Project information collaboration using P6

Project collaboration proves to be an effective element for project management. This is due to its proactive role in contributing to project success. As project success is a group work effort, it is important to ensure all team members are well-informed about the procedures in making sure the projec...

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Main Author: Abd. Rahman, Mohd. Shahrizan
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my-utm-ep.332592017-07-24T04:21:54Z Project information collaboration using P6 2013-01 Abd. Rahman, Mohd. Shahrizan TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Project collaboration proves to be an effective element for project management. This is due to its proactive role in contributing to project success. As project success is a group work effort, it is important to ensure all team members are well-informed about the procedures in making sure the project is conducted in an orderly manner. Therefore, Primavera P6 is identified to be an effective tool to address many constraints in the conventional project management. The software has been chosen due to its ability in facilitating team-based projects, expediting decision-making and boosting an organization’s efficiency. This study explores the concept of Primavera P6 and its implementation in project collaboration in Oil and Gas industries in the country. To establish these elements, interview and questionnaire surveys were conducted among a group of professionals from the industry to access their insights and knowledge of the software. The findings of this study indicate that the software has high potential in supporting the project management system. However, there are some challenges which needed to be addressed for the Primavera P6 implementation. This study also develop a basic interface for project reporting which is able to capture the information from P6 and presented in Microsoft Excel format. The study concluded that the benefits of implementing the software outweighed the disadvantages, and it proves to be the most effective tool in Project Management. 2013-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33259/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33259/5/MohdShahrizanAbdRahmanMFKA2013.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Civil engineering (General)
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Civil engineering (General)
Abd. Rahman, Mohd. Shahrizan
Project information collaboration using P6
description Project collaboration proves to be an effective element for project management. This is due to its proactive role in contributing to project success. As project success is a group work effort, it is important to ensure all team members are well-informed about the procedures in making sure the project is conducted in an orderly manner. Therefore, Primavera P6 is identified to be an effective tool to address many constraints in the conventional project management. The software has been chosen due to its ability in facilitating team-based projects, expediting decision-making and boosting an organization’s efficiency. This study explores the concept of Primavera P6 and its implementation in project collaboration in Oil and Gas industries in the country. To establish these elements, interview and questionnaire surveys were conducted among a group of professionals from the industry to access their insights and knowledge of the software. The findings of this study indicate that the software has high potential in supporting the project management system. However, there are some challenges which needed to be addressed for the Primavera P6 implementation. This study also develop a basic interface for project reporting which is able to capture the information from P6 and presented in Microsoft Excel format. The study concluded that the benefits of implementing the software outweighed the disadvantages, and it proves to be the most effective tool in Project Management.
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author Abd. Rahman, Mohd. Shahrizan
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title Project information collaboration using P6
title_short Project information collaboration using P6
title_full Project information collaboration using P6
title_fullStr Project information collaboration using P6
title_full_unstemmed Project information collaboration using P6
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granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
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publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33259/5/MohdShahrizanAbdRahmanMFKA2013.pdf
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