Mining
The typical, large-scale mining company manages numerous projects on a global scale. Efficiently monitoring the performance of these projects, both on-site and at the corporate level, is the key to completing them on time and within budget. A major challenge for many mining industry organizations is not so much managing the projects as it is trying to integrate the different software tools used for project management. It is not unusual to find organizations with several disparate management systems in place in an attempt to monitor dozens of projects at once. The bottom line for most of these companies is that the lack of integration between products ultimately leads to inefficient project management due to the fact that it becomes nearly impossible to see where resources are being consumed on each project. However, with Dekker’s project management solutions, software integration issues will be a thing of the past.
Dekker’s project management information system (PMIS) allows you to leverage your existing IT investments by integrating seamlessly with the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software your company already uses, such as SAP, Microsoft® Office and Project. Our training experts can get your project teams up and running quickly – so quickly, in fact, that our solutions are fully integrated in as little as three months. Dekker’s integrated approach will reduce your training costs by up to 20% when compared to competing products that require employees to learn entirely new interfaces.
With the Dekker PMIS™, your organization will be able to solidify its project portfolio management (PPM) process so that you have complete control and visibility over each project from start to finish. And by having a disciplined and integrated PPM methodology in place, your company will maximize its return on investment by ensuring current and future mining projects align with the priorities, goals and objectives of your organization.
Education
A variety of project management training courses are available through Dekker University online or at one of our two conveniently located campuses in Ontario, California, and Reston, Virginia.For more information on Dekker University and the types of courses offered, please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.
Products
The following Dekker products can help effectively prioritize, manage and analyze the breadth of mining projects and programs within your organization:
- Dekker PMIS™ (Project Management Information System; i.e., Dekker’s entire suite of project management products, including TRAKKER, iPursuit, Traction and iPortfolio) delivers a full project portfolio management (PPM) tool, which allows users to track, control and analyze all projects and programs throughout the organization’s portfolio.
- Dekker TRAKKER® is the core product of Dekker’s project management information system (PMIS). TRAKKER integrates cost, schedule, resources, and performance information into an enterprise project management (EPM) system, complete with EVM capabilities.
- Dekker iPursuit® is a robust earned value analysis (EVA) and oversight tool that enables organizations to monitor performance on a single project or throughout the entire enterprise.
- Dekker Traction™ provides a method of measuring operational performance metrics; enables organizations to align projects to strategic objectives and operational goals; and provides the ability to perform project risk assessment.
- Dekker iPortfolio® allows project teams and management to share and access data remotely and securely via the Internet.
Integration
Every Dekker product seamlessly integrates with the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software your project team members currently use and that resides on your desktop or server, such as:
- Microsoft® Office (including Excel and Word), Project, and Visio
- Databases, including Oracle® Database and Microsoft® Access and SQL Server
- Financial Packages, including Oracle® Financials, SAP®, Deltek®, JAMIS®, Microsoft® Dynamics, and Intuit® Quickbooks®
- Dozens of other COTS software
To learn more about the integration and compatibility of the Dekker Project Management Information System (PMIS), please click here or call 1-800-4-DEKKER.