We all like to think we do a quality job on projects, but in reality what ‘quality’ means to one person is not necessarily the same as what ‘quality’ means to another. So it is important to establish at the beginning of a project how you will manage to a quality result. Quality Management! Luckily, […]
Beyond the Risk Register
Risk management is a core skill for project managers, and our consultants take the management of project risk very seriously. That’s understandable. When you are measuring the success of projects against certain criteria, managing risks against those
Deltek Releases Cobra HotFix #8
If you haven’t signed up for automated notifications of changes to the Cobra 5.1 HotFix List (KB Article 60817), you should always check in with Deltek’s support web site at the end of each month. Deltek have been very consistent in releasing fixes at the end of each month and each time they have a […]
Diverse Teams Mean Better Project Results
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got,” goes the saying. If you think in the same way as you always have, you will find it difficult to come up with new solutions to problems. Add a few new people to the project team, and you’ll have a […]
The Most Important Question for Troubled Projects
It isn’t always an easy road for projects. Regardless of how good the management tools are and how good the team is, sometimes projects end up classified as ‘Red’ or ‘Troubled’. This can happen for a number of reasons, including:
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Filters – Get Filter Savvy
Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Filters How to Mix the ‘And’ and the ‘Or’ Options in One Filter Building a filter where all the conditions are either ‘And’ or ‘Or’ between each row is pretty straight forward. However, if you want to mix them up a little it’s not so obvious how you should do that […]
Deltek Cobra 5’s Analyze View: a Great Tool for CAMs
The Analyze tool in Deltek Cobra 5 is an ideal tool for helping Control Account Managers (CAMs) with their periodic analysis of earned value data and variance reporting. This article looks at how to setup and use the Analyze tool
Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition is Announced
This week, Oracle announced Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition with powerful new reporting capabilities. Oracle’s Business Intelligence Publisher replaces Sybase’s InfoMaker as the report writer
Enterprise System – Standalone Behavior
Probably the most obvious, and talked about change, after the release of Oracle Primavera P6 R8.0 was the shift of administration from the desktop client to the web application. This shift was further emphasized in P6 R8.1 when the Web Access application
Five Challenges For International Projects
The world of work has shrunk significantly in the last 20 years and it is now very common to be working with overseas partners on projects. This could be as part of an outsourcing arrangement, or through the offshoring model, which is common in