Primavera Consultation Services

It is the most powerful, robust, and easy to use solution for globally prioritizing, planning, managing and executing projects, programs and portfolios. Primavera P6 is an integrated project portfolio management (PPM) solution comprising role-specific functionality to satisfy each team member’s needs, responsibilities and skills. It provides a single solution for managing projects of any size, adapts to various levels of complexities within a project, and intelligently scales to meet the needs of various roles, functions, or skill levels in your organization.

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Primavera P6 provides executives with a real-time view of their organizations project, program and portfolio performance. It equips managers with the right blend of usability, power and flexibility to effectively and efficiently execute on projects, and enables individuals across all levels of an organization to analyze, record, and communicate reliable information and make timely informed decisions.

KEY BUSINESS BENEFITS

• Select the right strategic mix of projects

• Assure project, IT and corporate governance

• Enhance processes and methods

• Improve project team collaboration

• Measure progress toward objectives

• Complete more projects successfully and with the intended payback.

There are a number of consulting and implementation services provided by oracle Primavera P6 and it’s partners. They have a number of advertisers that help them with these services.

The list of these partners and advertisers are as follows:

1.Keen science pty limited

2.Insynchro group of industries

3.prescience technology

Keen Science Pty Ltd is a specialist portfolio, program and project management services provider. We operate in Australia, as well as internationally. We help our clients achieve their strategic goals through the combination of expert project management practices and industry recognised project management solutions. We deliver services and solutions that provide transparency and control over all aspects of the project delivery process.

With a strong focus on best practise, we have recognised the benefits of integrating technologies to strengthen the program and project governance structures and to deliver productivity benefits.

We advocate the application of fully integrated project management tools to deliver total project controls solution and provide the client organisation with auditable and evidence based information to ensure their projects are delivered on time, on budget and within the specified scope. Our approach of fully integrated systems increase the visibility of performance trends and provide early warning indicators, as well as delivering tailored reporting to meet the client requirements.

Our consulting team can design, develop and implement these multidimensional control systems, as well as provide the expertise to operate them.

IGC:

Insynchro has more than 15 years of experience in designing, implementing and supporting highly effective integrated project controls solutions.

Our clients represent most industry sectors as well as government, and the solutions we have implemented range from controls for a single-project through to enterprise-wide systems for project intensive multinational organizations.

Our offering combines industry expertise with precise implementation skills which enables us to develop functional solutions that help our clients realize the full potential of each project, and simplify the process of maintaining control over multiple projects.

Primavera P6 Training Classes

As mentioned in our previous articles introductory articles to training

Training is a very essential tool in any kind of resourceful work. If you do not train your employs right.

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There are a number of ways the work can go wrong causing downfall to your organization. The presumed goal of training software project managers is to equip them with the knowledge and competencies that will help them to be successful in different domains regarding the domain of Software project management.

Now we focus on different classes provided by ORACLE for the training of their project managers. Which are discussed in detail as follows:

  1. Primavera P6 PPM fundamentals
  2. Primavera P6 PPM advanced
  3. Primavera P6 EPPM fundamentals
  4. Primavera P6 EPPM advanced
  5. Primavera P6 application administration

 

Main topics covered in Primavera P6 PPM fundamental is as follows:

  • Project Management Life Cycle
  • Understanding P6 Data
  • Creating a Project
  • Establishing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Adding Activities & Using Activity Views
  • Creating Relationships
  • Project scheduling (CPM)
  • Assigning constraints
  • Using reflection projects
  • Resource and roles
  • Baselines
  • Project reporting

TOPICS included in Primavera P6 PPM advanced are:

  • Creating  Resource teams and roles
  • Managing multiple projects
  • Advanced resource planning
  • Managing and allocation of resource requests
  • Advanced scheduling methods
  • Advanced project reporting

Topics covered in Primavera P6 EPPM fundamental is as follows:

  • What You Will Learn: Defining the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • Describing the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • Creating a Project
  • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Activities & Views
  • Relationships
  • Scheduling
  • Constraints
  • Project Workspace
  • Roles Resources
  • Baselining
  • Dashboards & Portfolios
  • Managing Issues & Risk

Primavera P6 EPPM advanced covers the following topics:

  • Creating Resource Teams and Roles
  • Analyzing Portfolio Details
  • Viewing Portfolio Performance
  • High-Level Resource Planning
  • Managing Allocations
  • Staffing Resource Requests
  • Resource Leveling
  • Advanced Scheduling Techniques
  • Reports

Primavera P6 Application Administration includes following classes.

