Detect changes made to calendars between two projects in P6
7 years 32 weeks agoThe Claim digger or Schedule Comparison is a widely used tool in P6 to compare between two projects and detect the differences.
One of the main shortage of the Claim Digger or the Schedule Comparison tool is detecting the changes in calendars.
The tool will not detect any revisions in calendars working hours or changing from Project to Global calendar if both have the same
Time: Conserving the Precious Resource
7 years 32 weeks agoTime is the dominant constraint on all projects. There is a constant race against the clock. Many projects have fixed completion dates determined by external forces. Projects that fall behind schedule, struggle to catch up. I have never met a project manager who said there was too much time.
"Time is also a unique resource. One cannot rent, hire, buy,
Egad! It is the Most Likely Schedule!
7 years 32 weeks agoMost Likely Schedule, what is it?
It is one of the questions asked more often in risk-based planning and scheduling (Related topic: Data Maturity, Quality and Project Integration). Project directors, managers, planners, and schedulers have to know what this term means.
Each time a scheduler tries to explain the concept, he easily gets lost in
Determine the longest path of a resource leveled schedule in P6
7 years 34 weeks agoUnfortunately when it comes to resources and resource leveling, P6 model is absolute. P6 doesn’t calculate the float correctly and the longest path will not be accurate since the late and early dates will not change after leveling.
Primavera P6 doesn’t take in consideration the new dates after the leveling in calculating the total float or the longest path, to illustrate further if we
The story behind the negative float in P6
7 years 34 weeks agoThe negative float is a very popular hot topic in the scheduling field and it’s generated when the late dates are less than the early dates and usually it’s accompanied with a delay in the project, and a lot of project management professionals think that the only reason for a negative float is because a constraint that has been used in the schedule. Although the first thing you look for when
Beyond Earned Value Management
7 years 34 weeks agoIf I asked you what the trickiest part of project management was for your enterprise, what would you say? If you answered managing the diverse projects in your portfolio – you’re not alone. Most businesses work on a variety of projects (whether it be different contract types, duration or dollar amounts) that can be categorized into four major tiers:
- Tier 1 – Projects
How do you put your project team in the zone?
7 years 35 weeks ago"Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." Vince Lombardi
When you hear about flow and being in the zone, you almost always associate that with sports. The performance improvement of an individual athlete or sports team is increasingly based on science and technology, along with the
How Baseline Dates are calculated in Primavera P6 for Earned Value Management
7 years 35 weeks agoPrimavera P6 give us an option to decide that Baseline date is equal to Planned date or Current date.
The main purpose of this option is for Earned Value calculation.
I’ll explain that option in this article.
We have a simple project containing 3 activities. Each activity is assigned resource A.
