Frequently Asked Questions

What is Foresight?

Foresight is a SaaS AI platform

Foresight is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) SaaS (Software as a Service) platform developed by Foresight Works Ltd.

Foresight’s patented technology helps you deliver major and megaprojects faster: Foresight works by turning inert Primavera P6 or MS-Project schedule data produced by project owners or contractors into a collaborative and dynamic basis for project execution and proactive risk intervention.

Foresight’s actionable insights and intelligent work management enable project organisations to cut through complexity and enable their teams and contractors to attain delivery excellence.

How does Foresight work? My team is very busy. Does it take specialists or a lot of time to use Foresight?

Using Foresight is as easy as 1 – 2 – 3.

Get your domain.
Upload your existing Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project files.
Get mind blowing insights instantaneously and action them with your team. Keep coming back for more for automated reporting, AI prioritization, collaborative workflows, risk foresight and much more.

Foresight is super easy to use. Anyone in your team can begin using Foresight intuitively right out of the box.

You access Foresight via your internet browser. You don't need to install anything. You can access it from anywhere, anytime, with an internet connection.

What is a megaproject? Does Foresight work for all projects?

Based on University of Oxford research, capital expenditure (capex) on “megaprojects” is measured in billions of US dollars, “major projects” in hundreds of millions, and “projects” in tens of millions or millions. Megaprojects are sometimes also called “major programs.”

Examples of major and megaprojects include capital works projects such as large data centers, semiconductor factories or “fabs,” metro rail lines, rail rolling stock, wind farms, highways, combined cycle gas turbines, etc.

The objective of speed-to-market to meet customer needs and gain an edge over competitors makes time a critical dimension of these projects.

Any project with a reasonably well-developed schedule in Oracle Primavera P6 or MS-Project would benefit from using Foresight.

How do you handle data security and privacy?

Data security and privacy are top priorities for us and we take them extremely seriously. To read more about data security credentials, measures, and compliance with all relevant data protection regulations, you can request our Data Security and Privacy Stance document during a demo call with our team.

What’s the benefit of using Foresight?

Foresight benefits your team and your project to achieve ambitious goals. Foresight customers report the following benefits:
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10% increase in run rate
30X faster data access
50% increase in schedule quality
99% less time spent in repetitive tasks
30% monthly hours saved in project team meetings
90% of users report better visibility of project risks and priorities
97% of users report higher confidence in schedule predictability
All of this adds up to a slicker process, an engaged team, and faster delivery.

Our schedule data quality is low. Garbage in, garbage out. How can I then use Foresight?

“A bad plan is better than no plan.” Planning for megaprojects is hard. The schedule is the single most useful document of record in a megaproject. Such a schedule, typically compiled in Primavera P6 .xer or MS-Project .mpp, often becomes a black box guarded by a few—hidden away from the action of the project.

Megaprojects leaders fret that their schedule data is “garbage in garbage out.” Fret not friends. Even when the data quality of the schedule is poor, it’s still the plan. It contains the assumptions, the aspirations, and potentially contractual commitments. It’s better to look at the bad plan together than improvise. Plus, the only way to improve the plan is to make it collaborative using Foresight and expose it to the sunlight of your whole project team.

Data quality is a journey NOT a destination. Continuous improvement is a core value of Foresight. Foresight has unique functionality to help you improve schedule data quality over time:

Systematic quality checks and trend analysis
Automatic AI-enabled recommendations for schedule quality improvement, combined with strong follow up and reporting features
Compare weekly or monthly updated versions of the program and get alerted to anomalous changes
Quality benchmarking across projects and industries
Quality scores and rankings to “gamify” improvement process and secure user buy-inEmpower your subject matter experts and planners to build a high-confidence schedule.

Can you provide case studies or customer testimonials?

Yes, we have a number of industry-specific case studies and customer testimonials available upon request that showcase the success that our customers have had with our software.

Ask one of our experts during the demo call to share relevant case studies with you.

Do you offer a demo or free trial of the software?

Yes, you can request a demo here to see the software in action and have any questions answered by one of our experts.

We offer a free trial of our software to qualified organizations so that you can try it out before making a commitment.

How do you handle updates and new feature releases?

Foresight constantly learns and gets better. We push new features and releases on a regular cadence to meet the needs of our customers.

Since Foresight is a SaaS platform you don’t have to do anything to benefit from the updates! These updates are rolled out automatically, so you can always be sure that you are using the most current version of the software.

Do you offer any training or resources to help users get started with the software?

We are passionate about customer success.

Our customer success philosophy is a three-way combination of:

customer adoption (evidenced by you using Foresight);
customer satisfaction (you are delighted using it); and
customer outcomes (your projects start to get built on time and even faster than planned).

To these three ends, we make a dedicated customer success team available to you to train and onboard your team on to Foresight.

Additional support resources include: our A-Z guide with video tutorials, our online knowledge base, and our 24/7 technical help desk where you can open a ticket for an asap response.

Our dedicated customer success team is available to help you with any questions or issues you may have.

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