If you are asked to develop a schedule in the early stages of the project life cycle it’s likely the project may not even yet have a specified start date and deadline. Displaying calendar dates on the Microsoft Project Gantt chart in these situations may cause confusion. Let’s explore an alternative Gantt chart labeling approach
Deltek Cobra 8 New Project View
The Deltek Cobra 8 new project view takes a huge step forward towards ease of use. The two biggest take-aways from the new project view are: You can see multiple resource assignments at one time on the screen (you use to have to run a report). You can interact directly with the data through the […]
Deltek Cobra 8 What’s New – Code Tab
With the release of Deltek Cobra 8, there is finally a way to easily leverage the powerful coding capability in Cobra using the new Code Tab. The ability to assign codes in Cobra has been around a while, but the full impact of this capability has been muted because working with coding (assigning reporting attributes […]
Ten Six Announces New Deltek Cobra 8 Training Classes
With the release of Deltek Cobra 8 today, we are pleased to announce a free of charge and updated Cobra training classes. This release brings many changes and new features, particularly with the user interface, that we have previously written about that you can read here. This release is available today and existing users with […]
What Sort Of PMO Are You?
However, there are 5 types of PMO that we see most commonly. They were also identified in a study by PMI® called PMO Frameworks (available free on the PMO Thought Leadership page of the PMI website)
Why You Should Avoid Mandatory Activity Constraints
If you just cannot get your schedule to match an important finish milestone deadline you may be tempted to go “thermonuclear” by inserting a Mandatory Finish constraint on the milestone. You’ll definitely get your important finish date this way, but there will be collateral damage to your schedule. Let’s explore this. If you want a […]
Deltek Cobra 8.0 is Coming June 29
Earlier this year we talked about a fairly major new version of Deltek Cobra that was planned to be released in late June. This new version will be called Deltek Cobra 8.0. Today we were given a preview by Deltek of this exciting new version and this article provides a few highlights of what you […]
Primavera P6 and Displaying Activity Table Ordinal Date Columns
Primavera P6 has a feature for displaying ordinal dates on the Gantt chart. No such equivalent feature is available to display ordinal date columns in the activity table. Let’s investigate a somewhat involved but viable approach to populating an activity column with ordinal dates. Ordinal dates are a way of measuring your schedule time in […]
Hiding Resource Pay Rates in Primavera P6
A student, in one of our classes recently, asked if it’s possible to mask or hide resource pay rates in Primavera P6 Professional? Well, resources in Primavera P6 Professional are global and available to all users. This is counterproductive to the effort to keep pay rates private. However, it is possible in Primavera P6 Professional, […]
Displaying Two Gantt Chart Baselines in Microsoft Project
Many folks want to be able to display two baselines on their Microsoft Project Gantt chart. This is so they can have one baseline that maintains the integrity of the project since inception and another to capture