Primavera P6 Time Stamps are used to make sure that activities begin and end during working hours. You may have set a date set for your activity but without a time stamp, your activity could be scheduled to commence an 8 hour day from 4 pm until 12 pm. If your schedule is reliant on […]
How to use Primavera P6 Reflections
Primavera P6 Professional has a handy feature called Reflections. A Primavera P6 Reflection project is essentially a copy of a project that allows you to examine changes to a schedule and offering you the ability to merge the copied project back into the original at any time. This is pretty cool. For example, if you were exploring […]
Learn Power BI for P6
Ten Six Partner, Mustang Technologies is offering a 2-hour Online Power BI for P6 Training Session Sept 17th, 2020 at 10am Central Only $99 Learn to develop a Schedule Health and Performance Report based on DCMA’s 14-Point Assessment Guidelines using Power BI for P6 (PBI). This report extracts data directly from the P6 DB and […]
Video – Developing a WBS in Primavera P6
A WBS in Primavera P6 is the cornerstone in the planning of a multi-step project as it defines the project scope. It is a hierarchical tree structure that outlines the project and breaks it down into smaller, more manageable portions, visually detailing the deliverables within a project. A WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is built by […]
Limit Viewing of Financial Data in Primavera P6 EPPM
You have a project spread across multiple departments and you want each respective department to only view financial data pertaining to their deliverables. It is possible to limit view financial data privileges at the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element level in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM). Let’s take a look at how to […]
Developing a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6
Building a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6 is a fairly simple process as long as you capture all the deliverables. In our example below, we have been given a contract to deliver a new search feature for a software tool. So how do we ensure we capture all the deliverables for this contract? We’ll […]
Using the Project Status Field in Primavera P6
The Project Status field in Primavera P6 Professional is found in the ‘General Tab’ and it can be added as a column in your ‘Project Activity Window’, but not in the Resource Assignments Window. There are four types of Project Status, Active, Inactive, Planned and What-If and depending on where you are in your project […]
Video – Adding Columns to the EPS in Primavera P6 EPPM
Adding Columns to your Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) is a useful feature in Primavera P6 EPPM. It allows the organization or users to customize their activity table while, at the same time, displaying the important information that is needed for managing their projects. By adding columns, more data can be displayed. This is helpful for […]
How to Speed Up Your Primavera P6 Implementation
Speeding Up Your Primavera P6 Implementation You’ve decided on Primavera P6 as the tool of choice for your enterprise project management needs. And now you want it installed and set up. Preferably as soon as possible! But don’t rush in yet! We’ve seen organizations try to take their first steps to deploy Primavera P6 EPPM […]
Adding Columns to the EPS in Primavera P6 EPPM
How to Add Columns to the EPS in Primavera P6 EPPM Primavera P6 EPPM offers users the capability select data as well as add columns to their Activity Table in the Enterprise Project Structure. Hence, structuring the activity table can become personalized to the project that the organization or user is adhering to. How to […]