CMCS partners with Adept Management Ltd. to enhance regional Project & Portfolio Management practices
Collaboration, Management and Control Solutions (CMCS), a leading provider of Project and Portfolio Management solutions and an authorized representative of Oracle Primavera in the Middle East, has recently partnered with Adept Management Ltd. as its regional distributor and representative in a move to introduce more effective Project & Portfolio Management approaches throughout the region.
Adept Management is the latest addition to CMCS’ impressive line-up of systems partners, which currently includes Oracle Primavera, Hard Dollar, Synchro and Ecosys. The company is the developer of the award-winning Analytical Design Planning Technique (ADePT), a unique approach to analyzing and enhancing complex project processes. Under the CMCS-Adept Management partnership, CMCS will offer ADePT software sales, training and consultancy while Adept Management will provide built-in integration with the Oracle Primavera portfolio.
“We are excited about the inclusion of Adept Management’s solutions into our service mix, as ADePT will provide us with design management capabilities that we have never offered before. Today’s highly competitive markets are pressuring project managers to adopt faster and more efficient methods of project execution. The ADePT technique will enable us to create solutions that reduce or remove altogether the inefficiencies commonly encountered in projects, especially in the critical initial phases, and in the process avoid delays and complications that companies simply cannot afford given today’s challenging business environments,” concluded Bassam Samman, CEO and Founder, CMCS.
Adept Management’s core expertise is the management of project design and development phases, which are areas that are generally insufficiently managed and coordinated. The design management consultancy implements its ADePT concept via the ADePT Design software suite, which includes the ADePT Design Builder and ADePT Design Manager Software tools. The programs enable developers to easily define, streamline, plan and deliver complex, iterative and information-driven processes.
Adept Management has been operating in the Middle East over the past four years in collaboration with Al Futtaim Carillion (AFC). AFC owns licenses for the ADePT Design Builder and currently uses ADePT Design Manager to monitor, control and report progress on several of its projects in Dubai. Major contractors Costain and Taylor Woodrow, international construction company Skanska, UK-based Kier Group, and major Australian retail shopping mall developer Westfield Shopping Towns Ltd. all use ADePT for their projects as well.
“The Middle East has emerged as one of the world’s most productive development hubs, which is why it figures prominently in our expansion plans. A key consideration for our expansion in this robust market was the selection of a partner that has the necessary expertise, experience and market reach to efficiently implement and promote our products and services. As one of the most recognized project, portfolio and risk management solutions providers in the region, CMCS perfectly fits our requirements and will be our partner in raising project management standards throughout the Arab World,” said Dr. John Steele, Technology Operations Director, Adept Management Ltd.
