We recently received a submission that asked how you calculate the percentage of critical activities in the schedule when using P6 Professional? Let’s take a look. Our P6 inquirer, has a client that wanted to know the percentage of critical activities in their schedule. Percent of Critical activities is one measure of a quality schedule. […]
Primavera P6 EPPM Summarizing Projects
It is not enough to update your P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) schedule. In Primavera P6 EPPM summarizing projects is important so that the summary tables populate with your updates. Summarizing projects after updates is important, to ensure that the summary tables are current. This is because the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) retrieves its […]
Are You Still Using the Primavera P6 SDK or API?
There are a lot of Primavera P6 users who are still using the Primavera P6 SDK or API. And, for many this may work great for their specific use cases. But Oracle, for a long time now, has been trying to move users away from both of these older technologies. The Oracle message is clear, […]
Video – How to Navigate the Main Layout and Tools in Primavera P6
Navigate the Main Layout and Tools in Primavera P6 Primavera P6, to a novice scheduler, may appear a rather daunting experience. With numerous navigation tools and options, even a seasoned scheduler may not be sure of all the functions offered in the different toolbars. Here’s how to navigate the main layout and tools in Primavera […]
Video – Invalid Dates in Primavera P6 Explained
Invalid Dates in Primavera P6 occur for two different reasons. They can be caused by a forecast date that falls in the past or an actual date that is in the future. You can watch a video of this at the bottom of this page. What is meant by past and future dates? The past […]
Actual Cost Calculations in Primavera P6
Actual cost calculations in Primavera P6 Professional do not always update during scheduling to match the resulting Activity % Complete values. That is a problem, so let’s investigate the P6 actual cost calculations. If you want the Actual Cost of an activity to update when the activity duration progresses, toggle on the resource assignments calculation […]
Relationship Types in Primavera P6 Explained
A key part of robust schedules in Primavera P6 are built by using logical relationships across the network of activities. In this article, we will discuss the different relationship types in Primavera P6 available to schedulers, offering examples of their use. Better still, we have also produced a short video where users can visually see […]
Using Primavera P6 Visualizer Printing Capabilities
In addition to directly printing a schedule within P6 Professional, you can also use the Primavera P6 Visualizer printing option, its free accompanying program. The Gantt chart is at the center of scheduling software. The better the Gantt chart plot the more your team members and other stakeholders will understand the project. In P6 professional […]
Primavera P6’s Schedule Comparison Feature Explained
The Schedule Comparison feature in Primavera P6 Visualizer is great for comparing the differences between two projects or a project and its baseline. As a quick side note, Schedule Comparison used to be run as a separate P6 utility called Claim Digger. The Schedule Comparison utility in Primavera P6 Professional allows us to compare the […]
Video – How to Modify the WBS in Primavera P6
Creating a WBS in Primavera P6 is the first thing a scheduler will do when commencing a new project. It is an essential step in classifying all the deliverables when building a schedule. Sometimes the WBS has to be modified with elements moved or added. We have also produced a short video How to Modify […]