  • Working with Data Structures
  • Working with Enterprise Data
  • Managing Users
  • Resource Administration
  • Global Dashboards & Views
  • Portlets
  • Managing Services
  • Portfolios
  • Application Settings
  • Project Portfolios Routine Maintenance

These courses are of different durations and hold different pre requisites as well. A person interested in opting any one of them need to pick exactly what he requires, which can be found in the vast domains of primavera P6 Training classes. The class leads participants through the entire project life cycle, from planning projects through execution of detailed work. Using a proven approach, our Oracle Certified training is centered on transferring the skills and best practices used by our Primavera consultants to solve your real world project challenges.  PSG’s Primavera training workshops can by request, be delivered in 1/2 day sessions for your convenience at an additional fee.

For registering in any of the above mentioned classes , click on the link below:

http://www.psgincs.com/course-detail-page.php?courseId=6

How Primavera Training is Helpful for you?

Primavera software training design helps companies maximize their profit on investment. The training design is delivered in 1,2,and 3 day courses, our instructors are highly qualified and hold experiences in a number of domains regarding software project management. They have experiences of real life problems thus giving the best solutions to your problems. They also have a vast experiences in utilizing a vast range of primavera products. The experiences are shared through workshops, one-on-one monitoring , discussions and client engagements prescient solutions group gives both on site classroom and live online primavera software training.

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Our instructors use a proven approach. Our oracle certified training is centered on transferring the skills. Our Online Primavera software training provide a one-on-one enviornment for participants, allowing students and instructors to set a pace that maybe quicker than traditional onsite training.  All Primavera training classes can be tailored to meet your specific needs, including customized project data and student workshops*. Our online training utilizes web conferencing and application sharing technology to enhance and facilitate your learning, and the knowledge transfer process.  Contact us today to see what Primavera software training class will work best for you. There are individual classes available as well according to the industry requirement.

The list of online training classes is as follows.

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Applications

With Oracle Applications Training, you’ll gain proficiency using a variety of solutions that automate manual and time consuming business processes. From Business Intelligence, to Procurement, to Financials and more, our expert Oracle Applications instructors deep dive into more than 80 products.

Agile
Oracle Agile applications help organizations of all types and sizes to innovate profitably. And when combined with hands-on Oracle Agile Training, you’ll learn how to leverage the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise solutions. CRM On Demand

Using Oracle’s CRM On Demand solutions, companies are able to deliver a unified cross-channel experience, while driving sales. To maximize the benefits of this smart application, enroll in Oracle CRM On Demand Training to learn about contextual intelligence, real-time analytics and more.

User Productivity Kit (UPK)

Used by over 4,000 organizations and project teams, Oracle User Productivity Kit can help mitigate risk and reduce time to deployment. With Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) Training, you’ll understand how content development, deployment and maintenance can be simplified and streamlined.

Database

Oracle Database Training will help you develop a thorough understanding of Oracle Database, as well as its related products. With more than 50 Database offerings, enhance your knowledge of Database 11g, MySQL, Data Guard, and more.

Enterprise Management

Oracle Enterprise Management Training gives you hands-on experience using Oracle’s integrated enterprise IT management product line. By deep diving into this complete cloud lifecycle management solution, you’ll learn how to quickly set up, manage and support enterprise clouds and more.

Industries

In the Insurance, Retail, Utilities, Communications and Health Sciences industries, Oracle products improve performance and reduce cost. When combined with Oracle Industries Training, you’ll learn how to navigate over 30 Industries products designed to address and eliminate specific industry pain points.

