Can I zoom in Primavera P6?
How do you zoom in Primavera P6 when presenting your schedule online during a Teams or Zoom call? Here is a workaround…
Pasting Dates into Excel from Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 & the 2029 Rule in Excel
Paste or enter a 2 digit year (yy) date later than 2029 into Excel and you might notice that Excel converts it into a 19yy date instead of 20yy.
Display Number of Weeks from Project Start Date instead of Start & Finish Dates in P6
Steps to follow if you want to display number of weeks from the Project Start Date instead of Start & Finish dates in a Primavera P6 schedule layout.
One way to highlight activities that are behind schedule on Primavera P6 Gantt Chart
Learn how to set-up a layout for highlighting activities that are behind baseline finish dates on a Primavera P6 Gantt chart.
Understanding the Logic Paths in Multi-Calendar P6 Schedules
This paper is a deep dive into the Multiple Float Paths calculation in Primavera P6.
How to Produce a Report in Primavera P6 with Baseline Details for Multiple Projects
How to produce a report in Primavera P6 that shows baseline details, such as Baseline Name, Baseline Data Date, Assigned Baselines etc., for multiple projects in a Portfolio.
Role of Schedule Diagnostics and P6, Powerproject & MS Project Comparison
Has the proliferation of schedule diagnostics tools contributed to successful project delivery and how do Primavera, Powerproject & Microsoft Project compare against each other?
Filter for Primavera P6 Activities with Lags
Here is a quick tip showing how to create a filter for activities with lags in a Primavera P6 schedule
Connect Primavera P6 XER file to Power BI
Turbo charge your schedule performance reports by getting your Primavera P6 data into Microsoft Power BI with this guide
Using The Leveling Functionality in Primavera P6
This article explains how to use the leveling functionality in Primavera P6.
The Inner Workings of Oracle/Primavera P6
This paper has one of the best explanation of the different date fields in P6 with detailed explanation of the different calculations performed by P6 during each time analysis.
P6 Professional Importing and Exporting Guide
The P6 Professional Importing and Exporting Guide from Oracle contains detailed information about P6 import and export formats and the process of importing and exporting data.
Reviewing Resource Leveled Schedules Using P6
In this must read paper, the renowned Ron Winter explains how to effectively review an automatically resource levelled Primavera P6 schedule and issues to watch out for in the review.
How to remove suffixes from actual and constrained dates in Primavera P6
Display your P6 dates without the “A” or “*” suffixes that come with actual and constrained dates. Also, display both start & finish dates for milestones.
10 LinkedIn Profiles Project Planners and Schedulers Should Follow
Are you a Project Planner or Scheduler looking for how to enrich your LinkedIn feed? Then, allow me to recommend these 10 LinkedIn profiles of SMEs and MVPs.
An easy way to trace out of sequence activities in Primavera P6
Does the start date of an activity that has not started or finish date of an activity in-progress in Primavera P6 not look right? You might have an out of sequence activity in your schedule network, so follow this tip to easily identify the activity.
How to display Primavera P6 dates in mmm-yy format
If you ever want to exclude the day portion of a date in a Primavera P6 schedule so that you are left with only the month & year portions of a date, then this tutorial is for you.
One way to use Expenses for lumpsum cost in Primavera P6 to generate data for S-curves
Learn how to use Expenses for lumpsum cost in Primavera P6 to generate data for use in Excel to plot progress s-curves when you cannot use resources to generate the data.