Primavera P6 Tested Configurations Archive Oracle Primavera publishes a tested configurations document with every release of Primavera P6 Professional and Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM). The purpose of the document is to inform IT professionals what versions of software should be used for a particular version of the P6 deployment. This includes, the operating […]
Using Claim Digger in Primavera P6 to Compare Project Files
Have you ever been uncertain of the differences between two separate files of your project schedule? If yes, then Claim Digger in Primavera P6 is a rather useful utility in Primavera P6 for comparing project schedule files. It seems rather trivial, but the file comparison tool in Primavera P6, called Claim Digger, is actually a […]
Configuring Deltek Cobra To Use The P6 API
Deltek Cobra has the capability to connect to an Oracle Primavera P6 database and bring data into Deltek Cobra. It uses an ODBC connection to retrieve data that is stored in the Primavera P6 database. But, it needs to use the Primavera P6 API to extract time phased data used for budgets as this is […]
PMO Management: The Global Challenge to Stay Relevant
Research out from analyst firm Gartner last year points to a shift in the business drivers behind PMOs. A few years ago, they report, the main reason for having a PMO was to drive through measures that supported the economic survival of companies. Executives looked to PMO management to manage process improvement, improve standardization and […]
DCMA’s New Data Driven Approach To EVMS Compliance Validation/Surveillance Reviews
With the new thresholds for EVMS compliance being rolled out, a new approach to how DCMA manages its Validation review workload is being rolled out as well. In the past, DCMA would perform validation and ongoing surveillance reviews on any contract exceeding $50M. Now with the new thresholds in place, DCMA will only perform validation […]
Replacing Primavera Contract Management
We previously announced last March, that Oracle released three new Cloud Services Accelerators for Primavera. These Accelerators help organizations get up to speed faster with pre-configured solutions. One of these Accelerators, the Oracle Contract Management Cloud Accelerator is tailored specifically for the engineering and construction industries and offers the best opportunity for users of Primavera […]
Primavera P6 Monitoring Thresholds
Do you have a particular parameter that you want to monitor in one or multiple projects? If so, than Primavera P6’s thresholds feature can help you. Primavera P6 Professional enables you to monitor a parameter within a specified Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element. If you want to check the status of a parameter across multiple […]
Installing Primavera P6 Professional on Windows 10
We’ve written a few installation guides over the past few years on how to install Primavera P6 Professional. This latest guide takes you through step by step, compete with screenshots, how to install Primavera P6 Professional 64-bit on Windows 10. While Windows 10 is still relatively new, we’ve had folks asking for one of our […]
PMO Trends To Watch In 2016
PMO Trends To Watch In 2016 You’d be forgiven for thinking that the PMO world moves quite slowly, given that the focus of many corporate PMOs is on delivering services in a standard way, over and over again and with a strong eye on governance. In fact, the PMO is one of the most dynamic […]
GAO Releases Schedule Assessment Guide
Just before the end of 2015 the GAO (Government Accountability Office) released its Schedule Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Project Schedules. This has been a long time in the making. It was originally started in November 2010 with a draft released in 2012 for comment. The GAO Schedule Assessment Guide develops scheduling concepts and presents […]