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Risk analysts and project teams must rely on expert judgment to collect subjective…

Is there a benefit to executing a project risk assessment early and repeating…

Initiated, implemented and maintained properly, portfolio scheduling can provide invaluable information to its…

Initiating a pharmaceutical capital project requires a deep understanding of the unique processes…

PMA’s Bruce Stephan, a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer, provides insights on infrastructure…

Planning, scheduling, and risk are critical elements in providing premium project control techniques…

PMA’s Bruce Stephan, a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer, provides insights on infrastructure…

Ms. Sarah Rios has extensive project management experience with particular expertise in capital…

PMAer Nick Gendron is a Project Manager and Project Controls Scheduler with significant…

PMAer Nick Gendron is a Project Manager and Project Controls Scheduler with significant…

Every project controls professional knows this maxim: “if you can’t measure it, you…

ASK THE EXPERT Ernesto Toxqui Damian has 5 years experience with PMA and…

ASK THE EXPERT Ernesto Toxqui Damian has been with PMA 5 years and…

ASK THE EXPERT PMAer Ahmed Garamoon, PE, Manager, is a project management and…

Warm-water capture reduces the need for duct heaters in the air handling system,…

A primary goal of any cost or schedule risk analysis is to identify…

What’s new Virtual Connection – The opportunity to make personal connections in the…

ASK THE EXPERT PMAer Saumil Maniar, PE, PMP, is a multiskilled Project Manager…

Meet PMA Project Engineer Yuan Zhang, a project professional who spent her formative…

PMAer Natalie Robichaud, PE, PMP, LEED AP BD+C, MCPPO, is a multiskilled Project Manager…

Positive outcomes to the challenges of 2020 include the rise of digital transformation…

Geotechnical engineering is a branch of civil engineering that focuses on what lies…

PMA has long been invested in the crucial mission of our public and…

When pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies are expanding their facilities today for…

As a manager or executive of a new or expanding manufacturing facility that…

Value Engineering (VE) is a phased methodology used to analyze a product, project,…

The global construction industry was predicted to grow by 3.1%. As the year progresses, construction…

Project managers and schedulers using Oracle Primavera P6 software can optimize its use…

PMA Consultant’s John Hill shows how to present tracked quantities in Primavera P6…

PMA’s Shane Wilhelmsen gives step-by-step instructions on managing working hours in Primavera P6….

Analyzing exhaustive, complex schedules is often overwhelming for non-schedulers. What if you could…

PMA’s Dina Kierouz presents on how clients spend a significant amount of time…

Project controls encompass the processes and tools used to plan, manage, monitor, and…

Initiating manufacturing operations in a newly built pharmaceutical facility is a demanding process…

Learn best practices and helpful tips for exchanging information between NetPoint and Primavera…

PMA’s Dina Keirouz discusses the role of a PMIS in construction project management….

Gone are the days of spending an entire day looking at hard copy…

PMA’s Dina Keirouz discusses the role of a PMIS in construction project management….

In general terms, schedule analysis performed during the project is considered prospective; when…

The CPM algorithm’s ability to develop bounding early/late dates using activity durations and…

The construction manager at risk (CMAR) project delivery method has become increasingly popular…

PMA’s Wayne Beauregard discusses how to create, maintain, and assign baseline schedules in…

PMA’s Shane Wilhelmsen discusses calendar settings in Primavera P6. Learn the difference between…

How do you ensure schedule reliability? There are probably 50 different things to…

BIM is an integrated project controls tool BIM is an integrated project controls…

This presentation will discuss the importance of UAT and SIT in systems implementations…

PMA presents, Core Traits of a Reliable Schedule, a publication to codify the…

PMA leads a panel discussion on project risk management at the PMICOS Panel…

PMA’s John Hill gives step-by-step instructions on how to identify longest paths in…

PMA’s Angel Arvelo shows step-by-step how to export a schedule from NetPoint and…

PMA’s Angel Arvelo demonstrates how to easily export a schedule from Primavera P6…

Initiated, implemented and maintained properly, portfolio scheduling can provide invaluable information to its…

This presentation provides insight into the lessons learned for conducting successful interactive planning…

PMA Technologies releases NetPoint Version 5.2 PMA Technologies introduces NetPoint version 5.2, a…

Q&A with Bruce Stephan PMA and Bruce Stephan leveraged NetPoint to better analyze,…

Above, from left to right: Project Manager Paul Queeney and Assistant Project Manager…

The Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules activities to start on early dates, which…

 2016 NetPoint & GPM Conference Keynote Presentation Schedules encompassing thousands of activities…

In May 2003, O’Brien, et al. could not see the logic in many…

“How long do you think that task will take?” It’s a question that…

Where the approach to scheduling a project is deterministic, the critical path is…

This lecture is a glimpse into the career of a civil engineering PhD…

Scheduling a project at the right level, at the right time, is an…

Even with the best of intentions, it is difficult to achieve and communicate…

The critical path method (CPM) is widely used as a project management tool….

Although adverse weather has impacted construction since before the pyramids, and when unusually…

The human drive to put a picture to the ephemeral aspects of planning…

This treatise seeks to shine some light back on collaborative network-based planning by…

It is not uncommon for construction CPM schedules for projects exceeding $50M+ in…