You may want to provide specific details about a deliverable in your schedule. This is possible using WBS notebook topic assignments in Primavera P6 Professional. Similar to a statement of work (SOW) the schedule may provide details or specifications of project related products or deliverables. The outstanding question is how can these specifications be included […]
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Video – Developing a WBS in Primavera P6
A WBS in Primavera P6 is the cornerstone in the planning of a multi-step project as it defines the project scope. It is a hierarchical tree structure that outlines the project and breaks it down into smaller, more manageable portions, visually detailing the deliverables within a project. A WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is built by […]
Developing a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6
Building a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6 is a fairly simple process as long as you capture all the deliverables. In our example below, we have been given a contract to deliver a new search feature for a software tool. So how do we ensure we capture all the deliverables for this contract? We’ll […]
5 WBS Problems and How to Fix Them
Understanding the project scope is one of the key things that leads to success in the project later on. After all, if you don’t know what you are supposed to deliver, you can’t deliver it! The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a tool that we teach on our project management training courses to help teams […]
The Work Package
The Work Package During the process of creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) you want to keep a “blind eye” toward project activities. Only after the WBS is thoroughly decomposed, do you consider the activities or efforts required to produce those WBS elements. Let’s take a closer look at this. One of the seven habits […]
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6
Creation of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an important step in the scheduling process and here we show you how to create a WBS in Primavera P6 Professional. The WBS essentially is a hierarchical breakdown of all the project deliverables. A deliverable is an end product or service that the project is producing. In […]
Primavera P6 EPPM’s Work Breakdown Structure
Many project failures are traceable back to a poorly defined or even nonexistent Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) software supports the development of a quality WBS, which is important for project success. The P6 EPPM WBS is a deliverable-oriented grouping of project elements or, in other words, a breakdown […]
How To Expand Levels in Deltek Acumen
This article looks at a simple and quick way to expand levels in Deltek Acumen of a project in the S1 // Projects and S3 // Risk tabs of Deltek Acumen. Since we started offering training for the Deltek Acumen suite, we have had a number of frustrated customers who were looking for a way to […]
How To Perform A Top-down Estimate In Primavera P6
Performing a top-down estimate in P6. Every project comes with budget, and often with a firm fixed price or not to exceed clause to boot. As a scheduler the challenge is it make the work fit the budget. Primavera P6 Professional supports Top Down Estimating to assist you in making the project fit the budget. […]
Primavera P6 and Line Numbers
If you are collaborating with other stakeholders using Primavera P6, you may want to display the Primavera P6 line numbers on the schedule layout for easy reference. Large projects, particularly, would benefit from line numbers to make for easy reference of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements and activities. A layout including line numbering would also […]