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When Start-To-Finish is Okay
In project scheduling, the phrase “start-to-finish” should be avoided. Many of you who schedule know what I mean, but for the rest, all you need to know is that you should avoid it. Last Sunday, I found myself repeating the phrase “start-to-finish” as a mantra, although with a very different meaning. Along with three other couples,…
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Changes to Steelray Project Analyzer’s Criteria Manager
Back in November we introduced some changes to the criteria manager, and Beth from our engineering team created a video explaining the improvements. Check it out:
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Project Analyzer 7.18.7
Version 7.18.7 of Steelray Project Analyzer is now available. This release features a redesign of the Criteria Manager, making it much easier to differentiate between Steelray’s built-in library of checks from checks that have been designed by the end user. There are also improvements to importing reports that make it clearer how existing criteria will…
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Delay Analyzer Release 0.42.0
We are pleased to announce the release of Steelray Delay Analyzer 0.42.0. New in this release:
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Forward Looking Duration in Delay Analyzer 0.41.0
We’re excited to announce a new release of Steelray Delay Analyzer, version 0.41.0. There are many fixes and improvements in this release, but the biggest one is a feature called forward-looking validation. Suppose you’re looking at a delay analysis of an update period where some significant progress delays occurred. You’re aware of the delays, but…
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Spotlight on RP 29R-03
Mark your calendars for the next webinar on RP 29R-03, MIP’s 3.6 and 3.7. https://www.pathlms.com/aace/courses/50359/webinars/38152
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Changing the Economics of Schedule Delay Analysis
In 2018, we began working on technology to automate a methodology for calculating the impact of schedule delays. We based it on MIP 3.4 from the AACEI Recommended Practice 29R-03, Forensic Schedule Analysis. Its official name is Observational / Dynamic / Contemporaneous Split, known more commonly as a half-step analysis. Half-step delay analysis answers the…
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Should You Ask a Company About Their Competition?
Over the years, I’ve been asked how one of our products compares to a competitor. For years, I politely deflected answering the question. I’ve never felt I was qualified to answer because I’ve never used their product. My only knowledge was from competitive research via their online marketing materials and resources. I’ve always focused on…
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Delay Analyzer 0.33
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Steelray Delay Analyzer version 0.33. New in this release: XER Catalog You can now create a “.xer catalog” (available from the Open Dataset dialog) that reports metadata like project name, activity count, last activity, and key milestone dates for every .xer file in a given directory.…
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ChatGPT Wrote This Article
I asked ChatGPT to explain what one of our products (Steelray Delay Analyzer) does, and I was blown away by its response. It was correct on all but one point: it doesn’t yet support Microsoft Project. I was conversing with it about forensic delay analysis, and I asked: “What about Steelray Delay Analyzer?” Here was…