There is a mystery to the Primavera P6 bars dialog feature. How is it that bar definitions with no labels, never-the-less, have labels? Let’s explore this riddle. Since its invention by Henry Gantt circa 1910, the Gantt chart has become the standard for almost every commercial scheduling software tool developed in recent years. Primavera P6 […]
Primavera P6 Schedule Progression and Duration Type
It is important to note your duration type when progressing the schedule because Primavera P6 updates the remaining cost and At Complete cost differently depending on your selection. When you are adding resources to your schedule, it is typically best to set the duration type to fixed duration and units/time. This option fixed the activity […]
Using Primavera P6’s Work Products and Documents
Project schedules usually include additional work products and documents. Do you know how to associate Primavera P6 work products and documents with your schedule? Projects and associated schedules typically come with many work products and documents. Typical work product examples might be Surveyor drawings, AutoCAD .DWG files or other project imagery. Documents may include a statement […]
Primavera P6 and Resource Codes Explained
The Primavera P6 resource codes are helpful for sorting resource databases, which can become cluttered with an abundance of resource definitions. Once created and assigned resources become an important fixture in the scheduling historical record. Resources are meant to be permanent database elements, and resource databases are therefore, generally, large and difficult to sort through. […]
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How to Insert an Activity ID Suffix in Primavera P6
The renumber activity IDs feature in Primavera P6 Professional is helpful for adding or editing an activity ID prefix. But what if you want to insert an activity ID suffix? Yes, it is possible to add an activity ID suffix in Primavera P6 Professional. Primavera P6 Professional renumber activity IDs feature supports activity ID naming […]
Primavera P6 Notebook Topics Explained
Primavera P6 notebook topics are a way to highlight project details that require special attention. So, if you have something particularly important you want your project team to note, then using the P6 notebook topics may help. The Primavera P6 notebook topics are any subject or really anything that requires more input to better describe […]
Primavera P6 and Material Resources
In Primavera P6 Professional it is possible to define labor, equipment, and material resources. Material resources require definition of a unit of measure. Labor resources may be trade skills or specific individuals. Typically, the trade skill is inserted as a place holder until the resource manager assigns an individual to perform the work. It is […]
Primavera P6 and Line Numbers
If you are collaborating with other stakeholders using Primavera P6, you may want to display the Primavera P6 line numbers on the schedule layout for easy reference. Large projects, particularly, would benefit from line numbers to make for easy reference of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements and activities. A layout including line numbering would also […]
Primavera P6 and Assigning Individual Labor Resources to Roles
It is possible to bypass roles altogether in Primavera P6 Professional by defining individual labor resources directly as roles – which makes it a simple naming thing in Primavera P6. But Primavera P6 procedures can be most effective when task work is initially defined using labor roles that are later assigned individual resources. The project […]