Press Release for MPI’s Launch 19th & 20th November
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Micro Planning International Opens In Europe
On the 19th November 2007 and after several months of
strategic planning, Raf Dua and John Cornish announced the release of Micro
Planner X-Pert Version 3.5 for Windows.
Following the retirement of Glynn Nixon, the original founder of Micro
Planning International Ltd (MPI) in the UK, John Cornish, who is based in
Wimborne, Dorset, has taken over and is now the Managing Director at MPI.
John said that after twelve-years of successfully using Micro Planner he was
delighted to be part of a group of MPI companies covering America and
Australia. In his opinion Micro Planner is the “best in class” for accuracy in
project planning and scheduling. In his new role, John is looking forward to
making contact and meeting the many users and potential customers of the
Micro Planner range of products and services. He is contactable at
john@microplanning.co.uk, or telephone +44 (0) 1202 884 690.
MPI also celebrated its thirty years in the project planning software industry at
Kenneth Dibben House in the Southampton Science Park, Chilworth, near
Southampton, UK.
Photo of Kenneth Dibben House, Southampton Science Park
Micro Planner X-Pert, which many regard as the preferred tool for the
professional planner and scheduler has one of the best “algorithms” for
arithmetic scheduling of time, resources and costs.
Because of the reliability and believability of Micro Planner calculations, it has
been used continuously around the globe on multi-million dollar projects in
construction, transport, engineering and defence.
Amongst the many major capital projects in Australia are:
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The Athletes’ Village for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and
subsequent refurbishment and extensions to the private homes.
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The new Brisbane International Airport
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The Sydney International Airport extension
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The Latrobe Regional Hospital
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The Lady Davidson Hospital Rehabilitation Extensions
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Pindara Hospital New Operating Theatre Complex.
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Stage 1A Of The Western Corridor Water Recycling Project In
Brisbane Queensland
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The F1-11 Aircraft Refurbishment Programme
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The Collins Class Submarine Construction Project (1987 – 2003)
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The Regional Prisons Development Project in New Zealand
Micro Planner X-Pert for Windows is often selected for its precision in
developing network logic and resource schedules and then its data is
exported into other planning packages as mandated by contractual
documents. Siemens and Infineon (giants in the electronics industry) in
Germany use Micro Planner with many other customers in Austria,
Switzerland and across America.
The second day was open to Micro Planner licensees and guests from local
businesses. Raf Dua, Director at Micro Planning International Asia Pacific Pty
Ltd flew in especially from Australia for the launch and illustrated his
presentations with several case studies of major projects that use Micro
Planner products in Australia and countries around the Pacific Rim.
Raf Dua: Preparing for the launch in Kenneth Dibben House.
Peter Eales, MD of oi-solutions with offices in London and Poole said that
Micro Planner X-Pert beats all others, hands down, in terms of “ease-of-use”
for the beginner and yet it delights the professional project manager with its
rich set of features. The true critical path analysis (CPA), the reporting of
earned value performance measurement (EVPM), and cost control reports
impressed Peter, as did the competitive pricing.
Maurice Howell, MD at Team Assist based in Wimborne Dorset, and a highly
respected project manager and lecturer in project management said he found
the Micro Planner presentation very stimulating and rewarding and added that
the software supported “true” project management. Maurice found the
discussions with Raf Dua inspiring and was impressed and re-assured that
the fundamentals of project management were common across all sectors of
business and organisations irrespective of their core competencies and
market sector and were being globally applied in America, Australia and
countries around the Pacific Rim.
John Cornish MD at Micro Planning International Ltd
John Cornish MD at Micro Planning International Ltd., had relied on Micro
Planner for over twelve years when working for a “high tech” electronics
engineering company in Dorset to manage major programmes for multinational companies in UK and Europe, where delivery to specification, on time
and within budget was the norm. John went on to say that his industrial
experience proved that Micro Planner products are “best in class” and a
central reason for supporting MPI today. John is eager to connect with the
many hundreds may be thousands of license holders across Europe.
If you are a licensee of MPI’s products, or would like to learn more about how
MPI can support you with training, consultancy, interim project management,
then call John Cornish on +44 (0) 1202 884 690, Mobile: +44 (0) 7799 516
735, email: john@microplanning.co.uk, or visit the website at
www.microplanning.co.uk.
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Editor’s notes and background covering the group of MPI companies.
About Raf Dua:
Raf Dua is General Manager of Micro Planning International Asia Pacific Pty
Ltd based in Melbourne, Australia. Raf has been involved with MPI for all of
its thirty years. Raf was a foundation member of the Australian Institute of
Planning Engineers in 1968, and has decades of experience in managing
multi-million dollar projects for the Australian Defence (Army, Navy and Air
force), Healthcare, Mining and IT industries. In addition, Raf has given
innumerable presentations to learned bodies in many countries on project
planning, resource scheduling methodologies and project control techniques
and has lectured at numerous universities in Australia. Raf is also a founding
member of the College of Scheduling of the Project Management Institute
(PMI).
About John Cornish MBA, Chartered Marketer, FCIM, MAPM
John Cornish, Managing Director at Micro Planning International Ltd., enjoyed
a career spanning twenty-nine years in high tech electronic engineering
companies with over twelve years of practical experience in managing major
projects. He worked for an International company based in San Jose,
California that developed, sold and supported automated test equipment
(ATE) used in the semiconductor industry. His global industrial experience
includes projects with UK and European telecoms and defence companies
and later with major semiconductor manufacturers in America, Europe and the
Far East.
John gained an MBA in 1995, and was welcomed into membership of the
Association for Project Managers (APM) and is a Fellow of The Chartered
Institute of Marketing (The CIM) and has been a Chartered Marketer since
2006. In 2006 John launched Cornish Business Resources Ltd offering
marketing and project management services. On 19th November he
strategically changed the company’s name to Micro Planning International Ltd
to provide better focus and to work more closely with the group of MPI
companies and their customers around the globe.
About Micro Planning International Inc.
Based in Denver, Colorado, under the CEO Robert A. (Andy) Killinger, Micro
Planning International Inc. has been committed to providing full service project
management products to the world since 1978. MPI provides state-of-the-art
planning systems for the Macintosh and Windows platforms as well as postsale services such as training, consulting and custom development. This
office provides the development resources for the continuing enhancement of
the Micro Planner range of products and has produced several bespoke
versions of Micro Planner X-Pert for major clients.