Simple Lump Sum Cost Loading in Primavera P6 Developing the basic Primavera P6 schedule with activities and logic is only the first step in creating a useful project schedule. Without some method of measuring actual progress against planned progress, the schedule doesn’t add the potential value it could if manhours, units, or cost are assigned […]
How to Use External Dependencies in Microsoft Project
Using External Dependencies in Microsoft Project Sometimes schedulers need to link a task in one project with a task in another project, but instead of creating a master schedule, they want to keep the two projects separate. This can be achieved by creating cross-project dependencies between the two projects. Let’s take a closer look at […]
What Are Resource Codes in Primavera P6?
Resource codes in Primavera P6 Professional give you the option to group and sort within Resource Assignments. They can help you organize, group, sort, and filter data. You can set up roles with specific skill sets, which can be used as resource assignments. You can also assign costs per unit for all these resources, which […]
Changing Column Headings, Fonts and Colors in Primavera P6
There are multiple reasons why schedulers may want to change the column headings in the Activity chart. They may want to modify the names in the column headings to gain more column width so that they can compress the column to gain more space in the table. Or, they may want to personalize the column […]
6 Tips to Impove Your PMO Staff Performance
6 Tips to Improve Your PMO Staff Performance As a manager, one way to improve your PMO staff performance is to avoid micromanaging. If you micromanage, your PMO team will believe you have little or no faith in their abilities. This can be detrimental to your teams motivation and performance. To improve your PMO staff performance […]
Using Microsoft Project Organizer to Transfer Project Calendars
The Microsoft Project Organizer is a cool capability that allows you to transfer views and other defined objects between opened project files. The Organizer is one of the lesser-known features in Microsoft Project and is often overlooked. And yet, it can help build templates and make already built-in elements available across different projects. For example, […]
Deltek Cobra Thresholds AND Versus OR
I’m often asked if there is a way to define an ‘AND’ or an ‘OR’ between the values and percentages in the Deltek Cobra thresholds. The short answer is Yes, there is a way. Here we’re going to take a look at how to do this and what it why you should or should not […]
What’s the Difference Between Total Float and the Longest Path?
Primavera Professional P6 supports a couple of options when schedulers want to define a critical activity in the Gantt chart; Total Float or the Longest Path. So, what’s the difference between these two? Total Float is the total amount of time that a schedule activity may be delayed from its early start date without delaying […]
What is ScheduleReader? – A Full Review
ScheduleReader (formerly known as PrimaveraReader) is a desktop software application that allows you to view projects exported from Oracle Primavera P6 in .xer, .xml or .xls file formats. The application converts data from these imported files and visually presents the project schedule. ScheduleReader is useful in that project plans created in Primavera P6 can be shared with teams, […]
Using Microsoft Project’s Task Notes
Microsoft Project’s Task Notes are often used for additional information about a process or activity for other departments when commencing a project, for example the safety department may look at specifying the safety procedures in order to identify health and safety risks and plan assurance for the labor force, whereas the Quality team will look […]