In a large and complex schedule, large numbers of changes and assignments to activities take long time. Oracle Primavera P6 Global Change tool enables to modify some significant features and components of the activities. Activity types, resource assignments, calendars, budgeted units or other elements can be changed easily and quickly. Utilising the Melair Risk Management Tool, “ATOM”, requires […]
Updating a Primavera P6 Baseline Cost Curve in Excel
In my previous blog Creating a Simple Cost Curve in MS Excel Mar 2020, I explained how to create a Primavera P6 Baseline Cost Curve in Microsoft Excel. This article will explain how to easily update the cost for Actual Cost for the Progress Updates. This is how I typically keep my Primavera P6 baseline […]
5 Benefits of Online Primavera P6 Training
5 Benefits of Online Primavera P6 Training Have you noticed the shift to moving learning online? Whether you’re taking university courses or learning software skills, you can study through a virtual classroom from wherever you are. Technical training for Primavera P6 Professional is no different. For a long time, there’s been the view that the […]
Managing Dashboards in Primavera P6 EPPM
Dashboards in Primavera P6 EPPM are a great capability, allowing users to manage them for a single project or for a portfolio of projects. There are a number of portlets covering most scenarios which allow the user some flexibility to build to the requirements for their organization. Primavera P6 EPPM dashboards can be created containing […]
Oracle Collaborate 20
Oracle is holding its annual conference, Collaborate 20 on April 19-24 2020. This 5-day conference is huge and is expected to attract more than 6,000 delegates from around the world who form the Oracle community. This event brings together the two different Oracle community forums: OATUG Oracle Application and Technology Users Group (previously known as […]
Creating a Simple P6 Cost Curve in Microsoft Excel
Most schedule specifications require resource and cost loading. Usually, there is also a requirement to provide a cost curve. Primavera will produce a P6 cost curve, but you can also easily create one in Microsoft Excel. There is more than one way to accomplish this. I’ll describe the method I like to use here. I […]
How to use the Link Activities Feature in Primavera P6
The FS (Finish to Start) relationship is the most commonly used relationship type to link activities. A lot of scheduling guidelines prefer the use of FS relationship to link activities, although there are many exceptions and situations where the other relationship types need to be used. The good news is that Primavera P6 Professional supports […]
Adrega PI 5.1 is Released
Adrega PI 5.1 is Released Adrega Project Intelligence (PI) was introduced in 2016 as a reporting solution for Primavera P6. It quickly became a popular reporting solution due to its many differing capabilities, including: Report bundling that automatically saved organizations man-hours by selecting and saving reports to PDF’s, ready for emailing to different departments. Selected […]
What is Primavera Unifier
Oracle’s Primavera Unifier has become a giant in the Primavera range of tools, complimenting Primavera P6 EPPM as a web-based on premises and cloud hosted tool. As the name may suggest, Primavera Unifier unites a range of project control processes across the entire life-cycle; including proposal management, vendor management, cost and schedule control, submittal management, […]
5 Things To Set Up in Your New Primavera System
5 Things To Set Up in Your New Primavera System Primavera P6 is a powerful scheduling tool. Getting it installed is just the first step on your journey to authoritative project data and flexible schedules! In this article we’ll look at five things for your new system administrators to set up before your project teams […]