Organizational alignment is something that businesses strive for: The knowledge that your teams are all working effectively together to achieve a strategic aim. The PMO isn’t just the vehicle for making sure that projects align to strategy; it can also contribute to making sure that the organization as a whole is working together in the […]
The Statement of Work and Lessons Learned
Learning lessons form the Statement of Work (SOW). If your company have ever been involved in a project contract dispute, learning from that experience is critical to avoiding future contract disagreements. One area that is often reviewed in these situations is the Statement Of Work, which is an important agreement between customer and subcontractor. The […]
Day of the Week Activity Start Labels and the P6 Global Change Tool
Most scheduling software programs do not normally list the day of the week activities commence. Here we step through how to create a special column listing the day of the week activities start using the global change tool. The Primavera P6 Professional global change tool is a robust and powerful tool, but most users don’t […]
Primavera P6 Professional and the Split Screen
Do you know how to make the Primavera P6 split screen work so that you can simultaneously view and make changes to both your Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and activities table? If not, then read on. Primavera P6 Professional prides itself in being a top-down scheduling tool where you first focus on defining your deliverables, […]
Using SQL Scripts in Cobra to Update Change Log Entries
I’ve had several clients who have run into a problem with their Baseline Change Log because multiple changes get clumped into a single change log reference number. The scenario has happened on projects that are processing multiple changes on a program within a given month. The change process will be completed in the schedule to […]
The 4 Building Blocks of Earned Value Analysis
Earned Value analysis has a reputation for being complex with a lot of different metrics, calculations and acronyms but, in reality, at its core Earned Value analysis is a pretty simple concept. In fact, all the calculations for the standard indexes, variances and forecasting methods can be built using four simple data points. These four […]
Video – Primavera P6 Baselines Explained
We’ve written before about the Primavera P6 baselines and our blog The 1-2-3 of Primavera P6 Baselines is a good example of this. Now we’ve created a video explaining the Primavera P6 baselines so you can see first hand how they work. Many folks have told us that it’s far easier to watch it in […]
5 Ways To Bring Project Managers to the PMO
The PMO has many functions in an organization but they can all be broadly summed up by helping project managers and their teams get work done more effectively. That can only happen if the project managers work with the PMO in a seamless way. There shouldn’t be tension between the program and project managers and […]
Managing a Project with Limited Authority
How common is limited authority when managing a project? It’s not unusual for Project Managers to be in charge of a project that spans across organizational departments or boundaries. In this situation you may find yourself managing people over whom you have little or no authority. How do you handle or solve this common project […]
The Primavera P6 Professional Network Diagram
The Gantt chart is a powerful graphical presentation of your schedule. But did you know that Primavera P6 Professional also has an activity network diagram view that may better highlight the relationships between activities? No doubt the Gantt chart has revolutionized the project management field. It provides a compelling graphical presentation of schedule activities and […]