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EcoSys Enterprise Planning & Controls: An Overview

Darren Metherell, Global Vice President Business Development

© 2016. Intergraph Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Project controls are the data gathering, data management and analytical processes used to predict, understand and constructively influence the time and cost outcomes of a project or program; through the communication of information in formats that assist effective management and decision making

What is Project Controls? A discipline!


Market

Leader

Business

Momentum

Loyal & Growing

Customer Base

• EcoSys founders were the original developers of Primavera P6

• First to market and industry leader in enterprise project controls

• Deep portfolio & project management expertise

• Largest user adoption in project controls industry

• Global presence – users in 20+ countries

• Acquired by Intergraph in 2015

• 500+ clients globally

• Strong partnerships: SAP, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Accenture, IBM, and more

Company Overview


Representative Customers

Transportation

UtilitiesEngineering & Construction Oil, Gas & Chemicals

Government Contractors / A&D Mining


Project Controls Challenges


<6% of projects deliver

planned financial

returns

Projects Out of Control


61% of major projects

miss their budget

Source: “Utilities Capital Projects: Will They Deliver?”, Accenture 2013



11% impact on share price if

project deadline or

budget missed


Source: “Capital Projects: Is Your Board Doing Enough?”, PWC, 2013


Schedule

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CBS 1

CBS 11 CBS 12

CBS 2

CBS 21

CBS 3

CBS 31

CBS 4

CBS 41

Project 100

WBS A

WBS A1

WBS

A1.1

WBS B

WBS B1

WBS

B1.1

WBS

B1.1.1

WBS B2

ERP

Challenge: Project Data Doesn’t Easily Match Up


Existing Systems Poor Fit for Project Controls

ScheduleERP

ERP Systems:

• Look Backwards, at Actual Costs, not Forward at

Where the Project is Headed

• Do not perform Time-Phased Budgeting

• Do not perform Time-Phased Forecasting

• Do not save Monthly Snapshots

• Do not Support What if Scenarios

• Are Owned by Finance

• Are Hard to Use


ERP Schedule

Scheduling Systems:

• Too dynamic for cost controls

• Do not retain audit trail

• Lack rigorous security for controlling

budgets



ScheduleERP

Use of Excel for Project Controls:

• Leads to Each Project Following Own Process

• Hours Spent Consolidating and Comparing Files

• Excel Errors and Trouble Controlling Versions

• No Auditability



What is the latest progress on the project?

What changes have been added to the budget?

Which disciplines are under-productive?

What do we expect our final costs to be?

Which projects are under-performing and why?

Challenge: Lack of Visibility


What did we achieve this month on our projects?

What are our outstanding commitments?

How does this forecast compare to last month’s?

Can you run me a Project budget report?


Efficient Project Controls

Troubleshooting: Fixing ERP issues and Labor Coding Manual Reporting: Downloads and Collating

Forecasting and Trending Analyzing data, monitoring costs and change management

Project Controls Time Utilization: Before and After EcoSys

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High value tasks

70% – 80% Increase in Productivity


Flexible Integrations


The proprietary reporting engine delivers project controls, cost, and performance insight

Does not require a separate reporting system – reporting is fully contained within the core application

Reporting Features

o Off-the-shelf, configurable, graphical charts and dashboards

o Dynamic business intelligence

o End-user report writer

o Report output to multiple formats:

PDF WordExcel XMLHTML CSV

o Automated and user-initiated reporting

EcoSys Reporting Example

ITD Project Earned Value Curves

Risk Ranking Project Forecast Project CPI

Built-In Reporting


SaaSOn-Premise Hosted

EcoSys Product Demonstration Overview

Angie Molter, Vice President Business Development & Product Development


Product Demonstration


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