PMA Technologies

Exporting (Only)

seve — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:26:44 +0000

NetPoint will export activity ID’s, descriptions, dates, durations and predecessor/successor logic. Resources do not export. Steps: With NetPoint open, click File > Import/Export… from the menu bar and choose Export to MS Project. The MS Project [...]

After plugging in a projector, NetPoint doesn’t run or just doesn’t look right

seve — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:31:58 +0000

When connecting your computer to a projector, the screen resolution can often times be changed, resulting in either an incompatible or suboptimal view of the plan. If this happens, override the screen resolution [...]

Why are some windows, text, and/or buttons jumbled and/or out of proportion?

seve — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:05:43 +0000

The display of your screen may be being magnified. To adjust it in Windows 7: Click Start > Control Panel. The Control Panel window will open. Click Appearance and Personalization and then Display. Choose [...]

Why are the canvas, print setup, or paper size not showing up?

seve — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:04:29 +0000

Check that the screen resolution is within an acceptable limit. NetPoint requires a minimum screen resolution of 1024×768 and a 16-bit color setting.

PMA Consultants Expands Commitment to the UMCIAP

kelly — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:14:50 +0000

The University of Michigan Construction Industry Alliance Program kicked off in September 2012. As members of the program, PMA Consultants (PMA) provided graduate students and faculty from the university’s Tishman Construction Management Program [...]

Mitigating the Planning Fallacy (Risked Schedules—The New Normal)

bryan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:29:49 +0000

Kahneman & Tversky coined the term planning fallacy to describe plans and forecasts that are unrealistically close to best-case scenarios and that could be improved by consulting the statistics of similar cases. Dr. [...]

PMA Completes Third Annual NetPoint User Conference

bryan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:54:41 +0000

PMA Technologies held its third annual NetPoint® User Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 25-26, 2013. Participants learned from both PMA practitioners and industry leading planners and had opportunity to select between case [...]

PMA Technologies Debuts NetRisk™ at Third Annual NetPoint® User Conference

kelly — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:27:27 +0000

PMA Technologies, a leading provider of innovative project management and construction industry software applications, announced today the release of NetRisk at the PMA Third Annual NetPoint User Conference. The conference, held in New [...]

NetRisk™ Risk Analysis

dax — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:44:11 +0000

NOTE: The NetRisk™ Risk Analysis Module will be available in beta very soon, and the full NetRisk™ chapter will be published at that time. NetRisk™ Risk Analysis is a state-of-the-art GPM® risk modeling [...]

Summarizing a Schedule of Critical Work for Executive Management

dax — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:31:13 +0000

With large-scale and complex projects and programs, executive-level management can oftentimes greatly enhance their decision-making ability when presented with high-level summary schedules of critical work. In the following case study, mid-level management for [...]