The new version of Primavera P6, r8.3, has been released recently, and one of the new features is a stand-alone software, called the Primavera P6 Visualizer. This software provides you with a visual, read-only version of the plans you’ve stored in the P6 database. The Primavera P6 Visualizer is a good choice for those team members who are not supposed to change anything in plans, but need to
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How To Export Primavera P6 Baselines to XER
How to Export Primavera P6 Baselines So, you have a project planned in Primavera P6 and you’re supposed to give a copy of it to someone. You export an XER file and the other party imports it. But where’s the baseline? We’ll discuss the way you can handle baselines in Primavera P6 in this article. The Nature of Primavera P6 Baselines A time schedule is supposed to be a dynamic and ever
Performance Percent Complete in Primavera P6 – The Missing Manual
In an ideal project monitoring setup, your project would record the planned progress and the actual progress in every control period. Planned progress is presented by the Schedule % Complete field. Actual progress is presented by Performance % Complete, which is the subject of this article. Performance % Complete is depended on many settings and intermediate values, including Activity %
Earned Value in P6 Briefly and Performance Percent Complete
The purpose of this article is not to explain the whole technique of Earned Value Analysis and the whole system of Earned Value Management; rather we will only discuss the minimums you need to know, in order to fully understand the calculations involved in the Performance % Complete field of Primavera P6.
P6 Percent Complete Types: How to Choose the Right One For Your Project
The appropriate selection of the P6 percent complete type depends on two factors: The nature of the activity The tracking limitations, monitoring and controlling needs, and project management preferences
Activity Percent Complete – The Missing Manual
Each activity has three types of percent complete in Primavera P6: Duration % Complete, Units % Complete, and Physical % Complete. These three fields were explained in previous articles. You should select one percent complete type for each activity. Activity percent Complete is a simplified and structured way of dealing with the selected percent complete field, for both reading and entering the
Physical Percent Complete in Primavera P6 – the Missing Guide
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There are three different methods of calculating the actual progress of activities: Duration Percent Complete, Units Percent Complete, and Physical Percent Complete. The first two are explained in the previous articles and this article will cover the last one, Physical % Complete. We will also discuss the ways of choosing the appropriate percent complete field in later articles, and will now
Units Percent Complete in Primavera P6 – the Missing Guide
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This article belongs to a series of articles about percent complete fields of Primavera P6. As explained in the previous article on the Duration % Complete, there are three percent complete fields for each activity: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete. We've already covered Duration % Complete and Schedule % Complete. This post will explore Units % Complete and
Duration Percent Complete in Primavera P6 – the Missing Guide
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There are many different methods for calculation of actual progress in Primavera P6. These methods involve using many fields and settings, including: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete Percent Complete Type Activity % Complete Performance % Complete Earned Value settings of the WBS Elements I will explain Duration % Complete in this article. Other fields
Schedule % Complete in Oracle Primavera – The Missing Guide (Part 2)
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If you missed Part 1 of Schedule % Complete in Oracle Primavera, go back now and have a read through. Then come back here. The Proper Setup : Baselined and Cost-loaded Now let’s see how Schedule % Complete works in action on a sample Primavera P6 plan. Since Schedule % Complete is based on both Project Baseline fields and Earned Value Cost fields, to calculate it properly, your schedule
Schedule % Complete in Oracle Primavera – The Missing Guide (Part 1)
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Schedule % Complete is one of the many percent completes you have in Primavera P6 and we’re going to have a complete look at what it is and how it is calculated. Two important products of maintaining schedules are planned progress and actual progress of a given time; you want to know how much you’ve done so far and compare it with how much you were supposed to do so far, in order to reach project
