Integrate with Primavera P6 If you’re planning to implement Oracle Primavera’s P6 EPPM enterprise tool suite, you have probably wondered how you are going to manage the integrations required to manage your business processes. It’s common for a Primavera P6 deployment to involve integration – in fact, it’s rare that we work on an implementation […]
Using The Expected Finish Date in Primavera P6
Typically, schedulers think in terms of remaining duration for activities when progressing the schedule, but it is also feasible to specify an expected finish date and have P6 calculate the respective activity’s remaining duration. The physical percent complete type is the most accurate way to show progress on a schedule. However, it does require more […]
Setting Up User Preferences in Primavera P6 EPPM
User Preferences in Primavera P6 EPPM are active every time a user logs in. To access the user preferences, we enter the dashboard page and on the far right-hand side next to ‘Welcome’ we right-click. We scroll down and select ‘My Preferences’, as shown below in Figure 1. Figure 1 In the My Preferences page, […]
Primavera P6 EPPM 20.12 Is Released
Oracle has released Primavera P6 EPPM 20.12. Companies using Primavera P6 EPPM on premises can now upgrade to Primavera P6 EPPM 20.12. This annual release is a culmination of monthly updates that Oracle Cloud users have enjoyed throughout the year. NOTE: If you’re a Primavera P6 Professional user, you can see what’s in the Primavera […]
Primavera P6 Professional 20.12 is Released
Oracle, at the very end of 2020, released Primavera P6 Professional 20.12. What is turning out to be an annual year end release cadence for Oracle’s Primavera P6 Professional and EPPM tools, the end of 2020 was no different and closed out with a new release. In case you are new to the Primavera P6 […]
Personal Dashboards in Primavera P6 EPPM
Personal Dashboards in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) is a unique feature that presents the scheduler with specific informative views of project data. Project Dashboards are similar to car dashboards that display an at a glance array of data about systems related to the car, which the driver can monitor while driving down […]
Video – Adding Activities in Primavera P6
We recently published an article showing two options on adding activities in Primavera P6 Professional. For the visual learners among you, we have also produced a short video on this subject, where we started a new project and added the Start Milestones as well as adding activities in Primavera P6. Watch the video and get […]
How to Add Activities in Primavera P6
Here we show you a couple of ways you can add activities in Primavera P6. Activities are typically added to a project using the Activities view in Primavera P6. The activities view is used most frequently during the planning and execution phases of the project. Upon clicking on the Activities button, as shown below in […]
How to Assign Resources to Roles in Primavera P6
Assigning Resources to Roles in Primavera P6 In many cases, project managers usually create their schedules using trade skills and not individual named resources. So, they schedule work initially using roles assigned to activities. If necessary, later they can then decide which individual resources will fill these roles. In Primavera P6 Professional, you don’t have […]
Best Practices for Activities in Primavera P6
Check out our latest video at the bottom of this page on Best Practices for Activities in Primavera P6 In Primavera P6, an activity represents work that is required to contribute to the completion a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) deliverable. An activity has a planned start date, a duration, and a planned finish date. An […]