8 Questions Clients Ask and How to Use Earned Value to Answer Them Project stakeholders are a demanding bunch. They have normally got a lot of questions about project performance and they always seem to want to know something about how the work is going. They would, wouldn’t they? But what would you answer? Here […]
5 Tips for Keeping Your Schedule Updated
Tips for Keeping Your Schedule Updated Project scheduling is a critical part of being able to deliver your project on time and on budget. Setting up the schedule is only the beginning. Once you have your project timeline created in a tool that meets your clients needs, such as Primavera P6, then you have to […]
Project Audits, Reviews and Assurance: Understanding the Difference
Know the Difference: Project Audits, Reviews and Assurance As a project manager carrying out work for clients, your deliverables and processes need to be assured. After all, the client wants to know they are getting the best possible return and that the work is being managed in a way that conforms to the appropriate industry […]
An Overview of the Planning Performance Domain
Planning Performance Domain It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that PMI produced a new version of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). The release of that new book, which is packaged along with the new Standard for Project Management has revisited and refreshed the way many project professionals approach their […]
How to Get Investment for Your PMO
Need Investment for Your PMO? It’s not always easy to get management buy-in for a PMO set up. PMOs are often used in large organizations as a way of instituting best practice, project processes and improving quality. But they take time and effort to set up so managers often need convincing before committing to PMO […]
Deltek Cobra – Moving Money from UB to MR
Deltek Cobra – Moving Money from UB to MR Deltek Cobra has some very comprehensive features for managing the various budget accounts associated with an Earned Value Management (EVM) program and the audit logging of these accounts. For normal project baseline initialization the process is well designed and reasonably straightforward to use. Sometimes however, there […]
The Role of the Control Account Manager During a Review
The Control Account Manager role is integral to using Earned Value Management in your organization. The person in that role is responsible for the delivery of a chunk of the project or program, with full oversight over the cost, schedule and technical performance. In other words, the buck stops with them for the piece of […]
How to Deal with Project Resource Constraints
Project Resource Constraints Projects need resources – and mostly, when we talk about resources, we mean people. Your projects may need equipment, materials and other physical items, but the place where project teams become most stuck is with making sure the right people are available to work on the project at the right time. Effective […]
How Do You Respond to Corrective Action?
Have you recently undergone a project review and received a Corrective Action Request (CAR) or a Discrepancy Report (DR)? If so, your next step is to quickly respond to them in the most appropriate way, to let the client know you are taking the findings seriously and have a plan to address them so those […]
Video – Modifying Calendars in Primavera P6
Calendars in Primavera P6, allow schedulers to specify holidays, work shutdowns, for example, bad weather days which often affect the construction industry, and specific non-working and working days of any project. Not only can working days be specified but also the actual working hours of a day can be defined. Schedulers using Primavera P6 have […]