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How Project Management Training is Important?

Training is a very essential tool in any kind of resourceful work. If you do not train your employees in right way; there are more chances of work go wrong and can cause downfall to your organization. The presumed goal of training software project managers is to equip them with the knowledge and competencies that will help them to be successful in different domains regarding the domain of Software project management.

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These will not guarantee success but make success more likely. Over the years, the notion of success has expanded greatly from simply meeting requirements, delivering on time and not exceeding the budget to include a plethora of other success criteria. In fact, what success is; often changes many times during the project. This and many other facets of software project management frustrate and perplex untrained software project managers since most enter into this role untrained.

This article presents what anecdotal and experimental evidence has shown software project managers need to know that can be conveyed via training programs. Today’s software project manager can also benefit from this information to overcome many of the misperceptions about nearly everything regarding software project management.

The need of the hour is managing adequate issues of software engineering projects that cannot be done without the use of software project management. The importance of adequate management is becoming more apparent with each passing day. Usually in organizations the project managers are not trained at all or are poorly trained. This article examines what we now know is needed to successfully manage software engineering projects and how education can help transfer this information.

Software project management represents a paradox within the software engineering community.

It has been described as being more vital to software project success than all other factors combined, yet there are still no conferences or journals devoted to this topic. In fact, international conferences on software engineering rarely list software project management as a topic in the call for papers topic list. Finally, we are slowly realizing what other knowledge work related professions have known for a long time – project managers are not born, they are made – through education. The problem is that there is no general agreement on what knowledge and skills a software project manager needs in order to be successful. In fact, we have yet to agree on just what success in software engineering is. This article examines what software engineering project managers need to know, what skills they must possess and how these may be acquired through education. The resources cited are not restricted to software engineering alone as there is a lack of research in this subject.

Before we move to the training part we need to know what software project managers actually do. The tasks they carry out are.

According to a very successful and renowned CEO Robert Townsend, the most skillful and capable person in a team should be made a manager. Because of his caliber of carrying out the underlying tasks and managing what needs to be done when.

Prerequisites

This document explains how to configure your computer for use with Primavera Unifier and Designer. You may need to have Administrator privileges on the local machine before you can install certain plug-ins. Always review this information with your IT department.

About Configuring Your System for Primavera Unifier

Primavera Unifier runs in an Internet Explorer browser window. This document outlines the settings within Internet Explorer that need to be configured in order for Primavera Unifier to run successfully. This setup must be performed for each computer on which you will be running Primavera Unifier. In addition, this document helps you to log on and get started using Primavera Unifier for the first time.

For the full list of system requirements and versions, see the Configuration Information document under “Installation and Configuration Documentation” in the Primavera Unifier 9.12 Online Documentation Library.

Contacting Customer Support

If you have a question about using Oracle products that you or your network administrator cannot resolve with information in the documentation or help, go to:

http://support.oracle.com

This page provides the latest information on contacting Oracle Global Customer Support, knowledge articles, and the support renewals process.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/us/support/contact-068555.html or visit http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/accessibility/support/index.html if you are hearing impaired.

Configuring the IE Browser

This section discusses how to setup Internet Explorer on your computer for use with Unifier. These settings are required in order for Unifier to run properly.

When you have finished configuring the computer, log out of Unifier and close the browser completely in order for the new settings to take effect.

Verify Internet Explorer Version

Unifier supports Internet Explorer version 7, 8 and 9.

To verify your Internet Explorer version

Open Internet Explorer.

From the browser menu bar, click Help and choose About Internet Explorer.

Verify your browser version.

If you do not have a supported version of Internet Explorer installed, contact your company administrator.

Note: If the menu bar is not displayed, right-click in an empty portion of the toolbar and select Menu Bar.

Internet Explorer Settings

Internet Explorer setup is performed in the Internet Options window. The following procedures describe the settings for the Internet Options window.

To access the Internet Explorer Internet Options window

Open the Internet Explorer browser window.

