PM Summit is holding its’ annual summit at Citywest Hotel, Dublin Ireland, on Thursday 5th October 2017. With so many project management related events going on throughout the year, it’s easy to overlook this one in all the noise. Offering a day packed with great speakers sharing
Video: Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics In Action
We recently published an article that shows you how to run a schedule diagnostic in Deltek Acumen Fuse. The Acumen Fuse tool is a one-stop shop for much of your schedule analysis during the development of a
Microsoft Ignite 2017
Microsoft Ignite 2017 will be held on Monday 25th September until Friday 29th September at the Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819. Microsoft Ignite is a five-day annual conference, which brings together technical communities, IT professionals’ customers and
5 Pitfalls of Managing Large Portfolios And How To Manage Them
Managing a large portfolio of projects and programs comes with its own challenges. PMO leaders working with large corporate portfolios face a number of pitfalls, especially where the project management maturity has grown over time and the portfolio
Oracle Releases Primavera P6 Version 17.7
This just in…
Today sees the arrival of the first “on premises” Primavera P6 release for 2017 from our friends at Oracle. Officially this is version 17.7, wait 17.1? “Huh – what happened to the other six?” we hear you ask. Well, there’s been a subtle change in the naming convention
Questions To Ask Before You Set Up A PMO
Setting up a Project Management Office (PMO) can be fraught with difficulty. There’s the challenge of gaining executive support for creating what could be seen as an extra level of administration and bureaucracy. There’s the issue of
Are You Experiencing Schedule Delays? You May Have A Productivity Problem
Productivity can be one of the main drivers for determining project performance. Our definition of productivity is how fast we can complete the work on a project. You can imagine as productivity is impacted, the speed at which work
Video – Primavera P6 And The Longest Path
In this video, you will learn how to use the longest path option in Primavera P6 Professional as a way to determine your most critical activities in the schedule.
Understanding the Primavera P6 – USACE Mandatory Requirements
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has mandatory requirements for the submission of all Oracle Primavera P6 Professional schedules. Let’s take a look that these requirements and better understand their purpose and benefits
7 Impacts of Poor Risk Management (And What You Can Do About Them)
Today we’re facing some hard truths. Poor risk management has the ability to severely impact your business. Whether that’s through a delay to project benefits impacting your revenue and profit streams, or one of the other effects that we describe below, poor risk management is