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 […]
PMI EMEA Global Congress 2019
The Project Management Institute (PMI) are holding their PMI EMEA Global Congress from May 13-15 in Dublin. The PMI is the leading project management organization, which helps members with their professional development and project management career. This congress is aimed at Project, Program and Portfolio Managers. PMI EMEA Global Congress will be held at the […]
EVM World 2019
The College of Performance Management (CPM) are holding their 35th annual workshop, EVM World 2019 on May 22-24 at the Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale Florida. This year’s theme is “Maximizing Program & Performance Management Through Collaboration” EVM World 2019 is a premier event where delegates share information; obtain training in Integrated Program Performance Measurement […]
7 Questions to Ask Before Embarking on a Risk Management Program
Is it time to look again at risk management in your business? Is it really being done across all project teams with the accuracy and efficiency you would like? Often we see project teams who do carry out risk management on projects, but they do so in a way that is fragmented. Project managers learn […]
Developing Project Level Calendars In Primavera P6
You’re planning your project in Primavera P6. You’ve created your P6 schedule and added the high level WBS (Work Breakdown Structure). You have your OBS (Organizational Breakdown Structure), activity codes, and resource structure started. Now is a good time to develop your project level calendars. I usually start by developing the 7-day workweek calendar. This […]
What’s So Hard About Earned Value?
Earned Value is pretty much a 5th Grade Math problem. To put it in the simplest terms, we are adding one number to the usual planned vs actual cost for a project. The number we are adding is earned value: a procedure that dollarizes the progress (percent complete) of a project. Why then does the […]
Deltek Releases Acumen 8.4
Deltek has just released Acumen 8.4. While this may look like only a ‘point release’, Deltek always offers much more than that and this software release is no different. Deltek Acumen 8.4 has some rather useful new capabilities along with a bunch of bug fixes and real performance improvements. Here’s a look at what’s in […]
5 Reasons to Use Dynamic Dashboards
Project, program and portfolio reporting is one of the main services provided by a PMO. It’s also one of the most time-consuming. Finding the data, updating presentations and spreadsheets, getting it to the people who matter before all the information is out of date – it’s a headache for many PMO teams. There is a […]
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 […]
Changing the Terminology Used in Deltek Cobra
Want to change the project terminology in Deltek Cobra? In the world of earned value, the term ‘Progress’ might more generally be associated with activities in the schedule and not immediately thought of as an alternative to the term Earned Value. So what’s up with all this progress language we are seeing in new versions […]