ProjectManager

The best Primavera P6 alternatives for construction projects are Asta Powerproject, ProjectManager, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet and Procore. Asta Powerproject is the closest match to P6, with comparable CPM depth and direct XER import, which makes it the best choice for professional schedulers. ProjectManager is the better fit for general contractors and subcontractors who ...

To manage resources across multiple projects, you need one view of every person’s and every resource’s hours across all active projects, not a separate schedule for each one. That’s the only way to see that someone booked for a reasonable 6 hours on one project and 4 on another is actually 2 hours over for the day.

Resource management matters more with every project yo...

Construction projects are notoriously difficult. They involve multiple teams, suppliers and more when building a structure. Ensuring the schedule is realistic and the project can be delivered on time requires techniques such as CPM construction.

What is CPM construction? It stands for the critical path method in construction. What is critical path construction? That’s ...

ChatGPT can draft a project charter in 30 seconds, turn a messy kickoff call into a clean task list and write the status report you’ve been dreading. What it can’t do on its own is run your project: it has no Gantt chart, no resource calendar and no idea that Dave is out next week.

That’s why the smartest project managers aren’t choosing between AI and

Project teams don’t all sit in the same office anymore. Some are hybrid, some are fully remote and some are spread across time zones. That makes communication the glue that holds a project together. Is it the only thing that matters? No, but without it, even the best project plan falls apart!

That’s where Microsoft Teams comes in. It’s one of the most widely used colla...