We received the following question regarding P6 and Level of Effort (LOE) activities: “Will cost loaded LOE tasks still be allowed to be included in the Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics out of P6.” Let’s take a look at this. There was a more a specific question that followed. Will the cost loaded LOE activities […]
P6 Professional System Administration and Project Data User Privileges
Primavera P6 Professional system administration allows you to restrict user data privileges within the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS), which is P6’s file structure system, and the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Let’s take a further look. System Administrators in P6 Professional define Project Security privileges and assign them to differing levels of the Organizational Breakdown Structure […]
Primavera P6 Asterisk on Date Explained
What is the P6 Asterisk on Date? Have you spotted some characters appearing in your date columns in Oracle Primavera P6 and you’re wondering what they are? Here’s a quick explanation of what the characters appended to your Start and Finish date columns mean. Spoiler: they are helpful notices from the software intended to surface […]
P6 Activity Constraints and their Negative Impact on the Critical Path
The Negative Impact of P6 Activity Constraints The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) says that no more than 5% of tasks in the schedule should have hard constraints. This can seem lenient to some, because even soft constraints in the schedule can cause major critical path discontinuities, which is problematic. The schedule should have one […]
Terminal Float and Primavera P6
We received a question from a scheduler who was having difficulty specifying Terminal Float without the associated activity constraint inducing critical path discontinuities. Let’s take a look at what’s going on. What Is Terminal Float? Terminal Float has been defined as the difference between the current project end date and the Contract Completion Date (CCD). […]
P6 Percent Complete Type and Progressing Lump Sum Cost Effort
Primavera P6 has three ways to progress activities. The question is, which way is best for lump sum cost loaded activities? P6 has three flavors to choose from when deciding how to account for schedule progress: duration, physical, and units. A primer for selecting the appropriate percent complete type for your project situation is at […]
Create Graphs Showing the Longest Path in Visualizer
Primavera P6 Visualizer program provides another way to print the schedule Gantt chart. You can also create graphs showing the Longest Path in Visualizer. Primavera P6 Professional has the option to define critical activities two different ways the first is by Total Float and the second is by Longest Path. Visualizer takes the schedule created […]
What is Primavera P6 Visualizer?
Oracle Primavera P6 Visualizer is the reporting tool that sits alongside Primavera P6 Professional and P6 EPPM. It’s used to create visual data, especially timelines and scheduling information, that is used for regular status reporting or as comparative data. The two main types of reports it can create are Gantt charts and Timescaled Logic Diagrams […]
Video – How to Add Labor Resources in Primavera P6
How to Add Labor Resources in Primavera P6 Resources in Primavera P6 include labor, materials and equipment that are used to perform activities within a project. These resources are often time-based and rates can vary over the life of a project. Primavera P6 supports resources by categorizing them as labor (people), non-labor (machinery or equipment) […]
Scheduling the First Working Day in Primavera P6
Many contracts require construction work to commence a specified number of days after the contract award or notice to proceed. The question is how best to schedule this first working day in a Primavera P6 schedule? Construction contracts often have clauses for the commencement, prosecution, and completion of work. Sometimes, the contract manager issues a […]