At the heart of most scheduling software is the Gantt chart. But using the Primavera P6 trace logic feature is useful if you are interested in better understanding the relationships between activities. Trace Logic is a tool in Primavera P6 Professional that enables you to step through or “trace” through schedule activities in order to […]
Using Reflections in Primavera P6 Professional
Are you looking to experiment with schedule changes in a way that allows you to later decide whether or not to make those changes permanent? If so, you may want to become familiar with a pretty cool P6 feature. Primavera P6 reflections. Reflection is a feature in Primavera P6 Professional that provides you a way […]
Renumbering Activity IDs in Primavera P6 Professional
It’s inevitable: you have just completed entering all the required activities to produce your project deliverables when your upper level manager requests you to insert several additional activities into the schedule. Do you know how to renumber activity IDs in
Ways to Handle Resource Over-Allocation in Primavera P6 Professional
You may have the best schedule. Your activity duration estimates may be quite accurate. Your schedule logic may be finely tuned to complete the work in the least amount of time. You may have created the perfect schedule, however, if you do not have the resources available to perform the work your schedule is not […]
Video – Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Primavera P6
One of the first steps in planning a project is to break down the project by its major deliverables, i.e. the product or service components. An organized hierarchical break down or decomposition of all the deliverables is known as the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). After you have created the WBS in Primavera P6, you then […]
Primavera P6 Professional Resource Leveling Fundamentals
Primavera P6 Professional resource leveling Explained. Primavera P6 Professional has the capability to level resource allocations when they become overloaded across a number of activities. This can be a particularly valuable feature when you have a resource constrained project that includes a scarce resource whose skills cannot easily be hired in to overcome shortfalls. This […]
Primavera P6 and What-if Projects
Primavera P6 and what-if projects is a great feature. When working on scheduling a new project you may want to adjust resource assignments and resource allocations for that project. How can you investigate resource allocations on your project without having a lasting impact on the aggregated resources in your portfolio of projects? Projects in Primavera […]
Displaying Free & Total Float Gantt Chart Bars in Primavera P6 Professional
In Primavera P6, it is possible to easily display both the free float and total float of activities on the activities table. However, displaying free float and total float on the Gantt Chart bars in Primavera P6 makes it significantly easier to perceive how much flexibility an activity really has. Here we step through the […]
Primavera P6 Release 16.1 Upgrade Instructions Video
With the April release of Primavera P6 Professional Release 16.1 and Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) you may be curious to see the new software in action. To do that you’ll need to do an upgrade to your existing system. If you’ve running one of the earlier P6 Professional client version on a stand-alone system, […]
Primavera P6 16.1 Is Released
Following on from our previous announcement of What We Can Expect in Primavera P6 16.1, Oracle has now released 16.1. We’re pleased to say that we were spot on with our predictions for the Primavera P6 16.1 release and now we can take a look in more detail at what’s it. Applet Removal Let’s start […]