Project Controls Expo USA is holding their annual event on Sept 25- 27, 2023. Expo is all about project controls to enhance delegates’ skills and knowledge. All the major project controls professional bodies will be represented. This event is for anyone interested in project controls, from schedulers and project managers to risk managers, Directors and […]
Using The Expected Finish Date in Primavera P6
Typically, schedulers think in terms of remaining duration for activities when progressing the schedule, but it is also feasible to specify an expected finish date and have P6 calculate the respective activity’s remaining duration. The physical percent complete type is the most accurate way to show progress on a schedule. However, it does require more […]
Exploring the Project Management Career Path
Project Management Career Path – Unlock Your Potential Are you interested in a career that involves managing projects and working with teams? If so, then project management could be the perfect fit for you. But what does it take to make it as a successful project manager? What skills do you need, how much experience […]
Retrieving Dates and Time Stamps in P6
Retrieving Dates and Time Stamps From a Historical Project We received an inquiry regarding the blog “How to Display Time Stamps in Primavera P6” asking if one can retrieve date and time stamps from a historical project. Let’s take a look at how to do this. The quick answer is yes, provided your user preferences […]
The Risk Management Process Explained
With each project comes risk and that’s where a risk management process comes in. Managing risk is something that all project managers are responsible for, both in terms of risk assessment and mitigation strategy. Risk assessment involves both identifying, analyzing and evaluation of the risk and its potential impact. A risk mitigation plan is used […]
P6 Professional Day/Hour Resource Usage Profile Not Correct
We recently received an inquiry about the P6 Professional Resource Usage Profile not correctly plotting when displaying hourly allocations of a resource. Here’s a look at what was going on. P6 Professional displays the Gantt chart and resource usage profiles for both Day/Hour and Week/Day timescales. However, the resource usage profile does not always plot […]
PMI Houston 2023 Conference & Expo
This year’s PMI Houston 2023 Conference & Expo is being held on August 28 – 29, 2023. The Houston Chapter is one of the world’s largest Project Management Institute Chapters, with over 4,500 Members. Multiple industries are represented within the Houston Chapter, ranging from Engineering and Construction, Oil and Gas and Government to IT Healthcare, […]
What Is Deltek Acumen Risk?
What is Deltek Acumen Risk? And how can it support my project scheduling efforts? Deltek Acumen Risk is a risk management software program that works in conjunction with the schedule quality assessment software program Acumen Fuse. Acumen Risk helps project team members bring realism into the project schedule. Acumen Risk supports the scheduler’s efforts to […]
Project Quality: Planning and Control
The best project quality is found by effective planning rather than reaction to unexpected factors. The way most organizations are able to do this, is through implementing processes and standards that help lead the team to success. Defining Measurements During a project’s execution phase, the activities and products are taken and tested for quality to […]
Video – How To Use Resources in Primavera P6
Need to better understand how resources work in Primavera P6? Good news, we’ve produced a short video, ‘How To Use Resources in Primavera P6’, where we show you the different types of Resources and how to assign them to an activity. Below is also a summary what’s in the video. What are Resources? Resources […]