Nodes & Links X Jacobs construction scheduling demo.pdf

Nodes & Links X Jacobs construction scheduling demo

1. Greg Lawton
[email protected]
The intelligent way to manage modern projects
Nodes & Links 

for Jacobs

2. NODES & LINKS
An automation
company for 

schedulers

3. NODES & LINKS
Customer-validated time-saving estimates
We save you time and
make it easy to do
advanced analysis
17 hours a month per planner / risk manager

4. Nodes & Links is the

intelligent way to manage

modern projects.
to understand how your project is performing.
Track your progress
Check your schedule health
to easily meet industry and project standards.
Mitigate your risk
with the help of artificial intelligence 

and forecasting capabilities.
Oversee your carbon emissions
to gain control of your carbon footprint.
Analyse your data
with clear and accurate breakdowns 

in a visually compelling format.
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5. COMMENTS FROM SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS
Powerful & Deep
Easy to use
Time-saving
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‘This will help me understand how this individual project will
perform…’This would be powerful for our end of project reports…’
We spend days doing what you just did in a few clicks…’
‘This looks really easy. You mean if I just drop P6 XER files in, I get all this?!’

6. WHAT DO WE AUTOMATE?
Schedule Health
•DCMA 14-point
18 new checks
WBS breakdown
Tasks driving results
Project KPIs
•Progress
SPI
Compression
Predictability
Activity Analysis
•By WBS, ABS, OBS, CBS
Criticality
Machine Learning 

Duration Forecasts
Progress Tracking
•Interactive S-Curves
Duration or Activity Count
By WBS, ABS, OBS, CBS
Trending
Change Analysis
•By KPIs
By Schedule
By Activity
Critical Path
Path Analysis
•Top 5 paths
Pass-through
Reports
What-If

7. Creating Visuals
•Paths & Performance
Project Roadmaps
Schedule Diagrams
Milestone Reporting
Risk Reduction
•Uncertainty Simulations
Risk Simulations
Risk Drivers
Sharing & Collaboration
•Share instantly
Collaborate virtually
Control permissions
Forecasting
•Machine Learning 

Project Forecast
Delay Predictions
Impact Predictions
Current Project Predictability
Risk Analysis
•Uncertainty
Risk Events
Fastest simulation in the world
Machine Learning 

3-point estimates
Acceleration
•Machine Learning
Acceleration
Recommendations
WHAT DO WE AUTOMATE?

8. Analyse schedule changes
Track progress
Identify critical and near-critical paths
Measure your carbon emissions
Schedule health analysis (incl. DCMA checks)
Access granular project intelligence
+more
$200
per contributor
per month
one-time discount
INSIGHTS
Applicable for any project size
Unlimited projects
Unlimited excel exports
Accessibility based on roles & permissions
Enterprise-grade security
Access to help centre
RISK
Instant Monte-Carlo Simulations (incl. Risk events)
Determine your P-position for any activity or WBS
Identify risk drivers for any activity
Get AI-produced uncertainty recommendations
Identify critical and near-critical paths
Receive forecasting recommendations
Test mitigation scenarios
+more
Applicable for any project size
Unlimited projects
Unlimited excel exports
Accessibility based on roles & permissions
Enterprise-grade security
Access to help centre
$400
per contributor
per month
one-time discount
COMPLETE
Applicable for any project size
Unlimited projects
Unlimited excel exports
Accessibility based on roles & permissions
Enterprise-grade security
Access to help centre
Entire Insights dashboard & functionalities
Entire Risk dashboard & functionalities
$500
per contributor
per month
one-time discount
The most advanced, accessible, and affordable platform on the market.
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9. TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES
Track Analyze Focus Collaborate
Track progress using WBS
and Activity Codes
Compare schedules and
assess how changes impact
your delivery plan
Support end-of-project
schedule reviews
Use AI to predict which
milestones will finish on time
with a “forward-looking view” of
project performance
Industry-standard
approaches (like DCMA
checks and QSRA)
Capture and maintain
historical information to drive
organizational learning
Mitigate with confidence and
complete visibility
Extract project carbon estimates
from schedules to support
sustainability targets
Help stakeholders understand 

what's happening on the
project and move quickly
to address issues
Cloud-based platform for fast,
easy-to-use deployment &
collaboration
Minimise “Reporting overload”
by focusing on what matters
Get critical and
near-critical tasks and paths
Understand if a project is
experiencing "bow wave"
network effects
Run robust risk analysis with
the fastest QSRA in the world
Develop resilience to change
through activities per day and
schedule compression analysis
Use Forensic analysis to
pinpoint which activity caused
a delay

10. The time it has taken us to go from a
standing start to this level of analysis is
phenomenal!
NODES & LINKS CONSTRUCTION USER – DECEMBER 22
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11. NODES & LINKS INSIGHTS
Nodes & Links - Insights
With our Insights Subscription, 

you get access to:
By reducing uncertainty in your activities, you
can make better informed decisions.
Unlimited projects, unlimited potential.
→ Project progress dashboard
→ Schedule comparison automations
→ Forecasting capabilities (powered by AI)
→ Carbon emissions management
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12. Nodes & Links - Risk
With our Risk Subscription, 

you get access to:
By controlling your project risk, you
maximise predictability and reduce costs.
Reduce risk, reduce overspending.
→ Cloud-based QSRA & Risk Drivers
→ Mitigation & acceleration testing
→ AI-powered uncertainty recommendations
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13. CALLUM MARSDEN
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

TURNER & TOWNSEND
6x
efficiency
232
hours saved
monthly
40x
faster
327%
ROI
The future is very much a partnership
between a Planner and Nodes &
Links, driving faster on better
project performance and therefore,
better outcomes.
CASE STUDY: TURNER & TOWNSEND
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14. LEIGH WAKEFIELD
CIVIL AND NUCLEAR DIRECTOR

COSTAIN
8x
more insights
210
hours saved
monthly
11x
faster
62%
ROI
Nodes & Links enabled us to extract
more value out of our project data. We
were able to get ahead of risk & gather
actionable insights from our existing
project data, thus saving both time and
money.
CASE STUDY: COSTAIN
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15. We serve Clients, Contractors and Consultants
CONTRACTORS CONSULTANTS CLIENTS
OUR CUSTOMERS
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