In our blog, Deltek Acumen Risk and Activity Duration Uncertainty we discussed using Deltek Acumen Risk sliding bars feature for an efficient way to account for activity duration uncertainty in your schedule. In fact, it’s worth noting that many schedules don’t even account for duration uncertainty. The Acumen Risk sliding bars provide an easy way […]
How Do We Handle Submittals in a P6 Schedule?
Submittals in a P6 Schedule? For your construction projects, I’m sure you typically detail out your planned work activities. All the work activities such as sitework, demolition, electrical rough-in, or mechanical system performance testing? What about submittals? I’m sure you develop a submittal register and track all your product data, shop drawings, and other specific […]
ISO 21500 for Project Management FAQ
ISO 21500 for Project Management FAQ ISO 21500 is the latest addition to the project management family of ISO’s. Below, you can see how the Project Management ISO 21500 is central to other types that complement each other. Also shown are when the most recent updated versions were published. You will notice the surrounding ISO’s […]
Using the Progress Spotlight in Primavera P6 EPPM
The Progress Spotlight feature in Primavera P6 EPPM offers schedulers the opportunity to create look ahead reports and highlight upcoming activities in a project. It allows consistent project controlling and reporting, focusing on activities scheduled for a defined period. This can be the upcoming week, the next two weeks, month or quarter depending on the […]
5 Criteria for Choosing Risk Management Training for Projects
5 Criteria for Choosing Risk Management Training for Projects Project risk management is an important part of being able to lead change initiatives successfully. And risk management goes beyond the project level. Organizations with high levels of risk management maturity typically consider risk at the project, program, portfolio and enterprise levels. There are lots of […]
The New IPMDAR is Released
The DoD in April has released it’s latest revision of the IPMDAR (Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report). The Earned Value Management (EVM), a division of Acquisition, Analytics and Policy (AAP) within the Acquisition Enablers organization serves as the Department of Defense (DoD) focal point for all policy, guidance, and competency relating to EVM. […]
3 Unusual Functions of a Project Governance Board
A project governance board or steering committee is set up at the beginning of a project to provide oversight for the project. It’s normally made up of the project sponsor, the project manager, a senior customer representative and any other leadership stakeholders, typically those who are providing resources to the project. Governance boards meet regularly […]
The Progress Line in Primavera P6 Explained
Primavera P6 Professional has a feature called the Progress Line, which allows you to quickly view the status of your project by comparing actual progress with the Baseline. It offers a vertical, visual representation between a selected activity criterion. An example could be, the start or finish dates of current activities in a project against […]
3 Types of Project Baseline
‘Baseline’ is a term you might have heard in relation to projects (project baseline), but did you know there were three different types? Our project management training course will give you a detailed understanding of the different ways you can use baselines on a project but for now let’s cover some of the basics and […]
Using Project Templates in Primavera P6 EPPM
Project templates in Primavera P6 EPPM are used to create new projects based on pre-defined Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements, activities, steps, and roles or resource assignments. If your organization has repeated projects or schedules similar to each other, you can save the schedule as a template and use the template as a starting point […]