A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMPLEX DESIGN & ENGINEERING PROJECTS PRODUCT OVERVIEW

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1 A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMPLEX DESIGN & ENGINEERING PROJECTS PRODUCT OVERVIEW adeptmanagement.com

2 INTRODUCING FLOW MANAGING COMPLEXITY TO DELIVER RESULTS Flow is a cloud-based system that enables your team to work collaboratively to plan and manage the delivery of their project to time and to budget. STREAMLINE Optimise the decision making process DEFINE Process, dependencies & resources PLAN Align with project constraints WHY CHOOSE FLOW? Cloud-based but can be used offline DELIVER Resolve issues & actions, update progress, dashboard reporting Easy to use browser interface on your computer or mobile device Common data environment for effective team collaboration Scalable to projects, programmes and corporate implementation Powerful process modelling engine reduces the time needed to create a project schedule Superior optimisation of your complex process through our DSM and Target engines Dynamic scheduling views so you can see your project Gantt chart and pull plan appear as you model the project process User-friendly progress reporting enabling your team to progress their schedule, and to view and to analyse their lookahead plans Issues and Actions reported in a flexible way Dashboard reporting providing summaries of progress and risks Easy integration with other scheduling applications if desired Built-in project health checks so you can understand the robustness of your schedule Change Management engine to view and analyse change Project-specific training and support

3 USING FLOW TO DEFINE YOUR PROJECT Define your project tasks, milestones, dependencies and resources in one simple environment. There is no need to rely on a specialist to drive complicated planning software, simply capture the requirements of the team in Flow s easy to use process modelling engine to create your project schedule quickly and efficiently. Easily capture the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as it is being defined by the team Assign properties to tasks and milestones, such as: durations resources time constraints your own references Split screen allows you to see your WBS and task properties simultaneously Drag and drop to create relationships between tasks Capture all relationships, even if they create feedback loops Set Targets and select key tasks and milestones to be tracked throughout the project Assign unlimited properties to the tasks in your project Navigate easily to see your project schedule appear as you build your process Build your schedule online or offline and upload when you next reach a connection adeptmanagement.com

4 STREAMLINE YOUR PROJECT IN FLOW Streamlining your project process in Flow is easy. You can see the project complexity through various views of your process, and analyse and streamline it using the Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) engine. Using Flow, your team can identify risky interdependency quickly and work together to make the necessary assumptions and decisions that will streamline their process, resulting in a robust and predictable delivery schedule. View and evaluate the complexity of your process Use Flow s DSM engine to take action to reduce the extent of interdependency Capture the important decisions and assumptions that will streamline your project process View the critical chain of tasks that drive key milestones Use Flow s Target engine to compare planned work against project constraints and resolve pinch-points so that your schedule is aligned with those constraints

5 SEEING YOUR PLAN IN FLOW Seeing your project plan in Flow is easy because the scheduling data is in a common environment. Your team can view their schedule at any time: as it is being developed, when it is being updated, and when it is being progressed. It is available online at all times and is viewable as a Gantt chart or a pull plan. Dynamically linked schedule views Easy to use filtering, grouping, sorting and editing See where the interdependency exists in your plan Compare your plan to a baseline Use Flow s health check feature to analyse the integrity of your scheduling data Create pull plans which will automatically create Gantt views No need to buy and use other software tools to see your project schedule adeptmanagement.com

6 DELIVER YOUR PROJECT WITH FLOW The team uses their dedicated project page to see their progress status, understand what is critical, and report any issues and actions. Dashboards are available to the whole team, providing real-time information on the health of the project. Live progress reporting portal for every member of the team Simple lookahead plan view to pre-empt major project issues Capture schedule issues and propose actions in one place Project performance dashboards that can be filtered by resource and report date Track performance and assess the overall health of the project Undertake what-if scenarios to simulate recovery strategies Powerful Change Management engine to analyse the impact of changes to the project

7 GETTING YOU STARTED WITH FLOW We have more than thirty years of experience providing scheduling and management solutions to a wide range of customers in the design and construction industry. Our extensive knowledge of the complex delivery process means that we understand the best approach for you to maximise the benefits and return on your investment in Flow. EFFORT BENEFIT DEFINE Process, dependencies & resources STREAMLINE Optimise the decision making process PLAN Align with project constraints DELIVER Resolve issues, actions, update progress, dashboard reporting TRAINING AND MENTORING Your people determine the success of your projects, therefore we have developed a series of learning and development programmes designed to help new and more experienced members of the team to improve their capability with Flow. We can tailor our courses to support project and corporate implementations, in a workshop environment or through web-based training sessions. CONSULTING We are available to assist in one or all areas of defining, streamlining, planning and delivering your projects. Our team of design and project management professionals are dedicated to supporting you with your implementation of Flow. adeptmanagement.com

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