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Tracy Mah

– Tracy has her B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology, as well as her MBA. Along with her analytical background and managerial experience, she is now specialized in IT-related business management and consulting project work. With over 3 years at CPM, she is primarily responsible for training and consulting for Primavera P6 project management software. She has trained hundreds of clients and provided implementation work to companies.

How to Schedule Multiple Projects with Different Data Dates in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on June 23, 2023. By Tracy Mah

A new Primavera P6 scheduling feature has been added to versions 20 and up. The feature gives you the ability to choose whether to use the same or different Data […]

Posted in P6, Primavera, Scheduling

Primavera P6 Professional Updates | What are the New Check Schedule Report Filters

Written on May 2, 2023. By Tracy Mah

What’s new in Primavera P6 Professional? We published an article, about the recently added Check Schedule Report tool in Primavera P6 Professional version 22. An additional feature was added to […]

Posted in Layouts, P6, Primavera, Project Management

How to Open Multiple Activities Windows in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on April 19, 2023. By Tracy Mah

Have you ever wished you could have an additional activity window while trying to view your project in Primavera P6 Professional? Wouldn’t it be useful to view to two sections […]

Posted in Layouts, P6, Primavera

Using the Check Schedule Report Parameters in P6 Professional to Improve Project Health

Written on April 10, 2023. By Tracy Mah

The ability to run a report called Check Schedule used to be only available in Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access. Now with the newest version of P6 Professional, release 22, […]

Posted in P6, Primavera, Project Management

How to Dissolve Activities with Lag in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on March 29, 2023. By Tracy Mah

The Dissolve Activity feature in Primavera P6 Professional was explained project in this article, How to Dissolve an Activity. The function allows the removal an activity while maintaining the relationship […]

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How to Dissolve an Activity in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on January 6, 2023. By Tracy Mah

What happens when you have a sequence of activities and you need to remove one of the activities? Normally in the Primavera P6 Professional project management software, you would manually […]

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Relationship Details Columns in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on December 12, 2022. By Tracy Mah

Project managers must determine the sequence of when work should be done during the project planning phase. The network logic is developed by first determining the work or activities that […]

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Primavera P6 Professional Baseline Date Added Feature

Written on December 1, 2022. By Tracy Mah

For over a decade, during my Primavera P6 online or in-person training courses, I try pass along any industry best practices I’ve encountered from my clients. One piece of advice […]

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How to Use Relationship Comments in Oracle Primavera P6 Professional

Written on November 21, 2022. By Tracy Mah

The ability to add Comments in Activity Relationships is a handy new feature added in Primavera P6 Professional release 20. In older versions of Primavera P6 there isn’t a convenient […]

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How to Add the User Defined Fields Tabs in Primavera P6 Professional

Written on November 7, 2022. By Tracy Mah

A relatively new feature was added in Primavera P6 Professional release 19. A User Defined Field (UDF) tab was added for the bottom Details tabs. What are UDFs? Often times […]

Posted in Activity Codes, P6, Primavera