You can edit any of Acumen’s 300+ schedule quality inspection metrics. Let’s take a look. Acumen is a robust tool for assessing schedule quality and exposing areas needing improvement. You can review your P6 schedule using the standard Acumen Fuse metrics, modify one of them or create your own. Knowing a metric’s elements clarifies its […]
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Project Control Summit 2026 will be held April 26-28 at Margaritaville Resort, Lake Conroe, Texas. The theme for the summit will be ’Go the Extra Mile in Project Controls’. Project Control Summit 2026 will offer Keynote Speakers and an abundance of tracks over the three days. Keynotes Shohreh Ghorbani is the founder and technical director
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Professional Development Tips to Boost Your Career as a Project Manager A career as a project manager is dynamic and rewarding, but staying ahead in the field requires more than just experience. It demands continuous learning, skill development, and strategic career planning. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your career as a
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Evaintheuk, known as EVA#33 (as it is in its thirty-third year), will be held as a two-day conference, on April 28 and 29 at Armourers Hall, 81 Coleman St, Moorgate, London EC2R 5BJ. The theme for this year’s conference will be putting the EV into AchiEVement, with a day focused on controls and another on
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If you’ve been in project management for more than a day, especially in construction, architecture or engineering, you already know that managing submittals is one of those tasks that’s deceptively simple on the surface. In theory, it’s just paperwork. In reality, it can make or break your schedule, frustrate your team and create massive headaches
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Deadlines: the lifeblood of every project… and also the source of endless stress when they’re misunderstood, missed, or magically ‘moved up’ without warning. As a project manager, you know that keeping stakeholders informed about deadlines is just as important as actually meeting them. But getting everyone on the same page isn’t always easy. Ever had
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Construction is an industry that has been reliant on structure, strict processes and a straightforward project management approach. However, in our progressing world, project management practices must advance as well. This is where Agile IT practices find their value. Agile IT practices are a methodology originally created for software development but have shown much crossover
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Today we want to talk about using a WBS Dictionary. Does your schedule include a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? You’ve probably learned how important that is on your project management training course or a detailed training session on scheduling. Maybe your professional schedulers told you how to set it up for your project. So the
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Project Management Symposium 2026 will be held in association with the PMI on April 30 to May 1, 2026, at the Project Centre for Excellence, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Project Management Symposium 2026 will be offered both in-person and virtually. All sessions will be recorded and available for delegates to view for one
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Project managing weather delays is one of those skills project managers usually learn the hard way. No matter how detailed your plan looks on paper, the weather does not care. Rain shows up early. Heat waves linger. Snowstorms will come at the busiest time of the job and shut down the site for a week.
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