Generating Schedule Tornado Plots in Acumen Risk Dr. Dan Patterson, founder of the Acumen Company subsequently bought by Deltek, says “risk models do not need to be complicated to be meaningful.” This is the intent of tornado plots, so here we take a look at them. When it comes to risk reporting, the mantra keep […]
Tracking Deliverable Progress with the WBS Summary Activity in Primavera P6
Primavera P6 Professional supports tracking of individual task dependent activities. If you want to know the progress of the overarching deliverable for these activities include a WBS Summary activity in your schedule. Primavera P6’s WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) Summary activity appears to duplicate the features of Summary bars. Similar to a Summary bar the WBS […]
5 Ways to Tell That You Need To Improve Project Selection
Project management is all about doing projects in the right way. But there is a step before that: project selection, you have to choose the right projects. The right projects are those that deliver something of value for your organization. They should align with corporate strategic goals. They should have realistic budgets and resource requirements. […]
Deltek Acumen – Setting Duration Uncertainty for Groups
A student recently asked if there is a way to set Deltek Acumen’s S3//Risk duration uncertainty for groups. Deltek Acumen has a very efficient way for updating duration uncertainty for individual activities or duration uncertainty for groups i.e. all activities below a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element. The duration uncertainty setting allows you to change […]
Using Outline Codes in Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project provides custom outline codes to support organizing project data. Microsoft Project outline codes has up to ten fields set aside them. You may apply these custom outline codes to activities or resources. These outline codes are very helpful for grouping and sorting project related data. This article demonstrates how to create and assign […]
Risk Management: Quick Fixes for Leaders
Risk Management Quick Fixes – Risk management is a large topic, and there are whole books written about it. So where do you start when you know you want to do something different – better – but don’t know exactly what that would look like? Here are five questions, and five risk management quick fixes […]
Assigning Multiple Roles To A Resource In Primavera P6
A student at one of my Primavera P6 classes recently asked whether it is possible to assign multiple roles to a single resource. Let’s take a look at this. Primavera P6 Professional has roles that schedulers use to define specific trade skills, such as plumber, pipe fitter, or pipe insulator. These roles are stored in […]
5 Resolutions for Your PMO
It’s the beginning of a new year, and that’s the perfect time to be thinking about what you’d like to approach differently this year. Not sure where to start? We’ve got some suggestions for you. Here are five resolutions for your PMO that you can apply this year. Traditionally, New Year’s resolutions are goals we […]
How to Define Material Resources In Microsoft Project
It is feasible to define work, cost, and material resources in Microsoft Project. Let’s look at the definition of material resources first. What makes the material resource definition interesting is the requirement to include a unit of measure in addition to a standard rate. This unit definition may be any unit of measure specified by […]
Display a Window of Opportunity Gantt Chart Bar in Primavera P6 EPPM
How do you display a window of opportunity Gantt chart bar in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM)? Let’s look at a simple example. Your project has a brief period of time when the inspector is onsite and available to perform a final quality assurance inspection. This is your project’s window of opportunity. The […]