 100 subprojects can integrate many concurrent projects. Micro Planner Manager is limited to 1500 operations per project and supports 5 subprojects. 

Pertmaster works stand alone or as an integrated component of a Primavera or Microsoft Project planning system. Its key features include:-

• Project Risk analyses your project risk in time and/or money.
• Traditional Monte Carlo analysis or Latin Hypercube sampling.
• Assign risk to task durations, resource assignments, task costs, resource costs, links and task existence.
• Probabilistic branching.
• Probabilistic calendars.
• Nine standard distributions plus custom distribution:-
  * Triangular
  * Uniform
  * Normal
  * BetaPert
  * BetaPert modified
  * LogNormal
  * Cumulative
  * Discrete
  * Trigen
  * General (custom)
• Frequency distribution for:-
  * Task and project Finish
  * Task and project Start
  * Task and project durations
  * Task and project cost
  * Total project resource requirement
• Generates start date, finish date, duration, resource and cost values for ALL tasks in the project in one go. No need to specify which tasks need to be monitored.
• Criticality index for each task including Summary tasks.
• Sensitivity and Cruciality analysis.
• Calculation of mean statistics including start and finish.
• Correlate any risk distribution with another.
• Risk summary dialog to view and amend all project risks.
• Other advanced statistics if required (max, min, mode, mean, standard deviation, variance, skewness, kurtosis against cost and/or time).

International sales and support:- [ www.pertmaster.com ] Download Pertmaster [ brochure ]

Pertmaster sales and support in Australia from [ Crescent PSS Pty Ltd ] (Colin Cropley)

Pertmaster's 'About Risk' page gives an insight into what risk is all about and how it can be used to manage your projects more effectively - [ www.pertmaster.com/riskEducation/index.htm ]

Go to [Mosaic's Risk & Risk Management papers / references]

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Primavera

Primavera Australia has been successfully delivering project management based solutions to clients across multiple industries for over 15 years using Primavera products and their skills and experience as the only international Premier status Primavera Solutions Provider. Primavera provides a range of software for every aspect of project management including project planning and scheduling, risk analysis, contract administration, team communication over the web, and remote real time timesheet collection.

Visit the Primavera web site for more information at: [ http://www.primavera-aus.com ]

Mosaic's staff and contractors have extensive experience in the implementation and support of Primavera solutions. Our Primavera training, mentoring and consulting services include:-

• Project Planning and Control using all current version of Primavera [View course details].
  
  
• Project Planning and Control using Primavera P3 [View course details].
  
  
• Project Planning and Control using Primavera SureTrak [View course details].
  
  
• On-site Mentoring and support [View Mentoring Options].
  
  
• Consultancy and 'Project Office' services [View Consultancy Services].
   
• Self help books to learn how to use all versions of Primavera and SureTrak [ Visit our books page ]
  
  
• Or simply email us with your requirements: info@mosaicprojectsc.com.au
  

Mosaic supports the Victorian Primavera User Group (VPUG) [ view ANZPUG web site ]

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