Oracle has released Primavera P6 Professional 19.12 along side Primavera P6 EPPM 19.12 which we reviewed recently. So let’s take a look at what’s in this new version of Primavera P6 Professional 19.12. Prime Time Not mentioned before in our P6 EPPM 19.12 blog, Oracle Prime Projects has been rebranded to Oracle Primavera Cloud. This […]
Oracle Releases Primavera P6 EPPM 19.12
Oracle has released the only major update in a year for on premises users, Primavera P6 EPPM 19.12. While many of these new features have been available throughout the year for customers using Oracle Primavera Cloud, this is the first time on premises users will get to enjoy them. Oracle Primavera Cloud upgrades it’s users […]
How to Edit Activity Relationships in Primavera P6 EPPM
When using Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to edit activity relationships, there are a number of different ways to do this. The most common way that schedulers make bulk relationship entries, is the using the relationship tab found in the bottom details area. There is another way to define and edit activity relationships […]
Create Shaded Time Periods on the Primavera P6 Gantt Chart
Create Shaded Time Periods on the Primavera P6 Gantt Chart The Gantt chart is an essential part of Primavera Professional P6 software as it simplifies complex schedules by offering a snapshot that is easily viewed instead of just text and numbers. By using the Gantt chart to its full potential, schedulers are able to present […]
Commit Changes and Refresh Data in Primavera P6 Professional Explained
Understanding the Commit Changes and Refresh Data features in Primavera P6 If multiple Primavera Professional P6 users are sharing the same database and working on the same project, you will be unable to see your colleagues’ current changes to data straight away, unless they commit changes to the database. Once they have committed their changes […]
Simple Critical Path Actual Performance Comparison
Do you review the actual performance of work that was driving the Critical Path at the start of this update period? Do you know if the Critical Path work for this update period was completed as planned, delayed, or maybe even completed ahead of schedule? Figure 1 – Current Update Critical Path The current progress […]
How to Display Line Numbers in Primavera P6
Reviewing schedules and collaborating with colleagues during meetings can be made easier using line numbers in Primavera P6. This can be especially true with large projects where Activity Id’s can be long and complex. Layouts that include line numbers in Primavera P6 are also helpful when comparing updates of a schedule. So how do you […]
How to Use the Dissolve Activities Feature in Primavera P6 EPPM
Deleting Activities Vs. the Dissolve Activities Feature in P6 EPPM There are many occasions, during the planning of a project, when schedulers have to make changes because the scope of work has changed and an activity is no longer required. Some users may just simply delete activities which no longer fit into the current project. […]
What is Driving the Critical Path?
What is Driving the Critical Path? Do you ever look at a pdf of the schedule and see multiple activities in-progress that are also showing as critical? Figure 1 – multiple in-progress activities shown on Critical Path How can this be? Critical Path Defined First, we need to know how the Critical Path is defined […]
Model Weekly Project Meetings in Primavera P6
Weekly project meetings that require the broad attendance of resources, will incur costs that are not always measured. Modelling weekly project meetings in Primavera P6 can be done quite easily, as a Level Of Effort (LOE) activity. LOE activity in Primavera P6 has been designed for representing work which does not directly contribute to the […]