Resources: On-Demand Webinars
From live webinars and on-demand webinars to personalized demonstrations and in-depth training courses, the ARES PRISM team is ready to serve you. Check out the webinar offerings below. You can also learn about upcoming events that we are attending on our Events page. Interested in learning more about PRISM? Schedule a personalized online demonstration and learn how PRISM can solve your project cost management needs.
For additional tradeshows, seminars or webinars not yet listed, please contact ARES Project Management at prisminfo@aresprism.com.
Portfolio and Project Centric Dashboards with ARES PRISM
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This webinar provides a walkthrough of how PRISM Dashboard provides portfolio-centric and project-centric dashboards and reporting. Take a look at the user journey as we view high-level data from the top down, drill down into specific projects and their cost and schedule data, and save and export project performance charts into reports. Learn how you can view one project’s dataset or choose multiple projects to view for portfolio-centric dashboards.
Looking Back at our Project Controls Trends in 2020
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In this webinar, we will explore 2020 trends and major enhancements to ARES PRISM project controls software and how these will benefit project organizations going into 2021. Learn about new and improved features within ARES PRISM including portfolio management, 5D BIM, updates for managing change, utilizing common coding, supply chain integration, and more.
PRISM Go Contractor Portal Webinar
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In this webinar, we explore the Contractor Portal which is a part of the PRISM Go web-based system. It provides limited secure access to external contractors to access key information, as well as provides information to the owner in a structure format aligned with data requirements. This webinar discusses the benefits for both the owner/client and the contractor and will provide a glimpse of the tool through a live demonstration.
Project Portfolio Management & The Resilience of Organizations During Uncertain Times
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This webinar discusses the importance of project portfolio management for organizations, especially during uncertain times, with Dr. Saeed Shalbafan and Iulia Amariei. It highlights the role of project portfolio in multiple projects across the organization, the importance of tracking projects throughout their entire life-cycle from ideation to close-out, and how technology can boost the resilience of an organization especially during these uncertain times.
The Importance of Integrated Cost and Schedule
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This webinar discusses the power of integrated cost and schedule and the benefits of a time-phased budget vs a cost loaded schedule. Projects are increasing in scope and complexity– How do we accurately predict and report on the success of a project and still have time to actually manage it? Integrating your cost and schedule is a start!
Progress Management and Performance Measurement
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This 30-minute, 2-part webinar explores both progress and performance measurement in ARES PRISM. First, we discuss how to measure progress using various methods. Then we discuss what you can do with this data by covering performance variance analysis.
PRISM Docs – Document Management Software Walkthrough
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This on-demand webinar provides a high level overview of the PRISM Docs module. In this interface walk through, you will learn about many of the document capabilities available.
Using ARES PRISM Project Controls Software for Small to Medium Projects
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This webinar discusses how ARES PRISM project controls software can be used not only on megaprojects, but small and medium sized projects, too. Join us as we create a simple project – planning a party with PRISM.
What’s New in ARES PRISM Version 4.7
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This webinar recording discusses new Version 4.7 features available in PRISM G2 & PRISM Go. It also provides a sneak peek into upcoming software enhancements.
Why Project Organizations Need Hosted Project Controls Software
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This webinar recording discusses five key advantages of hosted project controls software and the benefits of moving from on-premise to the cloud.
The Construction Industry in the Post-Pandemic World
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This recorded webinar discusses how the Coronavirus pandemic could be the disruptive event that transforms the construction industry. The industry is in desperate need of change, but this change has been slow in coming. The constraints imposed by the pandemic may be the trigger that causes the change in thinking needed for a profound change. Three forces, which have already been broadly recognized as transformative may now emerge to drive the industry into new levels of productivity, and in the process, deliver significant benefits for society as a whole
Coding Structures in ARES PRISM
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This recorded webinar discusses how organizations use cost codes that are often times defined by one group within a company which causes frustration for everyone else on the project. Learn how to create your own coding in ARES PRISM and still report information to other stakeholders per their requirements.
