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How Advando Provides Specialized Project Management and Control Solutions for...

Plant turnarounds in the power generation, oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, pulp and paper, mining and minerals, utilities, and manufacturing sectors are critical yet complex undertakings...

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How to see Resource Units on the Histogram Bars in Primavera P6 Professional

An enhancement to the histogram bars was added in Primavera P6 Professional versions 20 and newer. The resource and activity histogram views can be enabled to have their exact values labeled above the...

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How to Schedule Multiple Projects with Different Data Dates in Primavera P6...

A new Primavera P6 scheduling feature has been added to versions 20 and up. The feature gives you the ability to choose whether to use the same or different Data Dates when scheduling multiple opened...

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Primavera P6 Professional Updates | What are the New Check Schedule Report...

What’s new in Primavera P6 Professional? We published an article, about the recently added Check Schedule Report tool in Primavera P6 Professional version 22. Figure 1: Check Schedule Report in...

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How to Open Multiple Activities Windows in Primavera P6 Professional

Have you ever wished you could have an additional activity window while trying to view your project in Primavera P6 Professional? Wouldn’t it be useful to view to two sections of the project activities...

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Using the Check Schedule Report Parameters in P6 Professional to Improve...

The ability to run a report called Check Schedule used to be only available in Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access. Now with the newest version of P6 Professional, release 22, the Check Schedule report can be...

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How to Dissolve Activities with Lag in Primavera P6 Professional

The Dissolve Activity feature in Primavera P6 Professional was explained project in this article, How to Dissolve an Activity. The function allows the removal an activity while maintaining the...

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How to Dissolve an Activity in Primavera P6 Professional

What happens when you have a sequence of activities and you need to remove one of the activities? Normally in the Primavera P6 Professional project management software, you would manually delete the...

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Relationship Details Columns in Primavera P6 Professional

Project managers must determine the sequence of when work should be done during the project planning phase. The network logic is developed by first determining the work or activities that must be...

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Primavera P6 Professional Baseline Date Added Feature

For over a decade, during my Primavera P6 online or in-person training courses, I try pass along any industry best practices I’ve encountered from my clients. One piece of advice I consistently...

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How to Use Relationship Comments in Oracle Primavera P6 Professional

The ability to add Comments in Activity Relationships is a handy new feature added in Primavera P6 Professional release 20. In older versions of Primavera P6 there isn’t a convenient way to document...

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How to Add the User Defined Fields Tabs in Primavera P6 Professional

A relatively new feature was added in Primavera P6 Professional release 19. A User Defined Field (UDF) tab was added for the bottom Details tabs. What are UDFs? Often times project managers need...

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What are the Differences Between Versions of Primavera P6?

What Do the Different Primavera P6 Version Numbers Mean? When people refer to Primavera P6 they also mention the version of the project management scheduling software they are using as well. Sometimes...

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How to Tell Which Activities Have a Constraint in Primavera P6 Professional

First off, what is a Constraint in Oracle’s Primavera P6? Constraints are date restrictions placed on activities throughout the project. Each activity’s start and finish dates are calculated in the...

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How to Show Line Numbers in Primavera P6 Professional

Have you ever wanted a faster way to reference specific activities instead of using their unique identifiers in Primavera P6 Professional? Large projects with a complex Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)...

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Canada Job Grant Provides Funding for Training

Federally sponsored funds are available for companies to train and develop their work force. Companies can receive up to $10,000 per employee to help with training costs of their employees. The...

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Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access ‘Check Schedule’ Tool

Project managers can use a built-in tool in Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access to analyze the project schedule. Industry guidelines provide 14 metrics to make qualitative and quantitative evaluations to...

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How to Run the ‘Check Schedule’ Tool in Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access

Primavera P6 EPPM Web Access has a built-in tool that produces a detailed report on the project schedule based on 14 different metrics. The Check Schedule tool allows project managers to select which...

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Primavera P6 Calendars, Activity Durations and Hours per Time Period Explained

After creating a calendar in Primavera P6, additional steps need to be taken to ensure the durations entered for the activities are correct. Project managers and schedulers may have encountered...

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Using Stored Images in Primavera P6

Stored images is a relatively new feature that was introduced in version 18 of Primavera P6. Prior to version 18, Primavera P6 did not have options for storing images, and users would have to insert...

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