Deltek Acumen Risk and adverse weather modeling. Bad weather is difficult to predict and can be a significant source of schedule uncertainty. Adverse weather is an important consideration in the planning of a project. Inclement weather is a common risk on outdoor projects. The temperature dropping below 32°F can put a stop to concrete installation […]
Editing Relationship Lines in Primavera P6 EPPM’s Gantt Chart
In Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM), you can edit relationship lines directly on the Gantt chart. As with many features in Primavera P6, there’s more than one way to define and edit relationships. The most common method, typically used by schedulers for the bulk of schedule relationship entries, is the successor, predecessor, or […]
7 Risk Management Techniques You Should Know
Risk management techniques go far beyond writing down the risk name and description in a spreadsheet. Below we look at 7 risk management techniques that you can use to identify and manage risk on your projects. 1. Ishikawa Diagram You might know this one as the fishbone diagram, or the cause and effect diagram. Named […]
How To Create A New Project In Primavera P6
This is my first of a series of posts for new users of the Oracle Primavera Professional client. It is intentionally opinionated and prescriptive with the aim of getting the newbie user up and running as fast as possible. The detail and options available will
What is Authorized Unpriced Work (AUW)
Authorized Unpriced Work or AUW means that a contractor has been authorized by the customer to start work on new contract scope but the budgetary details of which have not yet been negotiated. Authorized Unpriced Work Details and Examples You can think of Authorized Unpriced Work as a change management tool that is designed to mitigate […]
Calendars in Oracle Primavera P6 Explained
Project Scheduling couldn’t take place without a P6 Calendar making them fundamental to the Oracle Primavera P6 system. Every calculation using dates needs a P6 Calendar to work. In many ways, the P6 Calendar is one of the most fundamentally important part of Oracle Primavera P6. Problems with the dates calculated in a P6 Schedule […]
Slow Microsoft Project XML Integration with Deltek Cobra
Sadly, a common issue we are encountering is abysmally slow integration of Microsoft Project XML files with Deltek Cobra. Customers attempting to perform integration are waiting quite literally hours for the process to complete: and then only to have it fail on some occasions. As you would expect, this is both frustrating and basically a show […]
How Long Is a Primavera P6 Day, Week, Month or Year?
There are 60 seconds in every Minute and 60 minutes in every Hour, but how many hours in each Primavera P6 Day? Most days for most people have 24 hours in them, but not every day has 24 hours in it. On the day the clocks go forward, such as the start of British Summertime, […]
How To Load Activity Code Values Into Primavera P6 From Excel
In this post, I will show you how to import Activity Code values from Excel into Oracle Primavera P6 without having to type them in or resort to programming in Java. It is a fairly common request and is nearly always met by someone offering their Java code or suggesting the use of the ODBC […]
Deltek Cobra – Delete or Purge?
I was asked the other day, what is the difference between the Delete option and the Purge option in Deltek Cobra. The answer is quite simple and you may find one far more preferable over another depending on what you want to do. First, this option pertains only to the act of deleting projects: not anything […]