Project Management Maturity: Using Software to Setup Project Management Processes
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This recorded webinar discusses the five different level of project management maturity and what organizations can do to proactively improve their level of maturity. Often times software tools can help setup project management processes to drive organizational maturity and improve project performance.
Digital Transformation of Project Organizations
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This recorded live webinar discusses a practical, business-oriented approach to digital transformations, and how organizations can answer important questions before they launch their own programs.
Project Management Transformation at Barrick Gold Corporation
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This live online webinar explores how Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s top producer in the gold mining industry, is utilizing ARES PRISM enterprise project controls software to increase efficiency, provide effective reporting and data analysis, and provide visibility for stakeholders.
Holistic View of Integrated Breakdown Structures
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This webinar discusses how different project breakdown structures fit together from a practical viewpoint. All disciplines on a project have some sort of breakdown structure of how they group information. Most of the time, these breakdown structures do not talk to each other. Learn how to integrate them at a level sufficient to run reports across each structure using the same set of data.
Integrated Project Controls Webinar
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This webinar discusses integrated project controls and shows the user journey from a simple BOQ to building a performance measurement baseline in an integrated approach. This webinar demonstrates the power of integration between PRISM Estimating, PRISM G2 , Schedule (Primavera P6), and PRISM Dashboards. No need for any Excel imports or manual inputs, it is all automated!
PRISM Go Webinar
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This webinar showcases PRISM Go, a new web-based extension to PRISM G2’s enterprise project controls software, which allows remote access into the core data set. Explore how you can easily update project data in real-time to greatly improve project efficiency and accuracy, as well as increase visibility to management.
PRISM Report Writing Enhancements Webinar
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This Webinar showcases report writing enhancements available in PRISM G2 Version 4.5 or higher. It discusses various report writing methods including a new, intuitive Graphical Report Writer that utilizes a drag and drop layout method and a Dynamic Excel plugin for very advanced formatting from multiple sources of data.
PRISM Dashboard Overview
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Explore how easy it is to view performance indicators, variances, cost performance, and progress across the enterprise with PRISM Dashboard. With its easy-to-use filters, you are able to adjust the dashboard
PRISM Contracts & Invoice Management Software
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This webinar covers the step-by-step process of awarding contracts, creating invoices for contracts, approving invoices, and invoice payments.
Introduction to Estimation
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Watch our 30-minute webinar to learn about the core technologies and techniques for estimation. Professor Andrew Langridge covers the basics of what makes a good estimate, and discusses different estimating approaches, the importance of sensitivity analysis, and the use of heat maps and bench-marking.
Field Management – Diving into the Details
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This webinar explores the challenges of field management and how the ARES PRISM Field module can help. Learn more about ways to accurately determine construction status, track productivity, and manage trends and changes effectively.
Enterprise Data Management with PRISM Docs
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This webinar discusses PRISM Docs, a document management solution that integrates with PRISM cost, engineering progress and construction progress data. It helps you find, share, and control critical, technical and business documents. Now you can visualize, markup and compare hundreds of document formats with automated version control.
Time-Phased Budgets vs Cost-Loaded Schedules
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This webinar discusses the differences between a time-phased budget and a cost-loaded schedule in the creation of a Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). Some of the advantages and disadvantages may surprise you.
Effective Change Management
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This webinar discusses effective change management and how it can be accomplished using the ARES PRISM suite of enterprise project management software.
Realizing Project Potential with Enterprise Estimating Software
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This on-demand webinar explores why it is important to investigate construction estimating software; what functionality should be sought after and, most importantly, how to achieve a successful implementation within the organization while delivering a good return on investment.
Integration in a Project Controls Environment
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In a project controls environment, integration of project, program and portfolio data is essential to make key business decisions. This on-demand webinar will explore how to effectively integrate project controls data, defines service-oriented architecture and its interactions with applications as well as discusses the benefits that can be realized by managing programs from a central point.
Benefits of a Project Health Check
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In this 30-minute webinar, learn how you can get a status check on your portfolio, program or project. We take a look at your people, processes, and technology to ensure that everything is working according to plan.
Digitizing Program Cost Management
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This webinar discusses the benefits associated with digitizing project cost management processes. Streamline your processes to align for greater success.