Project Control Summit 2024 will be held on April 22-24 at Galveston Island Convention Center, Texas. This Summit draws a diverse crowd from project control specialists and program and project managers to anyone passionate about enhancing their project controls and project management skills. The Project Control Academy hosts the Project Control Summit and will attract […]
How to Model XER Files in Power BI
If you’re new to Power BI and working with Primavera P6’s XER files, then this blog post is for you. We’ll walk through the basic steps of modeling XER files in Power BI, focusing on connecting tables and extracting essential metrics. What is an XER File? An XER file acts as a snapshot of the […]
Project Management Symposium 2024
Project Management Symposium is a two-day event at the University of Maryland, 3972 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 on April 18-19, 2024. Project Management Symposium 2024 can be attended in person as a hybrid event (choosing to participate in person on one of the days) or online. PDUs can be accumulated by attending any […]
Video – Performing a Schedule Quality Analysis in Acumen Fuse
Here in this Deltek Acumen Fuse video, we look at performing a schedule quality analysis on our Primavera P6 project. To do this, we’re going to be showing you the Acumen Fuse Schedule Quality metric group in this demonstration. We’re also going to take a look at the Missing logic results in the Acumen Fuse […]
How to Connect Primavera P6 to Power BI
Connect Primavera P6 to Power BI and gain unparalleled insights and data-driven decision-making capabilities. This guide provides a detailed walk-through on how to connect Microsoft Power BI Desktop to both Oracle Autonomous Databases (ADB) and on-premises databases, leveraging the power of Primavera P6 data for advanced analytics and visualization. Setup and Configuration Overview Configuring Power […]
Multiple-Schedule Risk Exposure Comparison in Deltek Acumen
Using Acumen Risk to Compare Multiple-Schedule Risk Exposure Deltek Acumen Risk considers project risks to make a more realistic schedule, but how do you efficiently compare the outcome from two separate Acumen Risk models? Here we take a look at this. The traditional Critical Path Method (CPM) is deterministic; it computes the schedule completion on […]
Make the Most of Status Reports in Project Management
Status Reports in Project Management Project management can be a difficult task to keep on track and status reports are an essential part of the process. Here we’ll discuss what exactly a status report is, how to create an effective one for your team or organization as well as best practices for writing them. We’ll […]
What is a Half Step Delay Analysis and Why Should You Care?
Half Step Delay Analysis Explained Suppose you’re in a job role where you’re receiving monthly schedule updates, and it’s your job to report the specific reasons why the finish date slipped in that month. You have to account for delays that happened in the same timeframe, the impact of revisions to the schedule, and changes […]
Sharing Insights From Primavera P6 Through Power BI
Insights From Primavera P6 Through Power BI In today’s world of project management, collaboration and data governance are key ingredients to success. Integrating Oracle Primavera P6 with Microsoft Power BI enables Project Managers (PMs) to share insights from Primavera P6 with various stakeholders, including engineers, corporate executives and field personnel. This blog post delves into […]
The Benefits of Primavera P6 Training Online
If you’re looking for an efficient way to learn the ins and outs of Primavera P6, then you might want to consider online training. With online learning, you can gain the knowledge and skills needed to master this popular project management tool from any location and on your own schedule. Here we’ll cover what makes […]