Click the Tools menu and select Internet Options. The Internet Options window opens.

Configure General Internet Options

This section discusses the settings in the General tab of the Internet Options window.

Temporary Internet File Settings

When you open a web page, a copy of it is stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder on your hard drive. This increases the speed at which previously viewed pages are displayed.

In the procedures below, the first setting enables Internet Explorer to always check a website for the latest version of previously visited pages that may still remain in the Temporary Files folder. This ensures that the latest content is viewed if a previously stored page has been updated.

Have Problem Listing Open End Activities In Primavera P6

If you want to list up open-end activities in Primavera P6 and you can’t find any option in p6. A simple way is exporting activity relation detail to excel and separate predecessor with only SS successor. But that is a too lengthy process because at times you don’t know what formulas to apply in excel for fast working.  In excel one predecessor can have more than one successor. So you have to select predecessors with fully SS relation successors only.  Download are free to use schedule viewer from www.xerviewer.co.uk . We have a project health check section which provides various checks including ‘ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SUCCESSORS’

There is a checkbox under this section where you can include or exclude activities with SS successors only. You can then export the activities to excel.  Hope this would be of great help for you on your project. You can still contact our experts if you face any ambiguity on provided email addresses globally or contact to the vendor who provided you with the software.

Here are some problems that you might face and we are giving solution to it in advance so that our blogs could be of great help for you. If you use the above mentioned schedule viewer which is, www.xerviewer.co.uk and if it proves to be good there might a problem arise that it shows activities without predecessors or successors. It might not show open end activities. Only showing milestone activities with no successors and predecessors, this might create a lot of confusion or ambiguity. The problem can be, your, not tagging the checkbox. Consider, start to logic as missing.

Done. The other problem can be how to export that list to excel. When you try to export the whole project is exporting. Well that is a big issue but you need not to worry. When all the project activities are exporting including those without successors but you just want to export the list, not the Gantt then what you need to do is after clicking export and the options box comes up, you ought to select ‘expand to level 1’ and deselect the ‘ draw Gantt option’.

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Another problem that can rise is, what can be the formula or any other method for extracting SS relation activities in excel. The solution is using the formula count if (). You could sum up the total number of successors for each activity ID and the subtract the number of SS successors.

Another problem can be with the registration code being invalid there can be multiple reasons of it but one that have been commonly witnessed is moving or copying the existing file if you have copied or moved the file, the new file would need it’s own registration key. For the key that has been generated to you, you must use it for the existing file and not for any have new, moved or copied file.

Construction Claim Support

At prescient solutions group we give you the expertise that is reliable and you can count on it. In construction every step can have massive consequences, which are why you have to take care of each and every minute step you take and every decision you make. Failing to act to some situation adverse or not may be worse. Make sure every single step you take is on firm grounds and the step you take you are sure about the consequences will go in your favor. If it’s not obvious one thing can be make sure that the situation is always in your hands and you are prepared for the worse.

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PSGINC and its consulting services provide the extra measure of guidance needed to act with confidence. We work daily on multimillion-dollar deals and at times more than this. The markets include virtual markets in every sector globally e.g. from construction claim analysis to CPM scheduling or from drafting initial contract language to provide expert testimony.  TRAUNER’S has done it all. It has given us a very valuable and much needed perspective on how, when and why a problem arises and the UN paralleled expertise to guide our clients to the best of our knowledge and to lead them towards success.

Guidance up front:

Call it street smarts. Our breadth and depth of experience enables us to recognize red flag immediately. Our expertise systems recognize what’s wrong and act immediately according to the situation. So you can avoid or resolve disagreements before they enlarge and are changed into bigger, expensive and bitter disputes.

Dogged detective work:

When a project does derail. TRAUNER can determine what’s wrong, what step should be taken in order to rectify it. Precisely to determine why it went off the track. We methodically dig through the project, digging through each and every detail, identifying the source of an issue it’s effect on the parties, how it may result into a dispute or create a problem for the stakeholders and it’s credible resolution without being assumptions or being biased.

