Scheduling Software

Scheduling Software That Provides "Oneness" Integration

The Hard Dollar Project Cost Management system is the only product available with true "Oneness" integration to leading scheduling software systems from Primavera® and Microsoft®. The impacts of "Oneness" integration for your employees is simplicity in usage, immediate interaction, no reproduction errors and eliminating hundreds of man hours in maintaining multiple systems. Connect project estimates and schedules together for live cost changes, keeping projects on budget and on time with our scheduling software. Making changes to a schedule automatically modifies the cost estimates in real-time, allowing instant assessment of how time affects costs. Estimates and schedules are in-sync throughout the project, saving calculation time, and increasing project accuracy.

• Live two-way link between estimate and schedule
• Cost and resource loaded schedules
• Keep the workplan, budget, and schedule in-synch
• What-if scenarios / See the cost impact of schedule changes in real-time

True Earned Value Management

Live integration between estimating and the schedule delivers the true advantages of earned value including; having cost performance and schedule performance in a single unified view, getting a true picture of a project’s value at any point in time, having an accepted standard for monitoring project status and likelihood of success.

• BCWS – Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
• BCWP – Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
• ACWP – Actual Cost of Work Performed
• EAC – Estimated Cost at Completion

Primavera Integration

• Primavera® Cost Loaded Schedules

  Create cost-loaded schedules in record time by loading Primavera® schedules (with budget and work plan data) from existing projects. A Primavera® schedule is automatically created from Hard Dollar, or a cost estimate is automatically created from a Primavera® schedule - saving time and creating accuracy confidence.

• Primavera® Live Updates

  Integration between Primavera® and Hard Dollar allows live, two-way updating of budgets and schedules. Make changes in either the schedule or the cost estimate to view impacts immediately saving time, and eliminating tedious import/export and copy/paste activities.

Microsoft® Project / EPM Integration

• Microsoft® Project / EPM Cost Loaded Schedules

  Cost-loaded schedules are created in record time by loading Microsoft® Project schedules with budget and work plan data from existing projects. A Microsoft® Project schedule is automatically created from a Hard Dollar cost estimate - saving time and creating accuracy confidence.

• Microsoft® Project / EPM Connect Live Updates

  Direct integration between Microsoft® Project and Hard Dollar enables automatic updating of budgets and schedules by making changes in either the schedule or the estimate. When changes occur to either schedules or costs, results are reflected on the other side, saving time and eliminating tedious import/export and copy/paste activities.

Outsource Project Scheduling

Hard Dollar scheduling services provide experienced Project Management resources to deliver:

• Primavera® or Microsoft® Project Deployment and Implementation.
• Schedule Development, Schedule Updating, Resource Analysis, Performance Reports, Earned Value, and Project Risk Analysis.

We offer onsite, offsite, and online services for any size organization. In addition, we have professionals available on a long or short-term basis to help you at your location. Hard Dollar services provide an enterprise view of your projects to identify potential problems and opportunities early on to:

• Minimize/eliminate costly delays that can impact your construction schedule.
• Help you communicate more efficiently and effectively with your subcontractors.
• Coordinate procurement sequences to ensure timely delivery of key materials.
• Ensure the timely performance of construction activities.
• Improve accountability among the project owner, general and subcontractors.
• Take advantage of better sub bids from your subcontractors because of their increased efficiencies.
• Discourage unfounded claims and liquidated damages with precise documentation.

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