911±¬ÁÏÍø and stand out as two leading technology solutions in the construction industry, but could not be more different solutions. This comparison explores:
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1. What is Aconex?
2. Why 911±¬ÁÏÍø?
3. Use Cases & Features of 911±¬ÁÏÍø & Aconexâ€
Aconex was founded in 2000 in Melbourne, Australia, by Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper. The journey to creating Aconex started from Rob's personal experiences in the construction industry working for . Originally aimed at becoming a market place (Australia Construction Exchange = Aconex), Aconex became the leading provider of document mangement software to the construction industry before being . Today, Aconex is still owned by Oracle and the product has a heavy focus on providing construction specific solution to General Contractors for complex construction projects.
Aconex has a great platform for project collaboration and solves beautifully problems associated with high volume revisioning and distribution of documents and correspondance. It is expensive, but if you are a construction company or General Contractor or involved heavily in the onsite construction of a project, Aconex can provide great solutions that reduce your risk.
In contrast, 911±¬ÁÏÍø was co-founded by Doug Vincent in 2019, a former Project & Program Management consultant. Both Aconex founder's Rob Phillpot and Leigh Jasper are investors in 911±¬ÁÏÍø, which targets the key requirements of Project Management and Program Management from the client or Project Owner's perspective, a problem far upstream from Aconex.
Owner's care less about revising documents and more abour the full portfolio view. As such, managing and reporting on projects and portfolios across their entire lifecycle informs 911±¬ÁÏÍø's approach, emphasizing a fast and easy to use systems that you can get started on today. So if your role is geared towards reporting to project owners or managing many projects as a program, 911±¬ÁÏÍø is right for you.
Lets compare and contrast the features of each below across a Project lifecycle.
Provides Program Managers responsible for Project Portfolio Mananagement with best practice tools for automated roll up of Project data. Eliminates double handling and enables real-time visibility, standardisation and control of Reports, Budgets, Risks & more .
Automatically aggregates project data into Programs/Portfolios, plus all the features you need for Program Controls (e.g. Program Risk, Program Budgeting etc)
Provides Project Managers on the Owner/Client's side with simple, easy to use tools to replace spreadsheets and make easy preparing Project Reports, Budgets, Risks, Payments and more.
Provides Construction Project Managers with comprehensive tools for all aspects of managing trades on a jobsite.