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Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

Informative tips & tutorials that discuss Project Controls & Project Management for the Construction, Engineering and Oil & Gas industries.

7 Earned Value Management Formulas To Know For Project Controls
Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management

7 Earned Value Management Formulas To Know For Project Controls

November 9, 2021September 16, 2024

As a project controls professional, one of the most important things to understand is that there are a huge number…

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6 Ways To Clean Up Your Primavera P6 Database Nightmare
Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management

6 Ways To Clean Up Your Primavera P6 Database Nightmare

October 27, 2021July 7, 2025

This is the first part in our series on Primavera P6 databases and data cleansing. Many of you work in…

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how to run a DCMA 14 point check
Construction | Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management | Software & Tech

What is the DCMA 14-point schedule assessment?

June 30, 2021July 4, 2025

In 2005, US Defense Contract Management Agency implemented a 14-point schedule assessment to help the Department of Defense evaluate the…

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How to show Critical Path
Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

How to Show the Critical Path in P6

June 21, 2021September 16, 2024

Not sure how to show the Critical Path in Primavera P6? Not sure if your project’s critical activities might be…

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Types of Schedule Delays in Construction Projects
Construction | Delay Analysis | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management

Types of Schedule Delays in Construction Projects

August 21, 2020August 1, 2024

A 2020 report on worldwide Construction Claims states the global average value of a construction delay dispute to be a…

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Benefits of Cost-Loading Construction schedule
Construction | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

Benefits of Cost-Loading Your Construction Schedule

June 19, 2020June 15, 2022

Should you cost-load your construction project schedule? What are the benefits of cost-loading your schedule? Whenever either construction Owners or…

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help your project controls team love online learning
Construction | General | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management

How To Help Your Project Controls Team Love Online Learning

March 18, 2020August 1, 2024

Offering online learning for a construction project controls team, to me, seems like a no-brainer. Project controls is tough work….

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Project Controller
General | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

Project Controller – What You Need to Know to Succeed

May 22, 2019October 18, 2019

Are you interested in starting a career as a Project Controller but not sure where to start or what it’s…

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Oracle Primavera P6 Reflections
Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

Use Primavera P6 Reflections To Merge Scenario Projects

March 10, 2019August 1, 2024

Reflection projects are a little-known but very handy feature in Primavera P6 Professional. A Primavera P6 Reflection project is essentially…

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13 Project Controls Books Every Project Controller Should Have In Their Library
Guides | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

24 Project Controls Books That Every Project Controller Should Have In Their Library

September 18, 2018July 7, 2025

Every industry has its publications that are held to that lofty status of go-to guides, and project controls is no…

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audit p6 global activity codes
Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

How to Audit Your Primavera P6 Global Activity Codes

August 19, 2018August 1, 2024

I had a very simple question posed to me in the Plan Academy Member’s Community area recently about auditing P6’s…

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Controlling Cost: Earned Value Management Basics
Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

How To Control Cost: Earned Value Management Basics

July 5, 2018October 18, 2019

Cost is one of the triple constraints in project management and one of the most important of every project. While…

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Greenfield And Brownfield Engineering
Construction | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

What Is Greenfield And Brownfield Engineering?

April 16, 2018October 18, 2019

Greenfield engineering or greenfield construction is the process of developing a new building or structure over a piece of land…

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5 tactics for project schedule communication
Construction | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials | Project Management

5 Tactics To Get Your P6 Project Taken Seriously

April 11, 2018August 1, 2024

The other day I spoke with a scheduler friend of mine by phone to see how his construction project was…

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Pulling Planning in Construction
Primavera P6 Tutorials | Project Controls Tips & Tutorials

Pull Planning or Traditional CPM – Here’s Why You Should Start Using Pull Planning

March 24, 2018August 1, 2024

One common question that is always present in every project conversation: how do you engage the stakeholders to provide their…

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