Primavera P6 has a rather useful feature that allows you to suspend work on an activity and display that suspension on the Gantt chart. Here is an example scenario. You have an excavation project to dig a trench. During the excavation process
Primavera P3 to P6 Conversion Service Guidelines
The following article describes some guidelines for providing Ten Six Consulting with P3 backup files in order to convert your projects to Primavera P6. Please read these guidelines before exporting your P3 project(s).
How To Filter Activities in Primavera P6
After you’ve created your Primavera P6 schedule, there may be times when you want to view only a selection of the activities in it; particularly if it is a large schedule. This article looks at some basic techniques for filtering activities
Microsoft Project Export from Primavera P6 Now Working
At the very beginning of 2014 we published an article concerning some missing relationships with the Export to Microsoft Project XML feature in Primavera P6; at the time using P6 R8.3.0. With the October 2014 release of Primavera P6 R8.4 however, those shortfalls have been addressed
Applying Hard Constraints to a Schedule in Primavera P6
When do you apply hard or soft constraints in Primavera P6? This is a question I had recently while working with a client and while there are no hard and fast rules as project specific circumstances can differ, here are some guidelines that may help. Many times the project schedule is influenced by certain
Full Monte 2014 for P6 Version 1.1 Now Supports SQLite
Barbecana has announced the immediate availability of Full Monte 2014 for P6 version 1.1. This update to Full Monte for P6 schedule risk analysis supports the new Primavera P6 8.4 release from Oracle. One of the changes with Primavera P6 Professional R8.4
Primavera P6: Showing Relationship Arrows between Schedule Activity Bars and Not Baseline Bars
In a training class last week, one attendee asked how to switch the relationship arrows from connecting the baseline bars to connecting the current progressing schedule activity bars. Once the project has been baselined and progress has been entered, you will notice that the relationship
How To Downgrade Internet Explorer (IE) 11 to IE 10 Or Earlier
For companies implementing Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Portfolio Project Management (EPPM) R8.3.2 or earlier, you will need to downgrade your user base to IE 10. P6 EPPM is not supported and doesn’t work with IE 11. Whatever your reasons for needing to downgrade, the following steps show
Primavera P6 EPPM Tested Configurations and Other Documents
In the more recent releases of Oracle Primavera P6, the documentation media package zip file no longer contains documentation. All you will find is one document entitled ‘where_to_get_documentation.pdf’.
Primavera P6 Professional R8.4 Standalone Installation Overview
With the release of Primavera P6 revision 8.4, you now have the option to run the Professional client as a standalone configuration using the SQLite database as its data repository. This has made the installation of standalone Primavera P6 Professional clients quicker and easier for everyone, whether or not your