A student recently asked how one can provide subcontractors and other stakeholders a monthly budgeted project cost for the life of the project. This information is readily acquired in Primavera P6. Subcontractors working on your project may want to know how much money they need to set aside monthly for project related costs. This monthly […]
Hiding Pay Rates In Primavera P6 EPPM
Sometimes organizations want to restrict pay rate information to a select few individuals that have a need to know. It is possible in Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to hide labor pay rate data from unprivileged users. Primavera P6 EPPM has nice features for determining the budget of a project schedule. These budgeting schedule […]
Using Deadline Markers In Primavera P6 EPPM
Most projects have deadlines. And it is possible to display a deadline directly on the Gantt chart in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) scheduling software. If you are looking for a way to measure progress towards a deadline using an activity
How to Renumber Baselines In Primavera P6
Some Primavera P6 users find that they have to update activity ID names partway through the schedule planning and/or execution process. If this is your situation, you will want Primavera P6 to renumber the schedule and, additionally, any associated baselines. Choosing an appropriate activity ID nomenclature is important for schedule clarity. Good scheduling practice encourages […]
Identifying The Longest Path In Primavera P6
Primavera P6 users know that it’s important to identify the longest path through the activity network; longest path activities cannot delay without postponing project completion. If you want to optimize your P6 schedule, i.e. shorten its duration, you will want to look to fast track and/or compress activities that are part of the longest
Using Project Codes In Primavera P6 EPPM
One feature that separates Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) from other scheduling software is the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) that organizes projects for the entire organization. Project codes support EPS reporting. The EPS is like a double edged sword. It is great have data on all the projects in
Activity Primary Resources In Primavera P6 Explained
Proactive project managers using Primavera P6, will want to keep tabs on all critical activities in the schedule. Wouldn’t it be great to have a list of all the critical activities and the person in charge of each? Primavera P6 Professional has the functionality to assign each activity a primary resource. An activity’s primary resource
Tracking Multiple Resourced Activities In Primavera P6 EPPM
In Primavera P6 EPPM, you can enjoy greater accuracy of the units percent complete type, when tracking an activity’s multiple resources. Here we demonstrate how to track the progress of an activity that has multiple resources working at differing burn rates. The duration percent complete type is an efficient percent complete
How To Create A Monthly Cost Report In Primavera P6
Today we’ll show how to create a monthly budgeted total cost report in Primavera P6 Professional. Let’s say you have the budgeted total cost of your project, which is good to know. Your subcontractor performing the work, however, wants a monthly budgeted total project cost report. Yes, you can generate this report
Using Finish On Or After Constraints In Primavera P6
The Primavera P6 Finish On Or After (FOOA) constraint supports situations when an event must occur either at the same time or before the completion of an effort. The start and finish of a project is comparable to the movement of a train. The train slowly gains speed until it reaches velocity. Likewise, the