Primavera P6 is an Oracle software product designed for project, program, and portfolio management. It is a powerful, easy to use solution for planning, managing and executing projects and programs. Primavera P6 can be used for all sizes of programs or projects from small companies to large-scale capital projects. In fact, it isn’t industry specific […]
Using the % Complete Bar in Primavera P6 Professional
When progressing your schedule in Primavera P6, the % Complete Bar is a great way to visualize completed work on the Gantt chart. A good visual on the Gantt chart may help in better perceiving percentage of work achieved in the schedule. The % Complete Bar plots completed work on the Gantt chart as the […]
Publish Projects to View Team Usage Data in Primavera P6 EPPM
How to Publish Projects in Primavera P6 EPPM for Reporting Once your Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) schedule is cost loaded you may want to view the resource allocations in team usage. But before you can inspect resource allocation in team usage you must first publish the project. Realistic resource scheduling requires an […]
WBS Band Themes in Primavera P6 EPPM
WBS band themes are very useful if your eyes are straining on the activity table trying to separate the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) element bands from the associated activities. WBS band themes help by adding a little color. This makes it much easier view data in the activity table. The Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio […]
How To Display Text On The Primavera P6 Gantt Chart
How do you format the Gantt Chart area to display, or not display, text on the Primavera P6 Gantt chart bars? Some of our customers have spent a good amount of time trying to figure this out and the answer is quite simple. So let’s take a look at how to do this. This quick […]
Assigning Multiple Roles To A Resource In Primavera P6
A student at one of my Primavera P6 classes recently asked whether it is possible to assign multiple roles to a single resource. Let’s take a look at this. Primavera P6 Professional has roles that schedulers use to define specific trade skills, such as plumber, pipe fitter, or pipe insulator. These roles are stored in […]
Display a Window of Opportunity Gantt Chart Bar in Primavera P6 EPPM
How do you display a window of opportunity Gantt chart bar in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM)? Let’s look at a simple example. Your project has a brief period of time when the inspector is onsite and available to perform a final quality assurance inspection. This is your project’s window of opportunity. The […]
Creating a WBS in Chart View in Primavera P6
The Primavera P6 WBS chart view provides a nice hierarchical diagram of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It also has a great feature that allows you to create the WBS chart view in Primavera P6? Here we show you how. Creating the WBS is an important first step in scheduling a Primavera P6 Professional project. […]
Exporting A Primavera P6 Schedule Without Costs
A customer recently asked how to provide a subcontractor a copy of a Primavera P6 cost loaded schedule, and not include the costs? In this situation, we have a subcontractor that needs to view the schedule to perform their work, but we do not want them to see any labor cost data or any other […]
Loading Equipment Costs in Primavera P6
How to use equipment costs in Primavera P6. A student recently asked how to cost load equipment in Primavera P6 that extends over multiple activities that may overlap. Let’s take a look. The cost of equipment is usually charged on an hourly or monthly basis. A piece of equipment may provide support for more than one […]