Project Controls and the work of the PMO is critical to project delivery success. Ensuring efficient project controls processes and solutions within your PMO facilitates the flow of accurate management information to stakeholders thereby supporting good timely decision making.
Key activities include development of a Project Controls Strategy, Conceptual Solution, and roll out Roadmap utilising HPS’s Project Controls Optimization Model. see diagram below.
What we do know is that a 30/60/90 day Agile approach to delivering Project Controls Solutions does not work in the long term. You will get something as a result of an Agile approach, but will you be able to use it – we doubt it.
Our approach is simple
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There are three core aspects to a good Project Controls solution. These are:
Assess & Align
Define and synchronize Project Controls with your core business, the tasks to accomplish this include:
Define & Design
Develop Conceptual Solution blending Improved Practice with State-of-the-Art Technologies. This is more than simple technology – it’s your people using technology to reinforce your optimized process & practices. The activities are:
Plan & Execute
Build actionable plan and a phased roadmap to realize your vision which will include:
Benefits of a Project Controls Strategy
There are clear benefits to building a Project Controls Strategy, they are:
Having trained and capable people is key to making any process work.
People are particularly important in delivering a robust Project Controls solution for your business. They need to be well trained, experienced and be free and able to promote issues in an supportive and collaborative environment.
HPS offer a full range of training courses, in plain English to support the development and education of your valuable resources.
Our trainers are all Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualified so are better able to impart the knowledge and develop your people’s skills inline with your training strategy for PPM.
In terms of Project Controls Technology, with Oracle you have a number of choices to make, broadly these break down as follows:
When you have decided on the answers to these you can start to work out which Oracle Primavera product would be best suited to your organisations requirements. The final determination of product will only be made after you have discussed your requirements in detail with HPS.
In general your organisations IT Strategy will have determined a preference for either On-premise or Cloud solution deployments. You have a number of options and Hyde Park Solutions can help with all of them.
On-Premise
On-premise means that the software will need to be installed on your laptop or PC or in your organisation’s servers. It means that you IT department, or you if you don’t have an IT department will have responsibility for managing the software – that is unless you have a support contract with Hyde Park Solutions. You will be responsible for upgrading, optimising and supporting the solution day to day.
Cloud
There are a number of flavours of cloud:
Oracle Primavera Cloud offer their software on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. This means that you pay a monthly charge per user to Oracle for supplying, hosting, upgrading and maintaining and supporting the software just like your IT department would do if you had an on-premises solution.
Your Company’s Cloud, or Other Cloud is having an outsourced hosting arrangement for other of your organisation applications. They are responsible for supplying, hosting, maintaining the software ensuring it is available. You are responsible for upgrading and supporting the software.
HPS Cloud is a combination of the outsourced model and the Oracle SaaS model, in so far as HPS are responsible for supplying, hosting, upgrading, maintaining and supporting the environment and the software. A single point of contact for your Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM/PPM, Unifier, Primavera Cloud or Aconex solution.
In terms of Project Controls complexity there are a number of options when it comes to identifying the most appropriate Oracle Primavera solution for your organisation.
Industry Standard Process and Complexity
Oracle Primavera have a number of solutions that are designed for Construction and Engineering industry and are based on NEC3, NEC4 and FIDIC standards. You must decide if these standard deployments with a little modification will meet your requirements for a Project Controls Solution. If you think you require more flexibility then there are alternatives that enable Hyde Park Solutions to configure and modify one of these standard solutions to meet your organisation’s specific requirement.
Complex and Non-Standards Project Controls Processes
As you would expect from Oracle Primavera, they have a solution that enables a certified and specialised partner such as Hyde Park Solutions to configure, and adapt the out of the box solution for NEC3, NEC4 or FIDIC to your exact requirements. Naturally if neither these templates solutions work for you we have expertise and experience to develop and deploy a completely tailored solution. See our customer stories for examples.
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Standard Processes – limited changes required
If you’re happy to go with the out of the box Oracle Primavera solution for NEC3, NEC4 or FIDIC with limited changes and limited integrations then you will most likely be looking at
If you require a more bespoke and tailored solution for Project Controls with integrations to other organisational systems then you are more likely to go with
There is a third option which is the hybrid which combines an On-premise use of Project Management solutions and a cloud deployment for Contract, Change Cost and Collaboration which would have you considering these tools
If you would like to discuss this further please feel free to contact your Hyde Park Solutions Oracle Product Specialist or email info@hydeparksolutions.com.
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