In Primavera P6, we can quickly identify behind schedule and over budget activity by using graphical indicator in User Defined Field.
I will show you how to do it.
Supposed that we have a project which has baseline. After update progress, we can show these column the see whether an activity is behind schedule:
- BL Project Finish : Activity finish date from Project Baseline
- Variance - BL Project Finish : Duration between BL Project Finish date and current Finish date. Calculated as BL Project Finish - Finish
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Now we will create Indicator.
Go to menu Enterprise -> User Defined Fields.
Click Add to create new.
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Enter Title and Select Data Type : Indicator
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Close dialog.
Go to menu Tools -> Global Change. Click New.
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Enter data as in below picture:
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Click on Change button. Then Commit Change button
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Click OK and Close.
We will show the Indicator column.
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Now we can quickly see what activity is behind schedule:
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We can do in similar way for the Cost.
We can show these column the see whether an activity is over budget:
- Budget At Completion : Cost from Project Baseline
- At Completion Total Cost = Actual Total Cost + Remaining Total Cost
- Variance - BL Project Total Cost : is calculated as Budget At Completion - At Completion Total Cost
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Create User Defined Field : On Budget Status:
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Create new Global Change with below information:
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Click on Change button. Then Commit Change.
We will show the Indicator column.
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Now we can quickly see what activity is over budget:
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About the Author : Khuong Do
Khuong Do is a Project Planner / Scheduler in Civil Engineering, Transportation, and Oil & Gas Industry. He has worked as a Primavera Consultant Specialist since 2006 and willing to share his passion for Primavera through lots of Tips & Trick on his personal blog : https://doduykhuong.com [14]