Project Management according to Google Autocomplete
Ever wonder how project management is portrayed according to the globally charged search engine Google? At times you don’t quite…
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What in the World is an S-Curve? [In under 100 words]
An S-curve is a graph of the expenditure of project resources over time. Typical S-curves graph either costs or resource…
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Setting Up LOEs and Resource Loading Them
Introduction I would like to introduce the use of Level of Effort (LOE) activities to resource load a schedule. This…
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Understand Hard Constraints vs Soft Constraints [in under 100 words]
Primavera P6 supports 2 types of constraints; hard constraints and soft constraints. In Primavera P6, “Mandatory” constraints are hard constraints….
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4 Reasons Users Might Refuse to Use Your Integrated Primavera P6 System
I remember a gift I bought my parents once – a motorized corkscrew that promised to make opening a bottle…
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Oracle Releases Primavera Prime – New Cloud-Based PPM Solution
This past week, Oracle announced a new product offering under the Primavera banner – Oracle Primavera Prime. Although details are…
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Import an XER File From a Newer Version of Primavera P6
To import a newer version XER file to an older version of Oracle Primavera P6 installed on your computer, follow…
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The Big Problem with Primavera P6 Calendars And How To Fix It
Primavera P6 Calendars have a big problem and it becomes a major pain in the butt as your list of…
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5 Things You Should Know About Primavera P6 Calendars
Primavera P6 has a pretty smart scheduling engine built-in, but it’s not quite smart enough to know what time to…
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Critical Path vs Longest Path
When it comes to your project’s Critical Path, there are few topics more important to your client. The expectation is…
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How can I force an activity onto my project’s Critical Path?
Last week, I taught a Primavera P6 training course to some great folks in frosty Fort McMurray. As often happens,…
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7 Ways to Grow Your Project Management Smarts
Nov 7th is the 9th annual International Project Management Day. International Project Management Day is a day to be…
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Level of Effort and Percent Complete
A Level of Effort activity is used primarily to resource-load an ongoing support activity in Primavera P6 schedule. It’s a…
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Graphing a P6 Resource S-Curve in Excel
In my previous tutorial in this series, I described the procedure to export resource assignment data from P6 to Excel. Most…
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What is Primavera P6 Visualizer?
The new version of Primavera P6, r8.3, has been released recently, and one of the new features is a stand-alone…
