A cloud-based or on-premise cost management software with integrated scheduling and estimating. Formerly named ARES PRISM.

Product Overview

Contruent Enterprise is a comprehensive solution that provides robust project management capabilities. Established in 1977 under the name ARES PRISM, the software offers analytics and reporting tools, which provide insights into project status, resource allocation, and financial performance. It supports various industries with complex project needs, offering functionalities that streamline project management processes, improve project outcomes, and enhance cost control.

Pros

  • Has detailed analytics and reporting
  • Advanced resource management

Cons

  • Pricing not provided by the developer
  • Complex setup for advanced features

Target Market

Large organizations in industries like construction, engineering, energy, government, aerospace, and defense.

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Features

Contruent Enterprise functionality includes cost management, change management, contract management, and reporting and dashboards.

Cost Management

It supports all required processes, including:

  • Budgeting
  • Resource planning
  • Progress and performance measurement
  • Earned value management
  • Risk tracking
  • Funds allocation,
  • Time phasing Each user integrates project schedules and initial cost estimates to develop time-phased budgets and forecasts. This tight cost and schedule integration eliminates the need for schedulers to resource load and update progress in their schedule after the initial project plan is input.

Change Management

Provides organizations with a complete and auditable system for tracking cost and schedule changes to the project’s baseline and forecast. Change management helps support communication between all stakeholders within an organization and fosters better project control via transparency, increased awareness, and better decision-making.

Contract Management

  • Prime contracts
  • Request for Proposal (RFP) management
  • Bid analysis
  • Award committed contracts
  • Payment processing

Executive Dashboards

Features an intuitive drag-and-drop tool that lets you see every change as you make it. Users can see and understand project, program, and portfolio performance at a glance.

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User Reviews of Contruent Enterprise

Anonymous
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Contruent Enterprise Review

March 15th, 2023 • Role: End User

Time to perform these tasks has reduced by almost 90% by using ARES PRISM. This has helped me spend more time on in-depth analysis of current project performance, providing controlling measures to ensure that the project performs as planned.

Anonymous
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★★★★★
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Making the cultural shift to PRISM

March 27th, 2020 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

Making the cultural shift to PRISM has allowed us to get a much more integrated view. It’s a significant benefit and we sometimes forget that benefit because it has become so inherent in what we do. It’s like having a smartphone. You take it for granted and forget what life was ever like without one!

Anonymous
Overall
★★★★★
★★★★★

A seamless flow of information between finance and project community

March 27th, 2020 • Roles: Purchaser & End User

PRISM allows for a seamless flow of information between our finance and project community. It also offers a lot of visibility to stakeholders, which includes all groups in the company. Every department, every discipline at one point or another has a project that requires some form of capital. So now stakeholders can see what’s happening with projects.