Project management is ingrained in many businesses now, but portfolio management is still taking hold. Many companies appreciate the idea of a well-rounded, holistic view of all the company’s work, but don’t make the link between that and portfolio management! A portfolio
The Importance of the P6 Time Periods Dialog
Whether you’re using Primavera P6 Professional or the Web Based EPPM flavor of P6, you should be aware of the importance of the P6 Time Periods settings in the Calendars.
What Makes Training Successful?
Project management or software training can be a significant investment, especially if you have many members of your team taking part. It can involve being off-site for several days, and even if you opt for online training as many of our clients do
Blank Screens and Dialogs in Primavera P6 Professional
Sometimes a software feature can be a great thing or a bad thing all at the same time. Primavera P6 Professional has one such feature that, for the most part is terrifically useful and timesaving, but for new users can cause a little anxiety when first encountered.
Is 56% Of Your Project Budget At Risk?
The latest Pulse of the Profession report from PMI shows that ineffective management puts US $135 million at risk for every US $1 billion spent on a project. A massive 56% of that is at risk due to ineffective communications. In fact, your project might even fail as a result
Deltek Cobra 5.1.2 Activity and Resource Assignment File
With the release of Deltek Cobra 5.1.2, many new features have been added as outline in our previous article Deltek Releases Cobra 5.1.2. This article takes a closer look at Cobra’s new capability to load a combined activity and resource assignment CSV file via the Integration Wizard.
Deltek Cobra 5.1.2 is Released
Deltek Cobra 5.1.2 is Released! OK folks, cancel that long weekend you had planned at the Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum; exciting news just in from Deltek – on April 16th they released a new version of Deltek Cobra. Exciting at least for sad chumps like me because this is way more fun than just […]
Deltek Cobra Data Dumps
I’ve been asked a few times lately to advise folks on how to get a simple data dump out of Deltek Cobra. So I figured I share a couple of simple tricks with you all showing how to do this.
Microsoft Project to P6 Conversion Alternatives
It seems that some of the known issues with the Microsoft Project import capabilities of Primavera P6 are driving some creative solutions out in the field.
The Longest Path
This article is mostly about item three – what is the difference between Total Float criticality and the Longest Path? There’s some confusion about this in the industry