Baseline-to-Current-Schedule Float Erosion Don’t just see what is critical. Track float erosion to spot tasks in danger of becoming critical or worse. Let’s take a look. Comparing the current schedule against its baseline is the foundation of schedule performance reporting. By measuring the exact gap between baseline and current dates, a true schedule comparison reveals […]
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Why Your Schedule’s Logic Matters More Than Its Dates Ask most people what a Primavera P6 schedule *is*, and they’ll describe a Gantt chart, a wall of bars stretched across a calendar. That’s a fair mental picture, but it’s also a little misleading. The Gantt chart is the schedule’s face and what it shows depends
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Sometimes project managers will be required to make tough calls under pressure. Project management is full of choices. Some are easy. Sometimes it feels like a lose-lose situation no matter how you spin it. You’re managing a budget, resource constraints, team morale and so many other variables all in one job. With the project pace,
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Why P6 is Used to Manage Complex Turnaround Schedules Today we’re taking a look at turnaround schedules. If you’ve ever been anywhere near a refinery, gas plant or offshore platform during a turnaround, you know it’s a different beast entirely. A shutdown isn’t just “another project.” It’s thousands of interdependent tasks, a small army of
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Using Fragnets in Primavera P6 Fragnets save time by reducing data re-entry but using them unlocks other strategic advantages. If you are building a schedule for multiple pumps that all share the same logic sequence, such as testing and commissioning, typing out that workflow for every single asset is highly inefficient. Instead, it is better
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Working with external teams like freelancers, vendors, subs and consultants is a different game than managing your own crew. You’re not in control of their schedule. You can’t pop by their desk. Sometimes you cannot gauge if they understand what it is that’s being asked of them. Yet, you are still responsible for the resulting
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A project schedule might look fine on the surface, but that doesn’t mean it’s truly reliable. Here are ten warning signs your schedule might not be as solid as it looks — and what to do about them. 1. You can’t explain the critical path without checking the software Do you know what tasks are
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Let’s be real, project meetings can have a bad reputation. Oftentimes, it’s deserved. They can be too long, vague and full of people who don’t need to be there. But for the project manager, meetings can be your playing field. They’re where clarity is built, decisions are made and momentum is either fueled or completely
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Start-to-Finish (SF) relationships say one task cannot conclude until the former task starts. Its application is limited, but it may fit well in the right scenario. Let’s take a look. The SF relationship specifies that a successor task cannot finish until its predecessor begins. It is difficult to find a scenario where the SF relationship
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Oftentimes, cross industry collaboration is hard. In our business, IT and construction teams do not always see eye to eye. The nature of their daily jobs is vastly different, one dealing in code and the other in heavy equipment and materials. However, these industries are collaborating more and more each day. Cross industry collaboration is
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