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 and your counterparts will want to establish
Primavera P6 WBS Summary Activity and Deliverable Completion Dates
Primavera P6 Professional may not show the correct completion date of your Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element or deliverable when filtering activities by start dates. The WBS summary activity, however, rectifies this situation. Using the bars feature it is possible to display a
Dissolving an Activity in Primavera P6
Is there a way in Primavera P6 Professional to remove an activity and maintain schedule logic continuity? Yes, there is. It’s done by dissolving an activity instead of deleting that activity. Schedules often require updates and changes as the process of envisioning and planning a project comes together
Leveling Resources within Total Float to Maintain Project Finish Date In Primavera P6
Unless you specify otherwise, Primavera P6’s default setting will allow leveling to delay the project finish date.
Schedules come with deadlines; it’s one of the challenges of managing a project. So, you really do not want to delay your project more then you have to. It makes sense then that you do not want to level
Primavera P6 – Update Activity ID Prefix
There are differing schedule naming conventions for activity IDs. Do you know how rename your activity IDs, accordingly, to generate your desired naming convention? Depending on the size of the project schedulers may want to adopt a particular naming
Primavera P6 Professional and Apply Actuals
If your Primavera P6 schedule executes according to plan then apply actuals may be quick way for you to update the schedule. The apply actuals feature applies actuals entered in the Primavera timesheet system
Monitoring Critical Paths to Any Schedule Activity in Primavera P6
The Primavera P6 Professional critical path filter displays the critical path through the end of the project. But how do you monitor critical paths into any activity in the schedule? It is readily possible to display the critical path through the last activity in the project
Primavera P6 Professional New Column Types
The enhancement I want to talk about here is very simple. In version 16.1 Primavera introduced a new column type in the lists category.
Primavera P6 EPPM WBS Summary Activity Type & Top-Down Estimates
It is possible in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to compare top down estimates beside bottom up estimates. Determining accurate project costs is one of the more challenging efforts in the project management
Shading Non-Work Time in Primavera P6 EPPM
The Gantt chart is at the heart and center of Primavera P6. And setting the proper Gantt chart shading for non-work time is a fundamental but important step for communicating an accurate project schedule situation