As you might expect, there is a lot more to the conversion process than simply moving data. And, because Microsoft Project has a somewhat less disciplined architecture than P6, the schedule reports you get back may not be what you were expecting.
Accounting For Non-Work Intervals In Primavera P6
Primavera P6 has a rather useful feature that allows you to suspend work on an activity and display that suspension on the Gantt chart. Here is an example scenario. You have an excavation project to dig a trench. During the excavation process
Grouping Tasks in Microsoft Project 2013
Microsoft Project 2013 allows you to sort and organize your tasks by various specific fields to help you better track various aspects of your schedule. Perhaps, you want to organize your schedule into groups by resource type
Primavera P3 to P6 Conversion Service Guidelines
The following article describes some guidelines for providing Ten Six Consulting with P3 backup files in order to convert your projects to Primavera P6. Please read these guidelines before exporting your P3 project(s).
Primavera P6 SDEF Conversion Utilities
If you need to know more about Primavera P6 and the SDEF format, then this article discuses what they are and shows you where to find the Primavera P6 utilities that convert XER files to SDEF format and vice versa. We also take a look at the utilities
How Does Cobra Handle The Latest IPMR Format 2 Requirements?
The latest guidance for the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) adds some reporting criteria to the Format 2 report. In the older Contract Performance Report (CPR) format, the Format 2 had to be run by the OBS element. This sometimes caused confusion on how to handle materials and
Scheduling a Task Interruption in Microsoft Project 2013
We recently had a question from a customer who asked how to use the Split Task feature in Microsoft Project 2013 to suspend work on a task. So let’s take a look at a scenario and explain how this really useful feature works.
How To Filter Activities in Primavera P6
After you’ve created your Primavera P6 schedule, there may be times when you want to view only a selection of the activities in it; particularly if it is a large schedule. This article looks at some basic techniques for filtering activities
Microsoft Project Export from Primavera P6 Now Working
At the very beginning of 2014 we published an article concerning some missing relationships with the Export to Microsoft Project XML feature in Primavera P6; at the time using P6 R8.3.0. With the October 2014 release of Primavera P6 R8.4 however, those shortfalls have been addressed
Labeling of Codes on Codes Does Not Work In Deltek Cobra…at First!
Deltek Cobra allows you to assign codes on codes, a powerful feature that gives you incredible flexibility for reporting. These kinds of fields are especially important when implementing the tool in an enterprise environment because you can give individual projects flexibility in how they want to