The other day I spoke with a scheduler friend of mine by phone to see how his construction project was coming along. From the moment I asked question “So how is the project going?” I could hear that something was up. “Good…. It’s fine. Things are moving.” “Still making progress?” “Yeah, sure.” He answered. But I could hear the frustration in his voice. I dug a bit deeper to see just
Great Tutorials and Videos on Progressing Projects in Primavera P6
Check out our tutorials and videos on progressing projects using Primavera P6 scheduling software.
How to Trace Out of Sequence Activities in Primavera P6 Professional
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Ever had a situation where all predecessors of an activity are 100% complete but the activity’s Start date isn't pushed to the Data Date as expected? Similarly, you might also see the activity's Finish date is much later than the it's remaining duration from Data Date? If you answered yes then this quick tip might help you trace the offending activity cause these problems. THE PROBLEM To
How To Remove Actuals From A Primavera P6 Schedule
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Though not a widely recommended practice, there are times when one might want to de-progress or remove actuals from a Primavera P6 schedule. Some reasons for wanting to return a schedule after weeks or months of progress updates to its state at Project Start are: Baseline not being set before applying actuals Wrong or no resource assignments applied when baseline was set Wrong logic
Use Expected Finish in Primavera P6 to Speed Updates
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I'd love to see some stats on the average size of a Primavera P6 schedule. I've never come across any stats, but based on experience and lots of consulting and web-research, it's pretty clear that today's project schedules are the chunky big brother to their slim and compact sibling of 10 or 15 years ago. Schedules are becoming bloated with data. Why? We have computers & software that
Measuring Project Progress : 6 Methods You Should Know
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Accurately measuring the progress of a project is always a challenge. There are many factors to account for in a progress update - type of measurement, accuracy of the data, and the system of record are all important factor in accurate progress measurements. Software packages like Primavera P6 don't always help us out. Sure there a 3 choices for Percent Complete Types, but how to we decide
What in the World is an S-Curve? [In under 100 words]
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An S-curve is a graph of the expenditure of project resources over time. Typical S-curves graph either costs or resource hours over time. The S-curve graphs the cummulative value of expenditures on the y-axis, giving the graph it's S shape. S-curves will often graph planned values, with the actual curve overlayed for comparison. The real benefit of the S-curve is that it shows the total value at
Level of Effort and Percent Complete
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A Level of Effort activity is used primarily to resource-load an ongoing support activity in Primavera P6 schedule. It's a handy activity type. We've previously sighted some example activities you might use a Level of Effort activity type for, such as: project management activities equipment maintenance activities client meetings These are all considered support-type activities; they
Here’s A Quick Way To Keep Your Milestones in Focus in Primavera P6
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Milestone Activities in any schedule usually represent the most important deadlines, deliveries, start ups or drop-dead dates for a project. These are undeniably dates that you’ll want to stay on top of and keep close at hand in case you’re asked for a report or to check on the health of the project. But it can be difficult to search for milestones in a large schedule, and at the least it may take
Handling Out of Sequence Progress in an Updated P6 Schedule
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What is Out of Sequence Progress in Primavera P6? Out of Sequence Progress occurs from a deviation in the original planned logic that was set up in the baseline schedule. It can occur when work is executed in the field in a different order than was planned in the schedule. The result can affect your project's logic, which dictates the order of execution of activities. Checking for Out of
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
Approve Updates from Subcontractors using Reflection Projects in Oracle Primavera [Video]
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Featured this week is a great way to use Primavera P6 Reflection projects. If you've perused our other Primavera P6 tutorials, you may already know reflection projects are great for working with and managing scenarios. But they can also provide a way to preview and selectively approve activity updates from sub-contractors or other groups. The key to getting project updates to merge back to a
Use A Level Of Effort To Add Work Stoppage Info To A Project and Still Track To Your Primavera Baseline
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Typically when we develop a schedule we assume that an activity can be finished uninterrupted once it has commenced. But, sometime events occur which force the work on the activity to stop. This could range from wet weather to a change in design. Additionally, there might be times when you want to add additional network logic. In most cases, it is desirable to maintain the original Activity ID
Video Tutorial: Activity Splitting in P6 Using User Defined Fields
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Primavera doesn't have a feature to split a planned activity. It does have "Suspend" and "Resume" fields for statusing an activity with a break in the middle. But as for splitting planned activities in Oracle Primavera, we have to get creative to make it happen. One way to split an activity is using User Defined Fields to display the split on the Gantt Chart. I'm using a special Gantt bar -
