Many organizations struggle with project portfolio management (PPM). On the face of it, portfolio management should be easy. We want to align our fi\unding decisions to the organization’s strategic objectives. Since budgets are limited, this becom...
Attached sample Primavera and MS Project schedule for reference http://projectplanner.in/projects/simple-building-project/
It defines limitations and it creates flexibility.We set boundaries by the breakdown. We define the limits of responsibility, how far an “accountable body” could go, to what extent he/she could be questioned, how their success would be measured and p...
Deliverables are responsibilities.Part of a Planner’s job is to help the team to IDENTIFY them.There is a common problem: Team members don’t know what the deliverables are exactly, so they are not sure how to define them, how to explain them, or how ...
Peter Drucker, arguably the father of modern management, said "What gets measured, gets managed.”As we manage projects, the activities that we measure need to be carefully selected in order to achieve our organisational goals. One of the issues of on...
Whether you’re writing for a university project or a corporate client at some point it’s likely that most professions will have you writing a report. While for most people it’s not their favourite part of the job, it is a necessary one. When it’s don...
In most organizations, communication is not a solution, it’s a problem.It doesn’t matter how much the “leadership team” emphasize its importance; create many channels: email, phone, Skype, meetings; add it to the core values of the organization, or r...
After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it’s very hard to distinguish WBS level. [[wysiwyg_imageupload:6262:]]I will show you how to color WBS level automatically so we can have report like in P6.Step 1:Follow this article to insert t...
“All good lessons come at a cost. Try to learn them inexpensively.” Howard ZuckerWhen I made a mistake as a child, my father would remind me that all lessons come at a cost. The goal was to learn them cheaply. I did not always follow this maxim. ...
By Yaser A. Al-Bustanji CPCM, ACIArb, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, November, 2017IntroductionOf the many different types of date fields in Oracle® P6™, the most controversial and misleading dates are, "Planned Start" and "Planned Finish" dates of the activi...
When create a schedule, we can based on Resource Productivity to estimate duration.For example:We have a team which can cast 10 m3 of concrete per day (This is Productivity)We have an Foundation which take 100 m3 concrete.Duration of Foundation activ...
By Yaser A. Al-Bustanji CPCM, ACIArb, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, November, 2017IntroductionThis article is a simple guide to understand the data stored in the P6 Original Duration fields that appear in all summary bands such as Project, WBS, Resources and...
Many of us are "knowledge workers." We do not physically create a product. We work in areas that are important to our enterprise, but do not directly serve customers. We work in finance, marketing, technology, or similar functions.As knowledge wor...
Kanbanis a versatile and powerful tool to help you manage your work. It can be used to track personal projects, complex operations and large programs; for example, it can be used to:Efficiently manage the flow of inventory in a factory,Help students ...
Knowledge Management(KM) is broadly defined as the process of creating and sharing information across the organization. Its goal is to enable learning. KM became a formal business disciple in the 1990s even though it dates back centuries. I believ...
Introduction:External pressures like Digital transformation, volatile economic situations, lower rates and changing political scenarios are somehow putting more pressure to stay competitive. Disintegration and lack of information flow in 360 degrees ...
There are numerous approaches to schedule updating but often times, the project still grapple with what to do when it comes time. Updating a schedule must adopt a clear and approved guideline or procedure reflecting the best practice and fit-for-purp...
The client company, through its representative, must review and give feedbacks to the contractor after receiving the schedule update/report. It is not only an expected feedback and input mechanism but also a responsibility. Return inputs (feedbacks) ...
Client feedbacks must be clear, with enough details yet to the point. This gives contractor their fair chance. The client expect the same from the contractor. All feedbacks must have a tracking mechanism in place. The accuracy of the schedule update ...