A Primavera P6 schedule is often required at the start of a project, regardless of whether it is simple or complex, to forecast the duration of the project and its activities. A schedule should be made prior to the start of a project. It should be a robust plan that lays out what needs to […]
How Digital Disruption is Affecting the PMO
Digital disruption has been a recent trend, and it’s likely to continue affecting how we work on projects for many years to come. The ‘big idea’ of digital disruption is that technology is changing how people collaborate at work in all respects. From the processes involved in doing tasks, to the actual tasks themselves, to […]
Transferring Activity Filters Between Primavera P6 Databases
Primavera Professional P6 has the capacity to create complex activity filters which schedulers spend a large chunk of their time on. They create them, adjust them and maintain them to help ensure that a project remains on track. These activity filters together with layouts can be time consuming to create. The good news is that […]
EVAS is Now DECM and v3.3 Has Been Released
Over the past few years, the DCMA has been moving towards Data-Driven Earned Value Management metrics to ensure contract compliance. This approach involved a name change from EVAS (Earned Value Analysis System) to DECM (DCMA EVMS Compliance Metrics). And, a couple of months ago, the DCMA rolled out their v3.3 metrics. For those eager to […]
Primavera P6 Total Float and the Critical Path
In a previous blog Calendars and Total Float Values, we reviewed how the use of multiple Calendars affect Primavera P6 Total Float values. This leads us to how we define “Critical Path” and the use of Total Float. Most CPM schedule specifications I run into require the Critical Path to be defined as the “Longest […]
Is It ISO 21500 Standards or ISO 21500 Guidelines?
With the release of ISO 21500 Standards for project management, many folks are confused about what exactly it is. Is it ISO 21500 Standards or is it a ISO 21500 Guidelines? In fact, what do these two definitions even mean? ISO Standard vs. Guideline One way to look at this is that a Standard is […]
Book – An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment
Free eBook Ten Six’s own Steve Montgomery has just published a rather useful book titled ‘An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment’. This free eBook is for those who want to better understand what the DCMA 14-Point Assessment is all about. This is a free eBook with no registration required….you just simply download it via […]
Deltek Cobra Zero-Out Data Feature
Deltek Cobra Zero-Out Data Feature! When it comes to backing out data in Deltek Cobra you have a few options. In this article, we will focus on one particularly neat feature that will help you remove values, and indeed resource assignments from a selected work package. The list of options, if you don’t already use […]
Primavera P6 Baselines Explained
Primavera P6 baselines are copies of your current schedule taken at a particular point in time. There are four types of Primavera P6 Baselines which P6 supports: the Project Baseline and three User Baselines. The Project Baseline should be static, fixed by the shareholders at the start of the project, hence the title ‘Project Baseline’. […]
Deltek Release Acumen 8.5
On Friday, June 27th, Deltek launched a substantial point release of the Acumen Fuse, Risk, 360 tool suite bringing this up to Acumen 8.5. And, by the looks of things, this is way more than a simple maintenance release. This new release includes over 20 functional improvements in 8 different areas of the product. In […]