Microsoft Project has three ways to progress the schedule. If your resources have a non-uniform production rate then Microsoft Project Physical % Complete type is the best way to progress the schedule. The simplest way to progress the schedule is to use the % complete type. This progress way considers the duration of the task. […]
What Does It Mean To Have a Risk Culture?
People talk about having an organizational risk culture that recognizes risk, and where risk management is embedded throughout the layers of the company. But what does that actually mean? Below we look at four things that you’ll see in organizations with a risk culture so that you can decide if your business is on the […]
Saving Views in Deltek Cobra 8.1
For those of us who have been using Cobra 5 and 5.1 for many years, the upgrade to Cobra 8.1 has some very appealing Saving Views feature enhancements. The most welcome of these, from a ‘user interaction’ standpoint, is the ability to save a named view. Before Cobra 8.1, there was a frustrating user interaction feature […]
Webinar – Adrega PI Primavera P6 Reporting Made Easy
Join our free 60 minute webinar to see how using Adrega PI reporting solution for Primavera P6 can significantly improve project reporting. Adrega PI allows users to use the extensive dashboard and reporting capabilities to create a range of Primavera P6 project reports quickly and easily. Adrega PI supports not only S-Curve reports but also […]
How to Insert an Activity ID Suffix in Primavera P6
The renumber activity IDs feature in Primavera P6 Professional is helpful for adding or editing an activity ID prefix. But what if you want to insert an activity ID suffix? Yes, it is possible to add an activity ID suffix in Primavera P6 Professional. Primavera P6 Professional renumber activity IDs feature supports activity ID naming […]
The DCMA 14-Point Assessment Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
Many project managers look to Earned Value Management (EVM) values to predict whether or not their project will complete on time and on budget. Recently, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point assessment’s Baseline Execution Index (BEI) has been popularized as a schedule completion early warning metric. One of the project manager’s major duties is […]
Keep, Kill, Reconsider – Strategies for Improving Governance
Do you consider keeping, killing or reconsidering stategies for improving governance? Does this sound familiar? Your project teams are working really hard but you’re still seeing a pattern of failing projects and projects that fail to deliver the expected benefits. This is a challenge for lots of Project Management Offices, especially when you are starting […]
Primavera P6 Notebook Topics Explained
Primavera P6 notebook topics are a way to highlight project details that require special attention. So, if you have something particularly important you want your project team to note, then using the P6 notebook topics may help. The Primavera P6 notebook topics are any subject or really anything that requires more input to better describe […]
Using Microsoft Project for Earned Value Management
Most Earned Value Management (EVM) environments (particularly for ANSI-748 compliance) use scheduling software like Microsoft Project as the input. But you can Microsoft Project EVM to perform some rudimentary earned value management. You probably wouldn’t want to try for a DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) EVM certification with just a scheduling tool, but it has […]
Primavera P6 and Material Resources
In Primavera P6 Professional it is possible to define labor, equipment, and material resources. Material resources require definition of a unit of measure. Labor resources may be trade skills or specific individuals. Typically, the trade skill is inserted as a place holder until the resource manager assigns an individual to perform the work. It is […]