Eastwood Harris Articles
CALCULATE THE NON WORK DURATIONS OF P6 ACTIVITIES
I was recently asked how if it was possible to calculate the non work duration of a P6 activities. I found it was not as simple as I thought it would be but I have created a Global Change that will achieve this. Click on this link to read an article on this...
The Importance of Summarizing Projects and Understanding the Tracking Window
I often review P6 databases and I am horrified that users do not Summarize their database, nor understand the importance of this function, or understand the P6 functions that affect how Summarized data is calculated or where Summarized data is viewed. This approach...
Understanding Primavera P6 Percent Complete Types
When you create a new project in P6 the default Percent Complete Type is Duration. Is this the best option and do you understand the difference between Duration, Physical and Units Percent Complete? It is my opinion the this should always be changed to Physical for...
MICROSOFT PROJECT TASK SPLITTING
Microsoft Project has a function that allows multiple splits in tasks which is not available in Oracle Primavera P6. It is a useful function that may also get you into trouble. If you wish to understand how task splitting works then download this article, which is an...
Understanding Primavera P6 User Setting
When you created as a new user in a P6 database the User Settings are often not the best and it is my opinion that they should always reviewed and some changed. Click on this link>>> to read an article on P6 User Settings that you should consider changing....
LADDER SCHEDULING WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT
Ladder scheduling is where series of tasks may take place in parallel with a short delay their start dates. This situation occurs in linear operations such as pipelaying, tunnel and railway construction. Ladder scheduling is normally achieved in products like P6 and...
MICROSOFT PROJECT TEMPLATES ISSUES & SOLUTIONS
It is natural to create a new project with Microsoft Project using the File, New, Blank Project command which will create a project with the Global.mpt file, but this template has a lot of short comings. It is far better to use a Personal Microsoft Project Template...
MICROSOFT PROJECT RIBBON AND QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR
The Microsoft Project Ribbon Toolbar has a few issues including: It consumes a large area of the screen, The commands are not in logical groups, and Some commonly used commands, such as the Manual Page Break, are not on it at all. It is often better to hide the Ribbon...
ISSUES WHEN P6 TASKS HAVE MIXED CALENDARS There are a number of issues when there are mixed calendars in a schedule, such as when some tasks have an 8 hour per day calendar and some with a 12 hour per day calendar. To read a short article which is an extract from this...
UNDERSTANDING PRIMAVERA P6 DATE FIELDS Primavera P6 has many more date fields than any competitor and the descriptions of these fields are sometimes misleading. If you wish to understand how the current schedule dates calculate then down load an extract of my 99...