If you find that you needed to add a new activity code value to the activity codes list in Primavera P6, you can do so without having to go back to the Enterprise menu and using the Activity Codes dialog.
Accounting For Non-Work Intervals In Primavera P6
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 P6 Gantt Chart Attachments
Primavera P6 has a rather involved process of adding notebook topics to the Gantt chart, but if you are looking for a quick way to annotate the Gantt chart then read on.
Blank Screens and Dialogs in Primavera P6 Professional
Sometimes a software feature can be a great thing or a bad thing all at the same time. Primavera P6 Professional has one such feature that, for the most part is terrifically useful and timesaving, but for new users can cause a little anxiety when first encountered.
Scheduling the First Working Day in Primavera P6
[…] commence a specified number of days after the contract award or notice to proceed. The question is how best to schedule this first working day in a Primavera P6 schedule? Construction contracts often have clauses for the commencement, prosecution, and completion of work. Sometimes, the contract manager issues a notice to proceed, a formal […]
The Primavera P6 Professional Network Diagram
The Gantt chart is a powerful graphical presentation of your schedule. But did you know that Primavera P6 Professional also has an activity network diagram view that may better highlight the relationships between activities? No doubt the Gantt chart has revolutionized the project management field. It provides a compelling graphical presentation of schedule activities […]
Primavera P6: A Simplified Procedure For Scheduling Cure Time
Suppose you want to model the time required to cure concrete. There is more than one possible way to do this in Primavera P6. The simplest approach is to create a unique activity that is assigned a 7-day workweek calendar and that uses the schedules standard hours per day
Assigning a Project Specific Material Expense in Primavera P6 EPPM
In Primavera P6 EPPM, resources are great for assigning labor, non-labor and material generic resources to a schedule. However, if you have a subcontractor doing all the work on a task at a fixed price
Primavera P6 Displaying Two Baselines on the Gantt Chart
Suppose you wanted to display two baselines on the Gantt chart: one baseline for measuring progress since the commencement of the project and another baseline for measuring the current month’s progress. You can do this in Primavera P6.
Displaying A Gantt Chart Total Float Bar in Primavera P6
Recently in a training class, one of our instructors was asked how to display a Gantt Chart Total Float bar in Primavera P6. Rather than writing step-by-step instructions, we decided to create a short video showing how to do it live. This video show you how to create the Total Float bar and use […]