If you’re considering Earned Value (EV) as a way to develop better project governance, then you’ll know what an undertaking it is to shift the organizational mindset towards that way of working. Even when you have buy-in at the top levels, you still need to embed a different way of managing projects in the teams […]
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Using Reflections in Primavera P6 Professional
Are you looking to experiment with schedule changes in a way that allows you to later decide whether or not to make those changes permanent? If so, you may want to become familiar with a pretty cool P6 feature. Primavera P6 reflections. Reflection is a feature in Primavera P6 Professional that provides you a way […]
Setting up a Baseline in Microsoft Project 2013
If you are not sure how to set up a baseline to measure project progress in Microsoft 2013 then you may find this article very helpful. After completion of the initial planning phase of the project, where the tasks
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
Schedule Baselines In Primavera P6
After completion of the initial planning phase of the project, where the activities, activity durations, and activity relationships have been successfully entered and scheduled, it is time to make a baseline of the project. The baseline is a complete copy
Milestone Performance Evaluation Tools
There has been increased interest in developing the ability to objectively assess a Program/Project executing team’s ability to successfully meet their Integrated Management Plan (IMP) goals. Using the Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
Primavera P6 Baseline Backups
Keeping your Primavera P6 database lean and mean is a good idea, but it can be challenging in production environments where you need to keep a good audit trail of project status using baseline snapshots.
Restoring and Converting Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional
Managing Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional is a slightly different process than you would encounter in file based tools such as Microsoft Project. When you save a baseline in Microsoft Project,
Identifying Activities That Do Not Exist In The Primavera P6 Project Baseline
Recently, one of our clients wanted a Key Performance Indicator that provided the percentage of Activities added to the current Primavera P6 plan since the last baseline was created. Tools like Schedule Comparison or Claim Digger will provide a list of Activities that are in the