Risk management is often seen as something that project managers do. However, an effective way of managing risk across the business relies on taking a joined up approach. Risk management should be integral to the way your teams work. Here are 7 key criteria that can help you manage your approach to risk and be […]
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 […]
10 Project Selection Criteria for Your PMO
The lifeblood of any Project Management Office (PMO) is a stream of new ideas that turn into projects. Projects help deliver strategy, and they keep the team busy doing valuable work that helps the business achieve its objectives. The biggest challenge for business leaders is to decide what to work on. There aren’t enough hours […]
Replanning Made Easier with Deltek Cobra 8.2
One of the most challenging areas of work in a certified EVM (Earned Value Management) system is the process for managing major replanning events. Known as a Single Point Adjustment or SPA, EVM professionals find these very complex, time consuming and often nerve-wracking. They must be planned very carefully and thought out in detail, lest […]
Making Deltek Acumen Fuse Metrics Available to New Workbooks
Many folks want to create and save a metric workgroup in Deltek Acumen Fuse to make it available to new Acumen Fuse workbooks. Deltek Acumen Fuse software provides a plethora of metrics for inspecting the quality of your respective schedule. It also organizes these metrics into metric groups. This includes the Schedule Quality group that […]
Deleting Tasks in Microsoft Project
There is more than one way to delete a task in Microsoft Project. Here we explore a few different approaches that folks use. Relationships often change throughout the planning stages of a project. And it may be just as helpful to know how to delete a relationship, as it is to create one. Yes, there […]
Introduction to BI Publisher Webinar
Join our last free 2-hour webinar of 2018 – “Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher”. We’re holding this webinar on Wednesday December 19th 10am (CST). You will learn about the Primavera P6 Reporting Database and the publishing step that creates it. Learn how to create a BI Publisher report for Primavera P6 EPPM using the P6 Reporting Database and why BI Publisher is a powerful report development tool. We also discuss its advanced features (such as bursting)
Loading 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 deliverable effort and these deliverable efforts may overlap […]
How to Create A Charter for Your Project Management Office
While there are various types of Project Management Office, no two PMOs are exactly alike. They all serve their businesses in different, unique ways. That’s why it’s helpful to document what your PMO is going to do and what purpose it serves. In this article we’ll dive more into the purpose and benefits of having […]
How To Use Technology To Improve PMO Capability
Many businesses make the decision to get started with PMO processes, (or risk management, or project management approaches) and then add the tech in later. This is a perfectly acceptable approach, but it does have drawbacks. There’s no escaping that paper-based (“electronic” paper!), highly manual processes are cheap to start off. And if you’ve got […]