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 […]
Learn P6 Report Development using Power BI
Ten Six Partner, Mustang Technologies is offering a 2-hour Online Power BI Training Session Thursday November 12th starting at 10am US Central Time Learn to develop a “Multi-Project Milestone and Contractor Report” for Primavera P6 using Microsoft’s Power BI (PBI). This report displays baseline activity dates, current activity dates, and variances. Users can view the […]
Primavera P6 Duration Type Explained
Primavera P6 Duration type is an important setting that determines how you want P6 to behave when an additional resource is added to an activity. Duration type is an attribute of a P6 activity concerned with the managing of activity resource assignments. Primavera P6 Duration type is best understood through the prism of three terms: […]
Using WBS Notebook Topic Assignments in Primavera P6
You may want to provide specific details about a deliverable in your schedule. This is possible using WBS notebook topic assignments in Primavera P6 Professional. Similar to a statement of work (SOW) the schedule may provide details or specifications of project related products or deliverables. The outstanding question is how can these specifications be included […]
Import XLSX Labor Resource Assignment Project Data into Primavera P6
Microsoft Excel has enjoyed widespread adoption for decades. This makes it a preferred medium for the gathering and/or tabulation of project data to import XLSX into Primavera P6 Professional. On most projects only a few are well versed in Primavera P6 Professional scheduling. This limits the collecting and inputting of project data to a select […]
How to Create Activities in Primavera P6 EPPM
After creating our Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the next logical step in the project creation process is to create our activities in Primavera P6 EPPM. Quite often, a skilled scheduler who has been involved in the project creation process is required to define these activities. Developing a realistic schedule requires comprehensive estimated planned durations that […]
Changing Activity ID Numbers in Primavera P6
When activities are entered into a schedule, they appear in a numerically ascending order by activity ID. What happens if the project has evolved, and additional activities have to be inserted into the schedule? Change throughout a project life-cycle is inevitable and can create schedulers’ problems if new activities are entered and the activity ID […]