Oracle plans to release Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) 16.2 within the next few weeks. While it may take many organizations time to get around to upgrading to 16.2, many users will be clamoring to see what’s in this next release of Primavera P6 EPPM. So, here’s a sneak peak at what we […]
The Project Charter: Announce Your Project
If you are the project manager of a new project, you should want to announce your project and authority to project stakeholders among others. Come along as we discuss the document for this announcement: the project charter. Soviet Nuclear Submarine In 1968 a soviet nuclear submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean. Recovery of this sunken […]
Investigating Relationship Lag in Primavera P6
It’s important to inspect schedule lag insertions to confirm your schedule is a dynamic and quality schedule. But investigating relationship lag in Primavera P6 schedules requires some effort. Let’s look into this in more detail. Lag in schedules may be positive or negative. For anyone working on a government contract, negative lag is prohibited in […]
Knowing Your Stakeholders
Stakeholders make many important decisions during project initiation and planning. In light of this one key question is, do you know your stakeholders? The effects of a project are like ripples caused by a stone hitting the water. Regardless of which quadrant your stakeholder is in, the circular ripples fan out and impact all quadrants. […]
The DCMA 14-Point Assessment and The Schedule Lag Inspection
Schedule lag inspection and the DCMA. One quality of good schedules is that they are clear and understandable. This is at the heart of the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DCMA) assessment guidelines concerning the use of schedule lag. Let’s take a look at this in more detail. The DCMA 14-point assessment helps evaluate schedule quality. […]
S-Curves and Using Adrega PI With Primavera P6
Primavera P6 Professional has limited S-curve and histogram plotting features. If you are looking for an efficient way to plot S-curves and histograms of your P6 schedule, the you should consider using Adrega PI software. Let’s discuss. Earned Value Management (EVM) unlocks the door to schedule analysis, otherwise not possible. Most schedules track the planned […]
Marking Near Critical Activities in Primavera P6’s Activities Table
You may have a Primavera P6 schedule with a proper allocation of resources (no over allocated resources), but if your schedule has many near critical activities then your project risks not meeting the contract completion date. Here we look at how to monitor near critical activities in Primavera P6’s activities table. The critical path and […]
Locating the Source of Schedule Updates In Primavera P6
It may be difficult to track schedule changes in Primavera P6 when multiple users are simultaneously updating your schedule. Let’s explore how to find the source of schedule updates in Primavera P6. Primavera P6 provides a notebook feature, which schedulers can use to document and/or explain changes to the schedule at the project level and […]
Deltek Acumen UK User Group 2016
The Acumen UK User Group will meet on Tuesday September 6th 2016 from 1.30pm until 5pm to share their experiences of Deltek Acumen, ideas and best practices.It is being held at at The Old Ship Pub – 25 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, W6 9TD There will be six presentations over four hours, which will allow for breaks […]
Scheduling Non-Contractual Important Project Task Dates
Here we look at how to implement a specified non-contractual task start date without the insertion of a task constraint. Some schedule guidelines specify that all constraints must be contractually defined, e.g. a contract completion date. This significantly limits the application of constraints in a schedule. But what does a scheduler do when the project […]