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Dec 14, 2023
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Project Management…Words Matter
BlogWords matter. Even in project management.Words can carry meaning far beyond their formal definitions. Connotation and perception can have unintended consequences. Even basic project management terms can create misunderstandings that can disrupt or...
Dec 14, 2023
This Thursday: Northeastern University's Zoominar Project Management event titled "ROI Should Be King
Forum TopicThis Thursday, Dec 21, noon to 1pm, US Eastern Time (two days away!), I will be presenting Northeastern University's Evidence-Based Project Management Practice Roundtable event titled "ROI Should Be King (Because All Projects are Investments!)”. Sess...
Dec 19, 2023
LLM and Project Management - The Intelligence in AI is limited!
Forum TopicThe best known LMM (Large Language Model) is ChatGPT. The developers acknowledge ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers. Fixing this issue is challenging, as during the LLM training there is no single source ...
Dec 20, 2023
Critical Path Characteristics and Definitions
Forum Topic[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8564:]]I’m wondering what is causing the confusion appearing in so many posts lately concerning the definition of the critical path. Is it:A lack of knowledge?People being out of date and using superseded definitions?People not ...
Dec 29, 2023
Effective Time Management for Project Teams
Blog“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Peter Drucker Time is our only finite resource. We cannot buy it or create it. Therefore, we must spend it wisely. Effective time management is a critical pro...
Jan 8, 2024
Effective Time Management for Project Teams
Blog“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Peter Drucker Time is our only finite resource. We cannot buy it or create it. Therefore, we must spend it wisely. Effective time management is a critical pro...
Jan 8, 2024
Effective Time Management for Project Teams
Blog“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Peter Drucker Time is our only finite resource. We cannot buy it or create it. Therefore, we must spend it wisely. Effective time management is a critical pro...
Jan 8, 2024
Schedule Weighting using the top down estimation tool
Forum TopicHi AllI am having a challenge with weighting my schedule using top-down estimation. I have used the top-down estimation tool for a while now without any hastles but I am experiencing some issues this time around. I usually weight my WBS in the WBS wi...
Jan 10, 2024
Using WPM to augment CPM predictions
Forum TopicWe all know (or should know) that when a project is running late, the predicted completion date calculated by the ‘critical path method’ (CPM) at an update tends to be optimistic, and this bias remains true for predictions based on simple time analys...
Jan 11, 2024
Report to identify useless Dependencies
Forum TopicHi P6ers! I hope 2024 is a great year for you. Does anyone have a way of identifying if an activity has the same predecessor as SS and FF? Or more clearly, any report that identifies duplicated predecessors to another activity? Thanks, Rod
Jan 11, 2024
P6 Duration types and " Project Planned Start"
Forum TopicHi all, i have a couple of quesions. I would appreciate every one's input on this : 1- under primavera project detals tab and under dates, what is " project planned start" where it is reading from?2- I have searched a lot, but what are the different...
Jan 21, 2024
Corrupt database
Forum TopicHello, A friend got his P6 database corrupt and this is the error he receivesWhat could be the source of the error and is there any possible solution? Thanks,[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8577:]]
Jan 24, 2024
How to do a master plan for 3 projects in one master plan?
Forum TopicI have a question which I have been asked in an interview - How to do a master plan for 3 projects in one master plan? My guess was to make a one plan for each single project but I did not confirm my answer so I share this topics for discussion
Jan 30, 2024
P6 Cloud ver annoying, if you google help the non cloud vers always addressed but different...
Forum TopicIn P6 you could add a text column, and just put notes in them. The cloud ver evidently only has 1 notes column. Am I wrong? - lots of little annoying differences like that. How can I add more blank column fields to add sort order notes etc. There...
Jan 30, 2024
Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle
BlogShift-left is an Agile/DevOps call to action. It signaled the need to address quality sooner. As we adapt to the current dynamics, we should challenge standard paradigms and reevaluate when to execute project processes.Timing is crucial for success...
Feb 7, 2024
Calculate costs from units
Forum TopicHi everyone, just wondering is there any one who is not ticking these two options and if yes, can you tell my you won't tick the boxes for these two? What would be the difference? This is where you have your resources, under detail, profile.
Feb 11, 2024
Adding new activities to an exisitng P6 Baseline - without changing existing activity baseline
Forum TopicHi I hope someone can advise,I am creating a schedule which has 5 workstream leads doing different things, I would like to create a schedule that includes all their activities but they will not be available at the onset.I would like to add say workst...
Feb 11, 2024
calculation of cost for non labour resources assigned to all the project.
Forum TopicPlease some one can explain me How to calculate cost for non labour resources assigned to all the project with a given price/day.cost should be calculated even for the non worked day(week end).
Feb 14, 2024
Level of effort activity
Forum TopicGood morning all,please,could some one to explain me why:i have created a LOEF activity for rented non labor resource for a certain number of activities.i have created a base line for my plan.During the progress my plan shown a certain delay ,there f...
Feb 17, 2024