What is the Microsoft Project status date? The status date in Microsoft Project is similar to the closing date on your checking account monthly statement. Your checking account monthly statement includes all transactions that took place up to and including the statement closing date. Similarly when your progress a schedule in Microsoft Project you include […]
Using Fill Down in Primavera P6 EPPM
If you know how to use the Fill Down feature in Primavera P6 Professional, you may have found that the fill down feature in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) does not work the same. Primavera P6 EPPM has its own fill down procedure for populating fields down a column. Populating fields down a […]
Quality Assurance Vs. Quality Control
Do you know the difference between Quality Assurance and Quality Control? This is a very common question and one that often causes confusion. Let’s start by looking at the official definition from the Project Management Institute PMBoK®, Section 8.2,” Perform Quality Assurance”. Perform Quality Assurance is the process of auditing the quality requirements and the […]
EVMIG – Earned Value Management Implementation Guide
The much awaited Earned Value Management Implementation Guide (EVMIG) has been released by the Department of Defense (DoD). It supports organizations that are implementing Earned Value Management (EVM) by offering a flexible approach with the goal of being less burdensome on the contractor. Weighing in at 103 pages, the EVMIG is detailed and comprehensive making […]
7 Questions to Ask Before Embarking on Risk Management
Risk Management Program Often we see project teams who do carry out risk management on projects, but they do so in a way that is fragmented. Project managers learn about risk techniques on training courses and through learning from their peers. But there comes a point when the PMO needs to step up to implement […]
What’s So Hard About Earned Value?
Earned Value is pretty much a 5th Grade Math problem. To put it in the simplest terms, we are adding one number to the usual planned vs actual cost for a project. The number we are adding is earned value: a procedure that dollarizes the progress (percent complete) of a project. Why then does the […]
5 Reasons to Use Dynamic Dashboards
Project, program and portfolio reporting is one of the main services provided by a PMO. It’s also one of the most time-consuming. Finding the data, updating presentations and spreadsheets, getting it to the people who matter before all the information is out of date – it’s a headache for many PMO teams. There is a […]
What is Primavera P6 Training?
What is Primavera P6 training? While this may seem like an odd question, you may want to think about the different number of Primavera P6 courses available today and the myriad of delivery methods. The answer then becomes a little more nuanced. If you’ve decided to take a Primavera P6 training class, it could be […]
Implementing Project Management – Things To Consider
Here at Ten Six we help organizations by implementing project management systems and tools all the time. Some companies feel the need to take on more than they should. This could be because of lack of experience, capability or, more commonly, funding. It also could be due to the original business plan not addressing all […]
USACE SDEF Format and Cost Loading a P6 Schedule
If you are submitting your P6 schedule to the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) be forewarned. They will require you to convert your schedule to a USACE SDEF format. And, the SDEF file format is very particular about how the schedule should be cost loaded. The USACE has a Quality Control System/Resident Management […]