Impartial expertise:

You can trust in what we say, you don’t have a choice. Do you. Or let’s take it this way: you will never need another choice when you will experience our TRAUNER once. Drilldown the truth is affecting the health of your project. Whether it’s good or bad or otherwise and effectively communicates those findings. We bring the solutions accurate to your need and will help fixate the error affecting the health of your project. We bring the kills that resolve the issues and get you back to business. That’s the major reason PSGINC is a name of trust for many of the major owners, builders, sureties, stakeholders and the authorities. Not only the big guns but also the entrepreneurs that are new to the business yet have the same passion and interest to take their business to heights and give their customers the best of the best possible.

Energy & Utility

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Energy and utility has been a growing industry and like every growing industry, sectors related to energy and utility has been facing challenges. Oracle primavera has given them solutions to their management needs. This blog mainly covers Primavera P6 EPPM for energy and utility . the solutions include earned value, risk management, cost management and related factors. The elaborative factors includes balancing your company’s capital investments, maintenance operations and resource allocations. This factors can highly effect the progressive and success strategies of your business. This is very important to make sure that your maintenance and capital projects are fully aligned with company’s strategic goals and are delivered on project and are within the estimated cost. The most important factor that it is in the proposed budget. With the primavera proposed solutions , oil and gas companies are able to meet their goals , overcome resource shortages and capture best  practices. The energy sector includes gas, oil and coal. The goals are CapEx , lower OpeX costs , manage and mitigate the risks effecting the success of your business. The progress can be done when the risk effecting factors are mitigated.

So that your project can offer high ROI’s . With oracle’s primavera portfolio management discover how a single management system can drive various capabilities, the capabilities include

1. absolute alignment between company strategy, execution and results. Goals that are important.

2. managing the program lifecycle from the idea generation to the execution of project lifecycle.

3. project cost controls and financial management which include the strategies of earned value systems.

4.transperancy and visibility into business decisions.

5. internal and external resource management, which includes resource identification, resource allocation and resource management.

The methodology of prescient solutions group is proven to assist you in anticipating future business needs, assistance and requirements.  The energy services and utilities are combined with hundred of laws proclaiming the various needs. The regulations, codes and regulatory agencies that effect the way you carry out the business strategies.

Technology solutions provide the most reliable and effective solutions in the industry , response time. Efficient customer service is critical to all organizations. Do you ever struggle with decision making due to lack of quick information? Let Prescient solutions group serve you as your partner and carry your business to the heights you aim to get it. Your go-to technology partner. Constantly providing and anticipating your business and technology needs.

The experience of prescient solutions group in working the utility and energy  industry goes up to 25 years. We use the domain knowledge of your industry to make sure and ensure that every software solution we develop for you  100% compliant with the domain we are offering it to. Your industry and your corporate strategy. Our main focus is on quality and ever changing industry needs delivering solutions that will help accelerate your business progress as well as meet the changing dynamic and vast needs of your energy and utility industry.4

The focus is also on exceeding expectations. Solutions that make the objectives clear and attainable , that makes your company’s growth possible.

Earned Value Management

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Talking about management systems, earned value management is really of major importance. We first need to understand, what exactly is earned value management. It’s importance in our business sectors. And how we need to implement it for best outcomes and results for our business and it’s success.

Earned value management , can also be known as performance management is a worldwide known technique for performance measurement and progress in objective manner. It’s the ability to combine the measurements of three important factors. Scope , schedule and cost. When talking about a single integrated system, performance management or earned value management is usually able to provide accurate forecasts of project performance problems which is an important contribution towards your earned value management system.

The essential features of earned value management system includes:

1. A proper completely designed project plan that identifies work to be accomplished.

2. an evaluation of planned work , which is called planned value (PV) or budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP)

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3. pre defined ”earning rules” (also known as metrics) to measure or quantify the accomplishment of work. Called earned value (EV) or budgeted cost of work performed(BCWP)

Earned value management implementations for large or complex projects include a number of features such as forecasts and indicators of cost performance (over budget or under budget) and schedule the performance , which may be behind schedule or ahead schedule.

