It’s a fact: Projects go better with executive support. Study after study shows that active sponsorship is a factor in project success. The more the buy in comes from senior levels in the enterprise, the more likely it is that your projects will deliver against your business case forecasts and achieve the benefits they set […]
Primavera P6 and User Defined Date Bars
Have you ever wondered what the user start date and user finish date columns or fields in the bars dialog are all about? You are not alone. Let’s explain these fields with a demonstration. In Primavera P6, the Gantt chart’s appearance is determined by a range of settings and options in the Bars dialog. Refer […]
Why You Need Project Risk Management Software
Project risk management software is a tool for business that helps you identify, track, manage and close out risks to your projects, programs and portfolio. Normally installed and managed from the PMO, it’s used by project managers and their teams, plus other project delivery professionals in your organization and executives who want to see the […]
Scheduling Practice Standard Conundrums
Time and again I run into scenarios where trying to satisfy all the scheduling practice standard guidelines can leave you in a no-win situation. For the purposes of this article I’ll call these Practice Standard Conundrums – that which seeming cannot be solved without violating at least one scheduling practice standard guideline. Today I’m going […]
Displaying the Critical Path of Multiple Open Projects in Primavera P6
It is possible to work on multiple open projects in Primavera P6 at the same time. The question then becomes how do you display the critical path of multiple open projects? The critical path is a key concept in scheduling. It tells you how long your scheduled project will take. But how does Primavera P6 […]
5 Tips for Managing Conflict At Work
So much has been written about managing conflict at work. On training courses, when students get to the conflict management part, you can see some of them glaze over or repeat the mantra: Competing, Accommodating, Avoiding, Compromising, Collaborating: the 5 well-know styles for managing a bust up. That’s a problem. Conflict happens because we are […]
Primavera P6 and Labor Roles
If you are currently unaware of the individual labor resource performing an activity, it is possible in Primavera P6 Professional to assign labor roles to that activity as a place holder until later assignment of an actual labor resource. Resources may be defined for labor, material, and equipment. Labor resources may be actual individuals or […]
Disadvantages of Constraints
The disadvantages of constraints. If you have particular dates in mind for several activities in your schedule you may be tempted to insert constraints to fix the start or finish dates of these activities. Try to avoid this temptation, as constraints come with disadvantages. Constraints are not forbidden in most scheduling guidelines, but their broad […]
Monitoring Schedule Slippage in Microsoft Project
Project progress does not always go according to plan. When a schedule slips you will want a fast way to monitor this schedule slippage in Microsoft Project. The baseline is used as a measure of schedule progress. Microsoft Project has a few features to support monitoring schedule progress against the baseline. The slippage feature, in […]
Primavera P6 Professional File Transfer Requirements
Are you transferring a Primavera P6 schedule file from one counterpart P6 database to another, most likely from subcontractor to customer? If so, then you will want to establish agreed upon file transfer requirements to control project schedules produced or updated by counterparts. Quite often schedules are transferred between primary and subcontractors from one Primavera […]