A lot of the time, Project managers don’t have the project team working directly for them. That means that we have to find alternative ways to involve the team, motivate them, and lead them towards the end of the project.
Do You Need To Be A Subject Matter Expert To Run A Project?
There are two schools of thought about specialized project managers. On the one hand, you could argue that it is necessary for a project manager to have deep domain knowledge. On the other, a project manager’s skills can be said to transfer between projects, regardless of
Restoring and Converting Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional
Managing Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional is a slightly different process than you would encounter in file based tools such as Microsoft Project. When you save a baseline in Microsoft Project,
Practice Makes Permanent
Whether you are an experienced project management professional, or a more junior member of a Program Management Office (PMO) team, you need to practice your skills to get
Variance Reporting in Primavera P6 Professional
Variance reporting in Primavera P6 requires that the project has a baseline and it is assigned as either a Project Baseline or a Primary Baseline.
Deltek Cobra Sample Customer Report for Download
To save us all a bit of time, we developed a CPR Format 1 style custom report that has all the commonly requested features in it. You can download a backup of the report (.CRP) from this page along with the template if you
How To Avoid Unplanned Expenditure
Once your budget is signed off, your project sponsor should let you manage the project finances how you see fit, as long as you are within your agreed tolerances. In general, sponsors and other senior
Primavera P6: Time Distributed Reporting and Microsoft Excel
It’s common practice to use Primavera P6 Professional’s Time Distributed reports feature to create time-phased tables of data that are then exported to Microsoft Excel. However, if you’ve ever done this you may have noticed that in many cases the sub-totals row can be one column too far to the left.
Primavera P6 Professional Hint Help
For people new to using Primavera P6 Professional, learning what information the myriad data columns can provide can be a little daunting. Fear not, help is at hand. Hint Help is a neat little tool built into P6 Professional that gives detailed information about the columns and fields you see displayed in on the interface. So if you ever find yourself wondering how
Integrating 360 Assessment Findings into a Project Managers Development
Project Managers typically look for projects where they can perform well to continue their advancement. How though can they leverage their experience from project to project and build learning and