Primavera P6 Professional R15.2 Training Now Available Primavera P6 Professional E&C (Engineering and Construction) training is still our most popular training course and with the recent release of Primavera P6 Professional R15.2, we have just completed a major update to the course materials and training data. The release of Oracle Primavera P6 R15.2 was the […]
Primavera P6 and the As Late As Possible (ALAP) Constraint
In support of completing a project on time, project managers will normally schedule activities to commence as soon as possible (ASAP). However, there are times when project sequencing and timing dictates that a particular activity commence as late as possible (ALAP). Let’s investigate this situation. Both ASAP and ALAP are soft or tendency constraints. Soft […]
Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra Integration Warning
Have you experienced this Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra Integration Warning? [Warning]Finish date for budget resource ENG (04/25/2017) after finish date of activity 1.2.2.1.6.1 (11/01/2016) Almost every time I attempt integration from Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra, I see these warnings and thus my labor units and dollars come up short as a result. The […]
Importing P3 PRX Files into Primavera P6 Professional
If you are migrating from Primavera Project Planner (P3) to Primavera P6 and you have only P3 .PRX files, then the following steps show how to import P3 PRX Files into Primavera P6 Professional. IMPORTANT NOTE: Before we start there are two things you should know. First, you will need to perform this operation on […]
Driving and Free Float Activity Properties In Primavera P6
Imagine a large project with many tasks and associated relationships, and you have a critical task with an important start date. Do you have a quick way of spotting all the predecessor activities that may be encroaching on this critical activity’s start date? As projects become larger it becomes increasingly cumbersome to analyze the effects […]
Exporting and Importing Layouts in Primavera P6 Professional
Often you will find that the activity’s table and Gantt chart layout settings you so meticulously set up do not translate when you export your Primavera P6 Professional file. How can we include the layouts in our Primavera P6 project exports and imports? A customer requested that we save a Primavera P6 layout with the […]
Free Webinar – Earned Value with Primavera P6 & Deltek
Join our webinar Earned Value with Primavera P6 & Deltek Today’s enterprise tools come with so many capabilities and it’s often challenging to understand which tool is best to use to solve specific business problems. Enterprise project management and earned value management tools are no different. With the choice of products and seemingly overlapping functionality, […]
Primavera P6: Export Result Error – The selected application cannot be found
This error will be seen if your java home directory has been moved or renamed. Primavera P6 Professional uses Java code for certain functions including the processing of the XML export feature.
Project Constraints and the Longest Path
If you want to optimize your schedule it is advantageous to look to shorten activities that are along the critical path. But what do you do if you have a project constraint that causes your scheduling software to either display multiple critical paths or completely obscure the true critical path? It is generally stated that […]
Oracle Releases Primavera P6 Professional 15.2
After a confusing release number change that saw Primavera P6 Professional jump from 8.4 to 15.1, Oracle has now released 15.2. Both Primavera P6 Professional and Primavera P6 EPPM enjoy this point release and this article will focus on the client version, Primavera P6 Professional. You can also read all about the new release of […]