Where are you in your schedule based upon planned performance? The Primavera P6 schedule % complete value specifies planned performance based on the baseline and current data date (DD). After creation of your schedule, including budget, and assignment of a baseline you will want to track actual performance in relation to planned performance. You want […]
Microsoft Project and Adverse Weather Day Reserve
Harsh weather can be a huge risk on projects. And it is best to mitigate the effects of adverse weather by including a bad weather day reserve in your Microsoft Project schedule. Adverse weather is both impactful and common on projects. The temperature simply dropping below 32°F can halt concrete installations. And rain or snow […]
Primavera P6 Global and Project Calendars Explained
Global calendars are great, because they are available for multiple project schedules. But this advantage can be a double edged sword. Let’s take a look. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) review worksheet requires that calendars be defined at the project level. The outstanding question: why does the NAVFAC schedule checklist […]
How Digital Disruption is Affecting Risk Management
How Digital Disruption is Affecting Risk Management How much computing power do you carry with you? Between a smart watch, your phone and the tablet computer you can slide easily into your bag, you probably walk around with more computing power than the first space rockets. Digital disruption is the idea that technology is bringing […]
How To Launch PMO Training for Executives
Frequently, we see leaders within an organization who mean well, but who simply don’t have the skills to be able to carry out their roles on projects. They might be senior managers who have a lot of experience, but who have never been in the role of project sponsor before. They might be board members […]
How To Expand Levels in Deltek Acumen
This article looks at a simple and quick way to expand levels in Deltek Acumen of a project in the S1 // Projects and S3 // Risk tabs of Deltek Acumen. Since we started offering training for the Deltek Acumen suite, we have had a number of frustrated customers who were looking for a way to […]
Video – Understanding the Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure Chart
The following video is a live demonstration of a risk analysis process being performed in Deltek Acumen. Once the analysis has been completed, you will see an explanation of the resulting in the Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure chart. To give you a basic explanation, the Deltek Acumen Risk Exposure chart is a combination histogram and […]
Summarizing Projects in Primavera P6 Explained
After you have updated your schedule you have one more step before the changes are fully implemented in Primavera P6. You have to summarize your P6 project. When you first open Primavera P6 in project view, you are presented with a list of projects. Unlike a file based system, however, you can view much more […]
MIL-STD 881D Has Been Released
The MIL-STD-881D Standard is now released (April 9th, 2018) and is for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD). The standard is for direction and should be included as a contract requirement. This Standard addresses mandatory procedures for all programs subject to DoD Instruction 5000.02. The MIL-STD-881D is a military […]
The 3 Must-Have Roles for Risk Management
The 3 Must-Have Roles for Risk Management When you think of risk management, what springs to mind first? For many people, it’s something like a risk discussion on a project aimed at uncovering risks or a log of project risks. Perhaps you think of a process for managing risk on projects. Whatever comes to mind […]