Jon Swain, President of Ten Six Consulting, predicts that BYOD, cost savings, project entrepreneurship, sponsorship and a business focus will be the trending topics for project management during 2013.
Deltek Cobra Regulatory Release Announced
Interesting news from the Deltek team with the release of Cobra build 5.01.789. This release is not referred to as a hotfix, rather it’s a Regulatory release that introduces the IPMR format 3 report and UN/CEFACT XML support.
Understanding Dashboards in Primavera P6 – Free Ebook
Charles Wright has sent in this fantastic 52-page Ebook on Understanding Dashboards in Primavera P6. It describes what dashboards, workspaces and workgroups are as well as walking the reader through the available dashboard portlets. Rather than just show the available portlets, it discusses
Steelray’s Project Analyzer Now Supports Primavera P6 XER Files
Good news! Steelray’s recently released Project Analyzer (version 3.2) now offers support for Primavera P6 Export Files (XER Files). XER files can now be analyzed by Project Analyzer
Improved Deltek Cobra 5 Delete Project SQL Script
It’s always great to receive a ‘Yes and’ idea that improves a tool for the better. Our thanks to Mr. Ronald Maillard of Northern Virgina who kindly sent in the following enhanced SQL statement that helps a user remove a project from the Cobra database – should removal by normal means be unavailable.
Primavera Unifier Formerly Skire Unifier To Replace Primavera Contract Management
After Oracle’s recent acquisition of Skire, the Oracle Primavera Global Business Unit (GBU) has announced that it will replace Primavera Contract Management (PCM). This isn’t a big surprise for many PCM users as
Encore Analytics Releases Empower
Touted as a wInsight replacement and more, Empower is a new web based product released by Encore Analytics. In case you didn’t know, Encore Analytics was formed by Gary Troop and Jim Price, the same two folks who started C/S Solutions who were the original developers of wInisght
The Future of Deltek wInsight
When Deltek acquired C/S Solutions in 2006, I was quietly optimistic that they would spruce wInsight up a bit and perhaps even deal with a few of its more quirky interaction functions. As good as wInsight is today it’s
Deltek Cobra 5 Delete Project SQL
On rare occasions I’ve found it necessary to use SQL statements to remove a project from the Deltek Cobra database. This can happen if the database gets corrupted in some way and the project can’t be managed by normal means. This article offers some ideas and a sample SQL statement that could be helpful in this situation.
DCMA EVMS Program Analysis Pamphlet – Public Release
In April this year an initial copy of the DCMA’s Program Analysis Pamphlet (PAP) was published, but at the time wasn’t for public release. July 10th 2012 saw the public release of the document. It went into effect immediately and is now available at from the DCMA or you can download it from us.