Free Webinar: A Brief History of Portfolio and Project Management
Forum TopicAttend for free - A Brief History of Portfolio and Project ManagementFeb. 8, 12pm-1pm ET
Jan 24, 2017
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How To Assess Your PMO’s Performance
Forum TopicHere are 10 metrics can help you assess your performance as a PMO, and spot areas where you can increase the value and services you offer to your organization http://ow.ly/99jK308kRI4
Jan 25, 2017
ENQUEST what are they like? What tools do they use?
Forum TopicHiOur asset has just been annouced to be tupe'ed across to Enquest - any gen on Enquest?
Jan 25, 2017
Stacked Histograms in P6 Professional
Forum TopicHere's a great primer on how to do stacked histograms in P6 Professional http://ow.ly/rGcj308pw8v
Jan 27, 2017
multiple activities affected by a single risk
Forum TopicGood evening,I have been approached by a PM that I support who has asked a question of which i am unsure how to answer.The question is about applying a single risk against multiple schedule activitieswould the best approach be to breakdown the over a...
Jan 27, 2017
Diversity Risk in the Canadian Workplace
BlogA good understanding of diversity risk must be part of planning. The world is laden with so many cultures. Mixtures of these various norms creates a new norm that must be considered seriously.If we look in the past, multiculturalism has a long and wi...
Jan 30, 2017
Fixed Price Costs and Primavera P6 EPPM
Forum TopicHere's how to assign a firm fixed price (lump sum) costs to activities in Primavera P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/NYsL308uciu
Jan 30, 2017
Too many layouts and filters!!
Forum TopicHi all,We work in a massive single project with tens of thousands of activities. Multiple users create hundreds of global layouts and filters.I'm a relatively new user and haven't found an answer to these challenges ...Is there a way to set favorite ...
Jan 30, 2017
P6 Training on Youtube
Forum TopicAnyone make use of the P6 training posts in Youtube?Our ever-vigilant employer blocks Youtube but if there are some good resources, I'll take the time to download them and bring them in.Thanks.
Jan 30, 2017
P6 keep crashing
Forum TopicHello everyone,I have been using P6 v8.2 for a couple years but recently I found the software crashes more often when I do export/import, F5 and F9 for reschedule. The amount of schedules and people accessing the database have increased over the year...
Jan 31, 2017
Programme and Portfolio Reports
Forum TopicHi All,I would like to ask you if there are any standards for portfolio/programme controlling reports . I mean if I'm reporting organisation projects (a group of projects) ,especially interventions.For example: the indicators shall be limited to PMI...
Feb 1, 2017
Activities starting at the end of the shift
Forum TopicA couple on months ago somebody at work corrupted the most used calendar in the database. This has been rectified but I am now finding activities starting an the end of a shift rather than the start of the shift on the next day.I cant see why if the ...
Feb 2, 2017
Scheduling a Housing Project (600 Villas)
Forum TopicHello Experts,I will really appreciate if someone can help/guide me with scheduling strategy for the following query:Question: I have a project of 270 Villas having different types as follows:Type 4 = 255Type 6 = 15As per client's requirement WBS for...
Feb 2, 2017
P6 Nonlabor resource units multiply on import from another datebase
Forum TopicHiI've been a member for a long time now & found hints & tips very useful, here's my problem.P6 Nonlabor resource units multiply on import from another datebase.I used P6 and had to copy my project to a different computer. I have many resources & cos...
Feb 2, 2017
Addressing Microsoft Project Elapsed Time Lag Critical Path Issues
Forum TopicThis article demonstrates a way to model elapsed time lag and maintain a continuous critical path in Microsoft Project http://ow.ly/oNfP308DWXT
Feb 3, 2017
Update material resource units
Forum TopicHello everyone,I am trying to update my actual blockwork quantites in p6. My activity type is physical % complete. I have physical % complete values. I manually enter all these values to units %complete in the activity details resource field. I want ...
Feb 3, 2017
Best Practice For Assigning Formwork resource
Forum Topicwhat is the best practice to assign Form work resource in p6, i assign as material and fill in the budget units / time, but hthe issue is using budget units/time when tracking by month read the Qty. of formwork Muliplied by the duration for every ass...
Feb 4, 2017
Creating WBS in MSP
Forum TopicCan anybody help me in creating WBS for it.1.queplumbing, common results for plumbing, schedule of piping, meter and gauges, schedule for piping and pumps, schedule for fixtures, domestic water piping, booster pumps, water distribution, general duty ...
Feb 5, 2017
Budget distribution in Recovery Programme
Forum TopicHI,I made a recovery programme, developed from the latest update of the approved baseline programme. Budget is loaded in the programme. In the activity spreadsheet of the recovery schedule, the budget seems to be distributed not as per the dates. Man...
Feb 5, 2017
Making Sense of Agile
BlogThere has been a tectonic shift in how software is developed. Terms like Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, BDD, and TDD are new additions to the IT vocabulary. These new practices and related tools promise to significantly reduce the time and effort required to...
Feb 6, 2017