PRIMAVERA® CUSTOMERS HIGHLIGHT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS AT PMI COLLEGE OF SCHEDULING CONFERENCE
Experts from Amtrak and Boeing Present Best Practices in Project Controls
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 21, 2006 – Industry-leader Primavera Systems, Inc., today announced that two of its key customers are presenting at the PMI College of Scheduling Conference, to be held April 23 – 26, 2006 in Orlando, Florida.
Boeing Commercial Airlines will provide an overview of its effort to increase engineering productivity by improving scheduling maturity. Boeing will examine the costs and benefits of this technique as well as lessons learned. This session takes place on Tuesday, April 25 at 2:45 p.m.
Amtrak will discuss project schedule efficiencies gained from deploying a web-based enterprise scheduling system. Amtrak will explain how real-time communication is leading to greater project efficiency and results. This session takes place on Wednesday, April 26 at 10:15 a.m.
In addition to customer presentations, Primavera will provide insight on how the company is using its innovative agile software development process to improve project management and collaboration. In an environment where priorities change frequently, often impacting schedules and budgets, software developers and stakeholders need to be able to adapt the process to the project. Primavera will explain how agile combines flexibility, constant feedback, customer involvement and technical excellence to produce a higher quality product faster and more cost effectively. The presentation takes place on Monday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m.
“Primavera is looking forward to this year’s PMI College of Scheduling Conference,” said Dick Faris, Primavera CTO. “By providing a forum for organizations to share best practices and challenges they’ve faced, PMI continues to foster an environment where professionals learn from each other. That real-life industry knowledge is crucial to achieving successful results.”
About Primavera
Primavera is a software company whose focus is project, resource and portfolio management. The company helps organizations identify which projects are most important, and makes it easy for people to work collaboratively on those projects and deliver them successfully. As the industry standard in construction and engineering for more than 20 years, Primavera solutions are used by general contractors and subcontractors as well as public and private owners to improve scheduling and planning, negotiate change, and increase collaboration to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget. Primavera solutions have ensured the success of projects collectively worth more than $5.5 trillion, including the management of the Pentagon reconstruction after 9/11, construction of China’s Three Gorges Dam and the infrastructure development of the London Underground transit system. For more information, visit www.primavera.com or call +1.800.423.0245.
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