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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
Primavera P6 EPPM and the Gantt Chart Late Bar
Oracle is in the process of converting Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to a non-java based coded software. At the time of writing this article they are only part way along this journey. In the meantime they let users switch back and forth between the new HTML5
Primavera P6 EPPM Multiple Float Paths and the Longest Path
The longest path through the schedule is a key concept. It tells how long the schedule takes. Further – activities along the longest path should be adjusted to support schedule compression and optimization efforts. The term “critical path” is often used to refer to the “longest path”. But an activity that is critical
Primavera P6 Gantt Chart Late Bar
Activities that have positive total float can be delayed the amount of their respective total float value without delaying the project. Activities that have negative total float are already behind schedule. The Primavera P6 Gantt chart automatically
Primavera P6 and Listing On Budget Status
There are more than one way to track a schedule’s budget. Here we look at a way to list each activities on budget status. Primavera P6 Professional’s user defined fields (UDFs) are data fields that users
Primavera P6 EPPM And The Look Ahead Spotlight
When progressing your schedule, you may want an efficient way to look ahead to upcoming tasks. Filters support looking ahead by displaying only upcoming tasks, but the spotlight feature in Primavera P6 is the most efficient way to highlight these near term
Primavera P6 and Super Critical Bars
It’s good to note critical activities that cannot delay without negatively impacting schedule completion. But what about activities that are already behind schedule? These are your super critical tasks that require adjustment to meet project completion goals
Primavera P6 and Identifying Critical Activities
There are differing ways to define critical activities in Primavera P6 Professional, which may make identifying them a tedious process. Read on for a quick tip on how to quickly note critical activities in your schedule
Changing Header and Legend Fonts in Primavera P6
If you cannot produce a legible schedule report for your stakeholders, your scheduling software has limited value to them. Primavera P6 Professional supports report fonts, but you will
Primavera P6: Constraints & Longest Path
Being able to differentiate calculating your critical path using the Longest Path method vs. the zero float method can have distinct advantages depending on what stage of planning you are at.