Fusion for Energy (F4E) is the European Union’s organisation that manages Europe’s contribution to ITER, the world’s largest scientific partnership aiming to demonstrate fusion as a viable and sustainable energy source. ITER is a collaboration project between 35 nations to build the world’s largest magnetic fusion device, a tokamak. The idea for an international joint […]
Overcoming Complexity with Project Portfolio Forecasting
December 22nd, 2020
Portfolio forecasting, or multi-project forecasting, allows for greater ease in updating forecasts across a wide range a projects. Current software solutions can help you enable this methodology to improve your project performance. Let’s first review why forecasting is so important in projects. Then, we will look in more detail at the benefits of project portfolio […]
How Project Controls Lead to Better Project Performance
July 10th, 2019
Project controls are a group of processes that gather and analyze project data to keep costs and schedules on track. The beauty of project controls is they allow for proactive monitoring of current projects, and alert stakeholders so that timely, corrective actions can be taken. While controls deliver projects on time and budget, the scope […]
Nostradamus for Projects (Part II): Using Predictability Metrics in Project Benchmarking
November 7th, 2018
In Part I of Nostradamus for Projects, we covered how improving predictability in the construction industry can mitigate cost and schedule overruns, ultimately having a huge impact on returns and margins. Project predictability is simply knowing the outcome variance of a project as early as possible. It answers the question, “how early in the project […]
Nostradamus for Projects (Part I): Building Predictability into Your Enterprise
April 25th, 2018
Why is it the construction industry lags other sectors when it comes to productivity? Why are cost and schedule overruns the norm for engineering and construction projects? The answer to these questions is complicated. There are many factors that affect project outcomes. However, there is one critical factor people often overlook, but has a huge […]