Document management is a way of referring to how documents are stored, retrieved and updated. It’s simply a way of organizing your files so that you can get hold of them when you need them again. Typically, document management these days refers to how you store electronic files. As there are a lot of documents […]
Deltek Acumen Schedule: Cost Uncertainty and Cost Risk
Just as duration uncertainty may have a significant effect on schedule risk, cost uncertainty may have a material effect on cost risk. And the cost uncertainty affects the cost probability distribution more as the length of the schedule increases. Deltek Acumen uses the Monte Carlo analysis to compute a probability distribution of the expected completion […]
Top 6 Digital Skills for Project Delivery
A new report from PMI highlights the top six digital skills that are needed for project delivery – and they are all things that a PMO can and should be supporting. The Project Manager of the Future: Developing Digital-Age Project Management Skills to Thrive In Disruptive Times (2018), is a study commissioned by PMI and […]
How to Import a Portion of a Primavera P6 Schedule
A student recently asked if you can only import a portion of P6 schedule into Primavera P6 Professional. It is feasible to export a Primavera P6 Professional schedule to Microsoft Excel, make updates, and then import these updates back into P6. When Primavera P6 Professional exports to an Excel spreadsheet the scheduler may include a […]
How to Display Outline Numbers in Microsoft Project
How do you display outline numbers for each summary task and detail task in your Microsoft Project schedule. Let’s take a look at how this can be done. Microsoft Project generates an outline number for each summary task and detail task. This may come in handy when you are communicating with stakeholders about specific tasks […]
What is the Project Management Triple Constraint?
What is the Project Management Triple Constraint? When your project sponsor says, “That all sounds fine, but can you deliver it by the end of the year?” they are telling you what constraints apply to this project. The output has to be complete by the end of the year – or at least, they would […]
Transferring Resources between Primavera P6 Databases
Transferring resources between Primavera P6 databases is not as straightforward as one would like, but with a little ingenuity it is possible. When you transfer a project between Primavera P6 databases, P6 exports and imports all the resources and associated roles currently assigned to that project. This works well to retain the projects assigned resources. […]
Deltek Cobra – Calendars and Reports
For those who are becoming familiar with Deltek Cobra, one of the more important concepts you should be highly aware of is the indelible relationship between the Deltek Cobra calendars, and the various format reports. While this article shows examples using Deltek Cobra version 8.2, the principals discussed here are true of every version of […]
5 Things That Make Your PMO Annoying (Fixing PMO Annoyance Factors)
Do you know what your PMO annoyance factors are? Project Management Offices (PMOs) set out to be centers of excellence for their business. However, unintentionally over time little changes can take away from that purpose. You might not have noticed those changes happening. An extra field on a form here. A little tweak to a […]
Generating Schedule Tornado Plots In Acumen Risk
Generating Schedule Tornado Plots in Acumen Risk Dr. Dan Patterson, founder of the Acumen Company subsequently bought by Deltek, says “risk models do not need to be complicated to be meaningful.” This is the intent of tornado plots, so here we take a look at them. When it comes to risk reporting, the mantra keep […]