Which scheduling tool is a better fit for your situation: Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project? Students often ask whether Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project is more advantageous. My response is biased, of course, and I say Primavera P6 Professional. I will normally mention, off the top my head, a Primavera P6 advantage or two to […]
Make Life Easier By Managing Both The Project And The Process
Processes Need To Be Managed Manage both the project and the process. In our blog Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance, we discussed how to calm the storm by improving project processes. Our clients have experienced an end to cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration through the application of process improvement to project […]
Primavera P6 Duration Type and Progressing a Schedule
Primavera P6 Duration Type controls the way Primavera P6 manages the variables of activity duration, effort, and/or budget when adding multiple resources to an activity. It also affects these same variables when progressing the schedule with updates. When a schedule is in the planning phase it is typically a good idea to set the duration […]
Barbecana Releases Full Monte 2017
Barbecana has announced the release and immediate availability of Full Monte 2017. Full Monte 2017 builds on Full Monte 2016 making it even easier for users to understand and explain the results of a schedule risk analysis. Full Monte 2017 introduces a new risk path analysis feature which allows users to identify multiple potential critical […]
Primavera P6 and Activity % Complete
New P6 schedulers should familiarize themselves with activity % complete. In Primavera P6 there are a number of percent complete types to choose from. Therefore, you may use more than one percent complete type in any given schedule. If that’s the case, then you will want to get to know activity percent complete. Primavera P6 […]
Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance
Calming The Storm: Improve Project Performance by Addressing Project Processes How frequently do your projects have risk of, or experience, cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration? How much time each week do you spend updating schedules, justifying delays and negotiating budget extensions? These activities can start to feel like a way of life, but […]
3 Ways That Your Staff Add Risk To Projects
Staff Add Risk Ways that your staff add risk to projects. Companies that have started their journey to mature risk management processes may well have robust processes in place for identifying project-related risk and ensuring these are tracked and managed adequately. That’s expected. Risk management typically starts out by focusing on the risks inherent in […]
Microsoft Project Row Height Adjustment Quick Tip
It may seem like a minor point, but adjusting the task table row height in Microsoft Project schedules is not readily apparent. At some point in the planning and/or execution stage of the project the schedule is reported to stakeholders. The look and feel of the schedule report is more than just aesthetics; stakeholders must […]
How Your PMO Supports Project Delivery
How does your PMO support project delivery? For many organizations, trying to deliver a project without the support of a Project Management Office (PMO) would be unheard of. PMOs operate at so many levels within a business. They provide executive insight and portfolio management to supporting the day-to-day operations of the project community. Here are […]
Primavera P6 and XML Format Data Files
Primavera P6 Professional has the functionality to both export and import XML files. The question is what exactly is the XML data format? Primavera P6 Professional can export and import both XER files and XML files. Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) is only able to export and import XML files, not XER files. […]