PMIS: Unifier

1. Project Management Information System a UNIFIERTM deployment

2. The Project Controls Group Mission Analyze the organization structure and information needs and configure UNIFIERTMto suit that organization and meet those needs

3. UNIFIERTM deployment involved defining: 1) Business Processes: Workflow Processes (reviews/approvals) Information capture (forms/fields) 2) Reporting Requirements

4. CityCenter Business Processes(Pre-Construction)

5. CityCenter Business Processes(Project Management)

6. CityCenter Business Processes (Construction Management)

7. Business Processes (in a typical) Project Management Information Systemmay include….

9. Budget Transfers

11. Collaborative Design Reviews

12. Estimating Process

13. VE Process Management

15. On-Line Bidding

16. Contract Approval processing

17. Contract Awards/Commitment Processing

19. Change Order Processing

21. Meeting Minutes

22. Correspondence

23. RFIs/Submittals

27. Submittals

28. Daily Reporting

30. CityCenter PMIS adoption required: Contractual language requiring it’s use Stakeholder buy-in of Business Process workflows Output/Reports Executive Level (Dashboards) Project Management (Summary/Detailed/Logs/Queries) Reports Identify: Current Status Management Action Items Critical Decisions Required Documentation Built-in, deployment specific Help Files Standard Operating Procedures Deployment/Configuration Documents Training Communications (change notifications)

31. Output/Reports

33. Management action

35. Project Management Reports Comprehensive Anticipated Cost Reports to pro-actively manage cost to meet budget Real-time queries of the system’s database to respond to issues and actions “real-time” Logs to track the status of records and locate bottlenecks (Ball-in-Court reporting)

36. Anticipated Cost Report – Trade Detail Total Anticipated Cost ( Current Contracts + Pending Items + To Be Bought) Uncommitted PendingItems RecordNumber & Title ToBeBought Budgets Contracts Trade Pending Change Orders Baseline Value Original Value Instructions Scope Changes Approved Change Orders Current Value Current Value Contractor Pricing Contractor/Vendor Name Custom/Crystal Report

37. Documentation

38. Serve as a guide for User’s to ensure consistency, and Documents the company’s business rules & requirements The following excerpts are taken from a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for awarding subcontracts (a separate SOP is typically written for each Business Process) Standard Operating Procedures

39. Standard Operating Procedure (Business Process Overview) Introduction the business purpose Groups the Departments Triggering Events what precipitates the creation of a record Assignees participating roles Related Processes defines the interaction of the record to other record types Cost Sheet Effect how the record relates to the cost database

40. Standard Operating Procedure (Company/Project Context) Business Rules Company specific rules for this Business Process Roles & Responsibilities

41. Standard Operating Procedure (Workflow Set-up, Steps & Resulting Actions)

42. Standard Operating Procedure (Standards for Data Entry)

43. Standard Operating Procedure (Supplemental Data Requirements)

44. Standard Operating Procedure (Frequently Asked Questions)

45. Standard Operating Procedure (Workflow Diagram)

46. User Manual/Tutorial Serves as a training tool to ensure: Understanding of Requirements Consistency in Approach The following excerpts are taken from an On-Line Bidder Tutorial which provides step-by-step Instructions to Bidders

47. User Manual/Tutorial(Table of Contents)

48. User Manual/Tutorial (Browser Set-up)

49. User Manual/Tutorial (Home Page in UNIFIERTM)

50. User Manual/Tutorial (Creating a Bid Record)

51. User Manual/Tutorial (Preparing a Bid – Summary Info)

52. User Manual/Tutorial (Preparing a Bid – Detailed Info)

53. User Manual/Tutorial(Submitting a Bid)

54. User Manual/Tutorial(Receipt of Bid Submission)

55. At this point, some may say: “The End” In the Construction Business we know that this is just the beginning!