We published an article a while back on how to creating and assigning calendars in Primavera P6 EPPM and you can read that here. Several folks have contacted us wanting to know some more about this. So, we’ve produced a short video where you can get a feel of the capabilities and functionality of this […]
Project Control Summit 2024
Project Control Summit 2024 will be held on April 22-24 at Galveston Island Convention Center, Texas. This Summit draws a diverse crowd from project control specialists and program and project managers to anyone passionate about enhancing their project controls and project management skills. The Project Control Academy hosts the Project Control Summit and will attract […]
Relationship Lines for Collapsed Bars in P6
P6 Professional can collapse bars to grouping bands and also has the option to show relationship lines for collapsed bars as well. Let’s take a look. In P6 Professional, you can set the Gantt chart graphics to “show bar[s] when collapsed.” This was demonstrated in our blog post The Collapsed Schedule View In Primavera P6. […]
How to Model XER Files in Power BI
If you’re new to Power BI and working with Primavera P6’s XER files, then this blog post is for you. We’ll walk through the basic steps of modeling XER files in Power BI, focusing on connecting tables and extracting essential metrics. What is an XER File? An XER file acts as a snapshot of the […]
Updating a Baseline to Reflect Edited Schedule Relationships in P6
When you update your schedule relationships, how can you include those relationship changes in your existing baseline? The baseline is a static copy of the schedule and functions as a ruler to measure progress. Schedules can have multiple baselines; one should be created to show the entire schedule plan before any progress. Adding an activity […]
Project Management Symposium 2024
Project Management Symposium is a two-day event at the University of Maryland, 3972 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 on April 18-19, 2024. Project Management Symposium 2024 can be attended in person as a hybrid event (choosing to participate in person on one of the days) or online. PDUs can be accumulated by attending any […]
Video – Performing a Schedule Quality Analysis in Acumen Fuse
Here in this Deltek Acumen Fuse video, we look at performing a schedule quality analysis on our Primavera P6 project. To do this, we’re going to be showing you the Acumen Fuse Schedule Quality metric group in this demonstration. We’re also going to take a look at the Missing logic results in the Acumen Fuse […]
How to Connect Primavera P6 to Power BI
Connect Primavera P6 to Power BI and gain unparalleled insights and data-driven decision-making capabilities. This guide provides a detailed walk-through on how to connect Microsoft Power BI Desktop to both Oracle Autonomous Databases (ADB) and on-premises databases, leveraging the power of Primavera P6 data for advanced analytics and visualization. Setup and Configuration Overview Configuring Power […]
Multiple-Schedule Risk Exposure Comparison in Deltek Acumen
Using Acumen Risk to Compare Multiple-Schedule Risk Exposure Deltek Acumen Risk considers project risks to make a more realistic schedule, but how do you efficiently compare the outcome from two separate Acumen Risk models? Here we take a look at this. The traditional Critical Path Method (CPM) is deterministic; it computes the schedule completion on […]
Make the Most of Status Reports in Project Management
Status Reports in Project Management Project management can be a difficult task to keep on track and status reports are an essential part of the process. Here we’ll discuss what exactly a status report is, how to create an effective one for your team or organization as well as best practices for writing them. We’ll […]