AACE Conference and Expo 2023 The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International is holding their annual AACE Conference and Expo 2023 in Chicago on June 11-13 at the Hilton. AACE has a global membership and this conference will attract a wide range of industries. ranging from Construction, Oil and Gas and Defence […]
Leading the Way: Tips to Become Project Manager Leader
A project manager leader is one of the key driving forces behind successful projects. They must possess an effective blend of communication skills, team-building tactics, and resource management strategies to ensure that their teams stay on track with meeting deadlines and achieving desired results. In this post, we’ll discuss different leadership styles and approaches as […]
P6 Professional Activity Code Color Field
A veteran scheduler sent us a quick tip about the often-overlooked P6 Professional Activity Code color field that he’s found particularly helpful in his years of scheduling work. Activity codes are important to an executable schedule. Schedulers often find themselves in situations where they need to confirm the activity code assigned to a respective activity […]
Deltek Cobra 8.5 – Coming Soon
Deltek are in the late stages of development for Cobra 8.5 and are aiming to release this new version sometime near the end of Q2 or early Q3, 2023. But don’t hold us to that date – there is apparently some dependency on other factors outside of Deltek’s control. We’ll get to that in a […]
The New DOE PARS CCP Upload Format 2023
DOE PARS CCP Upload Format In a memorandum issued by Paul Bosco from the DOE’s Office of Project Management Director (PM) in September 22, 2022, the current CSV, and MDB upload formats for project performance data upload will be migrated to the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format in early 2023. You can view the memo […]
How to Work with Project Schedulers: Free Ebook
At Ten Six, we know that many organizations don’t have experienced in-house project schedulers. You might be considering hiring a scheduling consultant or outsourcing project scheduling to an experienced expert. Right now, that feels like a big step for your team. We’ve put together a brand new ebook to step you through what it is […]
Free eBook: Management Reserve Defined, Estimating and Using It
Get your free copy of our Management Reserve eBook (no registration required)! We published a while back, a three part article covering Management Reserve (MR) within an Earned Value Management environment. These articles can be read here: Management Reserve Defined. Estimating Management Reserve (MR). Using Management Reserve (MR). Now, you can now download this whole […]
EVA#28
eVaintheUK (known this year as EVA#28) will hold its annual conference on May 11 2023. EVA#28 is an independent conference hosted by Steve Wake, that isn’t industry specific. EVA#28 is aimed at senior and middle management who have an interest in Project Management, Project Controls and Earned Value Management (EVM). This year, EVA#28 will be […]
5 Benefits of Outsourcing Project Scheduling
The Benefits of Outsourcing Project Scheduling You want to bid for a contract but you need to show that you can create a top-grade integrated schedule… and you don’t know where to start. Well, don’t let a lack of in-house project schedulers stop you from bidding for contracts you know you can deliver. If your […]
P6 Professional Privileges and How to Limit Them
<Project Superuser> Privileges How do you assign a P6 Professional user the privilege to import an Excel spreadsheet into an existing project without having to give the user too many rights? In a recent P6 class that we ran, some folks noted that they could only import an Excel spreadsheet into an existing project when […]