We recently received an inquiry about the P6 Professional Resource Usage Profile not correctly plotting when displaying hourly allocations of a resource. Here’s a look at what was going on. P6 Professional displays the Gantt chart and resource usage profiles for both Day/Hour and Week/Day timescales. However, the resource usage profile does not always plot […]
PMI Houston 2023 Conference & Expo
This year’s PMI Houston 2023 Conference & Expo is being held on August 28 – 29, 2023. The Houston Chapter is one of the world’s largest Project Management Institute Chapters, with over 4,500 Members. Multiple industries are represented within the Houston Chapter, ranging from Engineering and Construction, Oil and Gas and Government to IT Healthcare, […]
What Is Deltek Acumen Risk?
What is Deltek Acumen Risk? And how can it support my project scheduling efforts? Deltek Acumen Risk is a risk management software program that works in conjunction with the schedule quality assessment software program Acumen Fuse. Acumen Risk helps project team members bring realism into the project schedule. Acumen Risk supports the scheduler’s efforts to […]
Project Quality: Planning and Control
The best project quality is found by effective planning rather than reaction to unexpected factors. The way most organizations are able to do this, is through implementing processes and standards that help lead the team to success. Defining Measurements During a project’s execution phase, the activities and products are taken and tested for quality to […]
Video – How To Use Resources in Primavera P6
Need to better understand how resources work in Primavera P6? Good news, we’ve produced a short video, ‘How To Use Resources in Primavera P6’, where we show you the different types of Resources and how to assign them to an activity. Below is also a summary what’s in the video. What are Resources? Resources […]
Professional Development Activities You Can Do In A Lunch Break
Professional development is expected from all of us working in the project management industry – it’s something that we make sure is a focus for our team here in the office too. But we also understand how hard it is to find time in the day to learn something new. Below, we’ve pulled together 5 […]
Are You Still Using the Primavera P6 SDK or API?
There are a lot of Primavera P6 users who are still using the Primavera P6 SDK or API. And, for many this may work great for their specific use cases. But Oracle, for a long time now, has been trying to move users away from both of these older technologies. The Oracle message is clear, […]
4 Goals for EVMS Training
Goals for EVMS Training Earned value management has a bit of a reputation in the project management world for being difficult to implement and tricky to run. In our experience, the exact opposite is true: when you have a mandatory contract requirement to use earned value principles for project controls, and the willingness to make […]
Baselines for Level of Effort Tasks In Primavera P6
We recently received an email asking how to show on the Primavera P6 Gantt chart, baselines for Level of Effort tasks. This can readily be done in a few ways. Let’s take a closer look at how to do this. LOE tasks are distinct from Task Dependent tasks in that their work does not directly […]
Deltek Cobra 8.5 is Released
Released today, Deltek Cobra 8.5 brings a host of new capabilities, enhancements and conveniences to the earned value community. We’ve been digging into this brand-new iteration and are excited to be giving you an overview of what’s new and improved in this latest version. OK, let’s jump right in and give you the highlights of […]