Earned vale management originally emerged in US as a financial analysis in the 1960’s , but has since become a vital part in project management and cost engineering . implementation can be implemented to fit projects of all sizes and complexities. Research investigating the contribution of EVM to project suggests a moderately strong positive relationship.

Primavera earned value management helps organizations better manage project costs, measure earned value  and analyze budget , actual, forecast and performed costs. Without a comprehensive earned value performance, troubled projects can get out of control without the problem being recognized. With primavera earned value management , organizations can generate the statistically accurate estimates needed to understand and communicate project performance while there is still time to deal with  and address the issues.

Main features are:

1. monitor project performance using earned value management techniques.

2. calculate project costs using the direct and indirect costs per source.

3. accurately measure both cost and schedule performance.

4. track the differences between what was budgeted and how it was executed.

5. produce reports that comply with the U.S office management and budget (OMB) 300 directive.

The benefits that can be earned through earned value systems:

1. analyze and communicate the project performance data

2. increase program visibility through different factors like effective and stream lined communication with all stakeholders

3. systematically determine some factors, which may include

-> whether the project is behind the schedule

->ahead of schedule

->under budget

->over budget

This all can be done by analyzing the earned value KPI’s

It can nearly be impossible to build annual budgets that consider forecasted budget and program plans with detailed data of cost management and cost effectiveness. The more challenging part is uniting the actual program costs and actual program scheduled tasks. Oracle’s primavera project management’s earned value system’s gives the best solution in this regard.526

Construction Software

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Oracle primavera P6 and phoenix project management for construction.

Primavera and phoenix PM is designed for construction professionals.

It is believed and acknowledged that primavera  P6 provide the most reliable services in the construction industry.

At prescient solutions group we focus on providing relentless attention to quality by using our experience . Solutions that meet the demands and needs of construction industry.  Response time and efficient delivery are critical to any organization or industry. Don’t struggle with slow decision making because of lack of information.

With the changing trends the construction industry with it’s ever changing projects face unique conditions that require new approaches in satisfying demands and meeting the exact solution for the ambiguity faced during a project that also includes contractual requirements. The architecture and structure of many projects require the ability to accommodate and adhere to the recent business implications and continually changing guidelines. Prescient solutions group is your go to technology partner for primavera P6 software that includes implementation as well as installation, constantly anticipates and researching the trends to ensure your business and technology needs are met.

 PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE:

Developing an easy project plan to get the work done right, on budget and on time just got a lot easier.

Phoenix is a powerful project , portfolio and resource management solution to benefit traditional AEC clients who want and easy to install and use construction scheduling solution that is compatible with sure track and primavera P3 plus it can easily import or export to primavera P6 . XER formatted data.

Phoenix project management is relied on by ENR 400 CONTRACTORS LIKE Turner, Gilbane , Mosser, more than 100,000 users and schedulers worldwide.

For more information about how phoenix project manager can improve your scheduling jobs, contact us at 866-823-1890.

Phoenix project manager:

The roles that are played by a phoenix project manager are as follows:

  1. Provides seamless schedule integration from the owners, contractors and sub ordinates etc.
  2. Fits into the supply chain, integrating with Microsoft project and primavera giving contractor a new and more promising option.
  3. Adds a CPM checker to ensure the quality of the schedules throughout the project.
  4. Provides the tools to and solve the problems even before the construction begins.

Phoenix project managers are committed to the construction industry, and are constantly bringing new horizons to the way things are sorted out and solutions are given in the construction industry. It’s the first choice and is chosen as a priority to meet the unique solutions that the changing trends of industry demands.

Phoenix project manager is a valued partner on some of the largest projects in the world. Allowing firms to maximize up- time while reducing overall project costs and delivering earned value management to the organization through improved planning and execution.

Phoenix project manager is ideal for helping construction, engineering and utility and energy companies  develop a more cost effective and earned value work plan that help them achieve the positions they reserve in the industry and constantly improve them.

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