If you are looking for a quick way to update the progress of work on your Primavera P6 schedule or you want to describe the progress of work that has a non-uniform production rate, then you should become familiar with the different Percent Complete Types
Tracking Costs in Primavera P6
Do you know how tracking costs in Primavera P6 works? Most of us are familiar with the process of updating and tracking schedule activity progress from a time standpoint, but what about the cost of those activities? Well, Primavera P6 has features available for keeping track of the cost of labor, equipment, and material resources. […]
Primavera P6 Downloads
Primavera P6 Downloads We’ve posted over the past few years some really handy eBooks, guides, desktop aides, tips and step-by-step instructions related to Primavera P6. Here we’ve consolidated some of the most popular downloads and requested materials that we’ve received over time. So, whether you’re a seasoned veteran user of Primavera P6 or new to […]
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6 EPPM
It is not untypically that at the beginning of your project you contemplate the activities that will become your schedule. But before you start creating a schedule around these activities you should first consider what the major deliverables of
Setting Up a 4-Day Work Week in Primavera P6
Before you begin scheduling tasks in Primavera P6 it is important to create a calendar that represents the default working days for project tasks. The default project calendar is used by Primavera P6 to set the working days and times for project tasks. Primavera P6 is set to a default
Primavera P6 – Adding Generic Labor Resources to a Project
If you want to assign resources to your project schedule, but don’t wish to utilize the Role features of Primavera P6, you can take the simpler approach of naming labor resources by their skill. This will allow you to avoid
Assigning Expenses in Primavera P6
If you are looking for ways to assign costs to activities in Primavera P6 without creating a global resource for every item, then you may find the Expenses feature useful. A project expense can be many things: administration, travel, consulting, software, facilities, training, you name it. The Expenses tool is also ideal
Scheduling a 24-hour Elapsed Time Lag In Primavera P6
Primavera P6 has the capability to model either workday or 24-hour elapsed time lags in your schedule. A 24-hour elapsed time lag can be very useful when you are trying to model such constants as the cure process for concrete, which of course
Setting Up a P6 Professional Standalone Client using SQL Server
If you’ve been having issues trying to run Primavera P6 Professional as standalone on the Oracle XE database, or you simply want to run standalone when not on the company network and are not an Oracle database expert; you can use a Microsoft SQL Server Express database instead.
Using Level of Effort (LOE) Activities in Primavera P6
Level of Effort (LOE) activities in Primavera P6 are typically used to define effort that in and of itself doesn’t generate a deliverable, but does incur labor/costs to the project. Items such as management, security or safety are ongoing and require resources but are not on the critical path. These overhead costs are usually not […]