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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…
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New Release of Delay Analyzer
As some of you know, we released a new product last year called Steelray Delay Analyzer. It takes two or more Primavera P6 schedules, runs a comparison and half-step delay analysis, and identifies and quantifies exactly which changes moved the finish date. If you haven’t seen it, we have a 3-minute video that briefly shows…
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Construction CPM
Today is the first day of the Construction CPM Conference in Orlando. If you’re here, drop by and visit our booth. After being postponed twice due to COVID, it’s nice to see so many familiar faces and new friends.
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Project Analyzer 7.15
Version 7.15.0 of Steelray Project Analyzer is now available. The most notable difference is that with this release, Project Analyzer supports the Microsoft Project platform only. Primavera schedule health analysis is available in our Analyzer for P6 product. Additionally, the release contains the following: To download the new release, Select Help → About in the…
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Happy Quadruple Day
At the beginning of each workday, I take about five minutes and consider what I want to accomplish that day. Each Monday, I take extra time to consider the week ahead and what I intend to get done by Friday. And, of course, the first workday of the month finds me planning for the month.…
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Designers and Discoverability
When you cut the tags off of new clothes, you sometimes have to cut those tiny tag fasteners that look like this: They’re a pain to cut off. You have to be precise with your scissors or knife because you don’t want to cut the garment. Or yourself. I speak from experience here. So I…