How would you like to create a rolling date lookahead filter in Microsoft Project instead of using the default Date Range filter? Users of Primavera P6 are used to defining the criteria for lookahead filters using Data Date or Current Date and we can...
If you came into Primavera P6 from a Microsoft Project background, you would have noticed that actual dates have the suffix “A” appended to them, and constrained dates also have an asterisk appended. And milestones have a blank date field depending o...
Let’s be honest, most project schedules disappoint. They are unrealistic, complicated, and do not help guide execution. For decades, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and the critical path method have been the standard practices. Even with these pow...
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If your Primavera P6 schedule is set to use the Retained Logic for out of sequence activities and you notice that despite all the predecessors of an activity being 100% complete, the activity’s Start Date is not on the Data Date as one would expect o...
Today I’m going to show you how to get rid of gaps that appear after the data date for activities that are in progress in Primavera P6.To demonstrate this problem, assuming we have the dummy schedule shown below, a simple schedule with all activities...
I called an old colleague just to say “hello” and see how he was doing. We have worked together at different companies over the past dozen years. He is an inspirational finance executive and counted on me to implement his vision. After salutation...
In today's competitive era unplanned efforts swell up the complexity which intensifies the burden on students causing undue pressure. The solution is Study-Smart rather than Study-Hard. A successful life is no luck; it starts with honesty and depends...
PPM Core Project Portfolio Management Platform: Connect All Project Participants and Information in One PlaceBuilding the Future of Collaborative Project ManagementThe PPM Core project portfolio management platform integrates project data, tools, and...
You can not play football without using your feet. You can not play volleyball without using your hands. You can not take part in the Tour de France without a bicycle.Constraints are meaningful to a certain level, a little bit more and the plan is no...
Lean and Agile organizations have harnessed the power of the stand-up meeting as a valuable process tool. The stand-up is an efficient and effective way to communicate. It promotes transparency into the progress of work and highlights issues. The m...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/case-study-jabel-ali-refinery-shutdown-2016-mujahid-ali-akhtar/Hi, I wrote a case study for a major Shutdown in the past and would like to share in this group for feedback as well as for your information who are in the ...
Most organizational change efforts do not succeed. They fail to achieve the desired results. They are disruptive and sometimes leave the company worse-off. An oft-cited statistic is that 70% of organizational change efforts fail. This metric is a...
It is so easy to find connections and engage in business with others over LinkedIn or email – just click ‘connect’ and you’re done. However, nothing quite compares to old fashioned face-to-face conversations; you can easily make more progress in a 10...
Primavera Tips and TricksTracing logic to a targeted activity using Primavera P6Project Controls – Planning and SchedulingJuly 2018 By David H. Doughty, PSPIntroduction:In this post, I will show you how trace logic to a targeted activity on your proj...
Ben Franklin was a an American founding father, inventor, diplomat, and philosopher. He also wrote Poor Richard’s Almanacwhich contained information for farmers and timeless adages. When it comes to project management, two quotes come to mind:“An o...