Project Governance Models Project governance is how we make sure the right projects are done, and done in the right way. It’s an important area for the Project Management Office to lead and focus on because implemented correctly, good governance processes support the successful delivery of projects. However, done badly, governance is seen as an […]
5 Tips for Engaging Project Sponsors
Engaging Project Sponsors The most important relationship for a project manager or PMO leader is the one with the project sponsor. The sponsor’s support is crucial in achieving the project’s aims and objectives, so engaging project sponsors is critical. However, you still need to actively engage with sponsors. Simply having ‘sponsor’ added to their long […]
Project Portfolios in Primavera P6 EPPM
Project portfolios in Primavera P6 EPPM are a named list or group of projects that can be made available to users. Administrators and Users with privileges, can create portfolios to suite their specific needs. Portfolios are helpful in limiting the number of projects that can be viewed in many pick lists, views, dashboards, and dialogs. […]
How to Learn Primavera P6 Professional
As your business scales and you adopt enterprise project portfolio management tools, you might be looking at how best to learn Primavera P6 Professional. If you are moving to this tool, or have new starters in the team who need training, we can help. Before we look in detail at the different training options, let’s […]
5 Ways To Manage Your Time Better
Manage Time Better Everyone has the same number of hours to spend during the day, and we make active choices about what to do with that time. In our experience, the better you are at managing the time you have, the more you feel you accomplish towards your goals. Here are our top 5 ways […]
Using Primavera P6 Project Codes to Filter Projects
Primavera P6 Project codes can be customized to filter projects in an Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) portfolio. These work just like the activity codes in P6 which are regularly used to filter activities within a project. The advantages of creating P6 project codes and project filters are to limit the EPS size, reduce clutter, and […]
How to Prepare for an Interview as a Hiring Manager
Prepare for an Interview as a Hiring Manager Are you about to recruit someone for your PMO? The purpose of the interview is to find someone who meets the requirements of job description and can fill the post. The better prepared you are, the more likely it is that you will give candidates the chance […]
10 Tips for Virtual Meetings
We all seem to be doing more virtually these days. Whatever tool you are using for your virtual meetings, here are 10 tips to get the best out of your web calls with colleagues. 1. Have an agenda Just like an in-person meeting, you should have an agenda. In fact, we’d argue that it’s even […]
Video – How to Export P6 Project Data
We recently published an article on ‘How to Export Primavera P6 Data‘. We discussed how to Export P6 Project data the different options available and selecting the right version for the recipient. Project Managers overseeing medium-sized and large projects working with Primavera P6 often request specific areas of the project for a variety of different […]
Deltek Acumen Fuse – Inspecting Schedule Logic
A healthy project schedule is largely predicated on good schedule logic. Acumen Fuse has many logic analyses features for probing and inspecting the integrity of logic in your schedule. Here we take a deeper dive into Acumen Fuse’s logic inspection tools. Sound logic is important to ensure the reliability of schedule predictions. Acumen has several […]