Guest Author: Vivien Goldstrong The construction industry is one of the most important, crucial and on-going industries in the world. With the continuous increase of population, construction projects are essential for providing homes, work places, underground transportation and homes’ essential facilities (such as: water, gas, electricity, drainage, etc ). Furthermore, the construction industry holds the record […]
There are more and more project management tools becoming available as online services or as software packages. They offer the same service as each other – to plan and manage your project with ease. You may be wondering why you would choose Primavera P6 over other project management tools for scheduling your projects. It is because […]
S-curves are an important tool for any project manager because they track the project visually over time. The ability to visually analyze progress allows project managers to make projections and adjustments to schedules by identifying growth, deviations, and potential problems. If you are using Primavera P6, Asta Project, or MS Project, there is an extremely […]
Your company was awarded a contract to build a spectacular new project. But, you’ve been left in the lurch. Your boss said, “Here you go, Bob. Good luck!” Now you’ve got to deliver this project on time and within the budget set out in the contract. Here are a few tips to start your project […]
Project managers go under fire from stakeholders and project sponsors when their project is late. Their P6 software is telling them that they are on-time but in reality they are behind schedule. So why is it happening so often? Because they are using objective opinions and updates from workers and contractors on-site who do not […]
Constraints in P6 are used to control and adjust the schedule to meet real world requirements. You can use constraints to control the entire project (Project Constraints) or individual activities (Activity Constraints). Constraints can also be categorized as hard or soft. Hard Constraints are used to reflect real dates that must be met in the […]
Primavera P6 has proven abilities to be extremely customizable with its interface. You can configure the layout of the screen and can freeze these settings into an option that you can access later in a menu. This will become really helpful when you need to do quick analysis or to quickly input or find the […]
It just isn’t easy when you inherit a project in P6 with thousands upon thousands of activities and you’re the one asked to tidy things up and see why the schedule has not been calculated properly. Although it’s convenient to have limitless data storage in the software, the reality of cleaning up someone else’s mess […]
Just recently, our partner/STO specialist, Ej (Ted) Lister of STONavigator, developed a whitepaper on Dynamic Scheduling Methodology for Primavera P6. Ted discusses the context of DSM and key benefits, highlighting from his own extensive knowledge and experience of the industries he has worked in. In this paper, Ted also explains the 3 Principles of a […]
The out-of-sync baseline is actually a common issue that you will run into once you get comfortable scheduling and start getting more experience using Oracle’s Primavera P6 software. This was actually one of the first problems I had tackled with a client’s schedule as well – it was daunting to say the least. The size […]
