How to Restrict Access to Cost Information in Primavera P6 EPPM Sometimes companies need to restrict access to cost information to a select few, for example, pay rates. So how does Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) hide labor pay rates from all schedulers? After all, Primavera P6 schedulers need to access labor rates […]
Draw Relationships in the Gantt Chart in Primavera P6
How to draw and edit relationships in the Gantt Chart The Gantt chart is at the center of most scheduling software, where analysis by schedulers and the project team takes place. The Gantt chart is popular as it offers a visual display of how a project is progressing instead of a lot of text and […]
Improving Project Success Through Team Engagement
The project manager, team engagement, project performance and ultimately project success are all intertwined. Project managers should take their part in maintaining team engagement which will increase project performance. Successful, high performing teams are usually led by project managers who have the professional skills and expertise that can create effective strategies that will motivate and […]
Project Controls Expo 2019
Project Controls Expo 2019 is holding their annual conference at the Emirates (Arsenal Stadium) 75 Drayton Park, London N7 7DD, on Wednesday 13th November. Note that delegates should enter the stadium from the Highbury End. In its ninth year, Project Controls Expo grows in popularity from year to year with over 1,300 international delegates expected […]
Deltek Acumen Risk Windows
Is your project scheduled during a period of time that may cause delay? Deltek Acumen Risk windows can model this risk event as a risk window. Let’s take a closer look at this. Project risk identifies the potential impact of duration and cost uncertainty and unforeseen events, which may have a negative or positive impact […]
Deltek Insight 2019
Deltek is holding its annual Deltek Insight 2019 conference on Nov 18-21. Deltek Insight 2019 will be a four-day celebration of Deltek’s products and solutions and attracts over 4,000 delegates from multiple industries; ranging from construction, oil & gas to health care and IT. With over 70 tracks aimed at project & program management, Deltek […]
Simple Method for Updating Progress in Primavera P6
There is a way to make updating progress in Primavera P6 for a construction project schedule (that is used by the contractor to report progress to the owner), simple. But you need the Primavera P6 schedule developed in a way that allows this easy process for updating progress in Primavera P6. The idea is to […]
PMI UK Synergy 2019
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is holding their PMI UK Synergy conference on Thursday, November 7 in London, UK. This year’s Synergy theme is Project Delivery in a Volatile, Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. Typically, PMI UK Synergy is held at the end of the year to reflect on the years events within the […]
Why You Should Use Earned Value Management (EVM)
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a systematic project management process which helps managers to measure project performance. EVM is a technique that is used to track the performance of a project against the project baseline and is very effective assuming the project baseline has been accurately calculated. Earned Value Management works by assessing work progress […]
How to Copy Microsoft Project Tables Between Projects
Useful Tip on How to Copy Microsoft Project Tables Between Projects Microsoft Project’s settings are automatically set to copy any new tables to the global template. However, although the global template makes these tables available to all projects, it is very easy for your global template to become cluttered with old data which you rarely […]