A student recently asked how one can provide subcontractors and other stakeholders a monthly budgeted project cost for the life of the project. This information is readily acquired in Primavera P6. Subcontractors working on your project may want to know how much money they need to set aside monthly for project related costs. This monthly […]
Project Controls Expo 2018
Project Controls Expo is holding their annual conference on 14th November at the Emirates (Arsenal Stadium). This event is very popular with delegates as it caters for all levels from beginners to senior managers and executives. Due to the popularity of this event, the organizers are occupying more of the stadium to cater for the […]
How to Build A PMO Maturity Model
How mature is your PMO? And does it matter? We would say that it doesn’t matter where you are, as long as you know where you are. And that’s where a PMO maturity model comes in. What is a PMO Maturity Model? A PMO maturity model is a way of assessing how good your PMO […]
Hiding Pay Rates In Primavera P6 EPPM
Sometimes organizations want to restrict pay rate information to a select few individuals that have a need to know. It is possible in Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to hide labor pay rate data from unprivileged users. Primavera P6 EPPM has nice features for determining the budget of a project schedule. These budgeting schedule […]
PMO Symposium 2018
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is holding their annual PMO Symposium at the Marriott Marquis Washington (901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001) on 11-14 November. This year’s theme is ‘Mastering Value Delivery,’ focusing on two key areas of ‘The Resilient PMO’ and ‘Harnessing Disruptive Forces to Evolve Best Practices to Next Practices.’ PMO Symposium […]
Best Practices Bring Project Success
Project-Based Business Management Model There isn’t a single term used to describe any thriving business, but you’ve heard them all: global, fast-paced, decentralized. That’s because successful businesses aren’t a single, strategic project; they have multiple initiatives leveraging each other to meet their over-arching business objectives. Not only are there multiple projects, but these are widespread, […]
Deltek Cobra CPR Report Drill Down
Sometimes there are small issues when using Deltek Cobra that you think must have a simple solution to them. But, for some reason, you may not have come across that solution yet. You may ask other Deltek Cobra super users that you know and get the response; “I’ve been wondering that too”. Well, I came […]
Using Deltek Acumen Fuse’s Trend Analysis
Deltek Acumen Fuse helps schedulers plot the trend of schedule metrics so that they can quickly spot schedule issues or opportunities, and respond accordingly. This is useful for when project managers plot scheduling metrics over time, trends appear that provide valuable insight into the true schedule situation. As a general scheduling rule, if something is […]
Using Deadline Markers In Primavera P6 EPPM
Most projects have deadlines. And it is possible to display a deadline directly on the Gantt chart in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) scheduling software. If you are looking for a way to measure progress towards a deadline using an activity
Task Bar Labels Using Multiple Fields In Microsoft Project
In Microsoft Project, you can display labels for Gantt chart task bars. You can set the position labels left, right, top, bottom, or inside a task bar. Each task label position is set to display one label. However, when we apply a little ingenuity we can display multiple fields in each label. Microsoft Project supports […]