How do you adjust the non-work time necking on the P6 Gantt chart? That is, the narrow necking for calendar non-work time where you’d want to eliminate the narrow necking between the close of business and the next day start of work. Let’s take a look at this in more detail. The Gantt chart is […]
P6 Cost Loaded LOE Tasks and EVM Metrics
We received the following question regarding P6 and Level of Effort (LOE) activities: “Will cost loaded LOE tasks still be allowed to be included in the Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics out of P6.” Let’s take a look at this. There was a more a specific question that followed. Will the cost loaded LOE activities […]
Video – How To Use a Project Baseline in Primavera P6
We’ve produced a short video, ‘How to Use a Project Baseline in Primavera P6’ where you can see the different types of baselines in use and how to create them. This will help you get a real understanding on how to assign and maintain baselines, in Primavera P6. You can also see other Oracle Primavera […]
Best Primavera P6 Training Books
Are you looking for some Primavera P6 training books or PDFs? We’ll be honest: there aren’t that many good ones around. That might change in the future, as project management is a growing sector and Oracle Primavera is established as one of the best products to manage complex programs. Meanwhile, here is our roundup of […]
P6 Professional System Administration and Project Data User Privileges
Primavera P6 Professional system administration allows you to restrict user data privileges within the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS), which is P6’s file structure system, and the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Let’s take a further look. System Administrators in P6 Professional define Project Security privileges and assign them to differing levels of the Organizational Breakdown Structure […]
Primavera P6 Asterisk on Date Explained
What is the P6 Asterisk on Date? Have you spotted some characters appearing in your date columns in Oracle Primavera P6 and you’re wondering what they are? Here’s a quick explanation of what the characters appended to your Start and Finish date columns mean. Spoiler: they are helpful notices from the software intended to surface […]
7 Reasons to Use Primavera for Project Management
Why You Should Use Primavera for Project Management Primavera P6 is an enterprise project management tool used for scheduling and managing the execution of projects. Widely considered one of the best products out there for ensuring transparent, on-time delivery, Primavera has a long history of supporting large and small projects, programs and portfolios around the […]
Knowledge Handover: The Missing Step for a Successful Software Launch
Knowledge Handover Moving to a new tool like Primavera P6 can be a technical challenge for organizations. However, it is also a people challenge. The idea of having to switch tools – or start using a tool when you didn’t have one before – is a huge sticking point for some people because humans aren’t […]
Transfer a P6 Schedule to Excel – Quick Tip
There’s a quick way to transfer a P6 schedule to Excel. Here’s how you can do this. Many times, schedulers want to transfer schedule data to an Excel spreadsheet where they can utilize all the features available in Microsoft Excel to exercise and/or present the data. Also, P6 illiterate team members may need a way […]
Primavera P6 Level of Effort
An activity in Primavera that does not contribute directly to the production of a deliverable is typically scheduled as a P6 Level of Effort (LOE) task. Though an LOE activity does not produce any tangible deliverable it still expends resources against the project and requires cost loading and tracking. An LOE activity is also unique […]