[…] color makes all the difference. Let’s discuss setting a node band themes style and color features to make working in the Enterprise Project Structure view more efficient. Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) release 18.8 has an Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) data structure for organizing projects in a hierarchy. The EPS consists of […]
Primavera P6 and Ordinal Gantt Chart Dates
Sometimes a project you are scheduling in Primavera P6 does not have an approved start date or the start date is unknown. To avoid confusion in these situations, many folks don’t want to display calendar dates on the Gantt chart. Instead they want to plan using calendar ordinal dates. In most scheduling situations you […]
BI Publisher Fundamentals for Primavera P6 Online Training Classes
Today we’re announcing our first series of open training classes for our Business Intelligence Publisher Fundamentals for Primavera P6 (Oracle 11g) online
Timescaled Logic Diagrams in P6 Visualizer
[…] Gantt charts and Timescaled Logic Diagrams (TSLD) display schedule network logic, but TSLD charts provide a more distinct grouping of activities by deliverable. Let’s explore this further. Primavera P6 Visualizer is a schedule graphing and comparison tool that comes as a separate module in P6. The Visualizer comparison feature is helpful for pinpointing the […]
Actual Cost Calculations in Primavera P6
Actual cost calculations in Primavera P6 Professional do not always update during scheduling to match the resulting Activity % Complete values. That is a problem, so let’s investigate the P6 actual cost calculations. If you want the Actual Cost of an activity to update when the activity duration progresses, toggle on the resource assignments […]
Disappearing Activity Codes in Primavera P6 Professional
Just so you know, if you’re planning to rename any activity code in Primavera P6 Professional, it will disappear from any saved layouts.
Primavera P6 Physical Percent Complete Progress Type and Summaries
[…] a comment asking “is it possible to “roll up” or summarize physical % complete values at the Work Breakdowns Structure (WBS) element level?” Let’s explore this question. Primavera P6 Professional has three different percent complete types for measuring the progress of activities: duration, units, and physical. The ‘duration % complete’ type is the simplest, […]
Primavera P6 EPPM Scheduling Privileges with Limited Project Data Privileges
[…] the work breakdown structure (WBS), a student asked whether a user limited to a single WBS element could recalculate the schedule. Here we explore that question. The Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) Administrator portions user privileges to project data within the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). In particular, […]
5 Reasons to Outsource Project Scheduling
[…] role, they will complete a full handover and induction for your new hire for a smooth transition. 5. You have a skill gap in the team for Primavera P6 application or technical consultants Finally, while you might have brilliant people on the team, let’s say this contract requires you to use Primavera P6 software, […]
How to Map Resource Assignments to a Specific Cost Class for Import into Deltek Cobra
[…] have to set up multiple budget classes in Cobra and multiple rate sets. Also we needed to create a custom field at the resource assignment level in Primavera P6. This was used to map into Cobra budget classes during the integration of the baselined IMS. First and foremost, to map resource assignments to a […]