Eastwood Harris Articles
Microsoft Project Delay Analysis Techniques
Many construction contracts specify that a delay must be calculated from the critical path of a program. Often project programs are completed Microsoft and therefore to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs to add delays to the program to evaluate the delay. If you...
Oracle Primavera P6 Resource Cost Calculations for LOE and WBS Tasks
It was brought to my attention recently that when LOE and WBS Summary tasks have progress that the resource units are updated but the costs are not. If you wish to understand why this happens and how to resolve this issue please read this article I have written by...
What’s New in Oracle Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM Professional
What’s New in Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM Professional
What’s New in Oracle Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM
Oracle released Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM for download from their eDelivery web site in late 2020. I have written a document that expands on the documents published by Oracle and outlines the changes a PPM user will see in the software and add some comments on the...
ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 DELAY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Many construction contracts specify that a delay must be calculated from the critical path of a program. Often project programs are completed in Oracle Primavera P6 and therefore to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs to add delays to the program to demonstrate...
What are Oracle Primavera P6 External Dates?
P6 has dates that are called External Dates. Do you know that they are a constraint, they may significantly change your program and may be created without you knowing? External Dates can be career shortening if you do not know how they are created, how to find them,...
Understanding how Microsoft Project Milestones are Calculated
Click on this link to read an article on how Microsoft Project Milestones calculate: To see more explanations like this then please consider purchasing this Microsoft Project book by Paul Harris which is available in many formats, paperback, spiral, Kobo,...
How Microsoft Project Calculates Durations in Days
Microsoft Project effectively records task durations in hours and the value of the duration in days is calculated using the parameter entered in the Hours per day: field in the File, Options, Schedule tab, Calendar options for this project: section. It is VERY...
Oracle Primavera P6 “Project Must Finish by Date”
An absolute finish date may be imposed on the project using the Project Window, Dates tab. Imposing a Must Finish By date makes Primavera calculate the late dates from the Must Finish By date rather than the calculated early finish date. Click on this link to see an...
Microsoft Project Information form
The Project Start date of a Microsoft Project schedule may be changed in the Project Information form, which is opened from the ribbon by selecting Project, Properties group, Project Information. This article is an extract from the book Planning and Control Using...