6th Annual Netpoint and GPM Conference
Australasian Project Planning was represented at the 6th Annual Netpoint and GPM user conference in New Orleans, USA. Santosh Bhat presented on Time-Location Reporting and the features of Netpoint that enable effective reporting for Linear Projects. The published...
Project Planning, Scheduling & Project Controls Events
The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of industry and discipline events that are relevant to Project Planning and Scheduling compiled by Australasian Project Planning. If you'd like to include a suitable event on this list, use our contact form to let us know....
Schedule Contingency Methods
Overview This post provides methods of allocating time contingency, that may be useful when constructing or reviewing project schedules. Note - guidance in determining time contingency values is beyond the scope of this article. Contingency vs Float For the purposes...
Schedule Levels and Schedule Silos
A timely LinkedIn post by Kul Bhushan Uppal, served as a reminder on the purpose of schedule levels and issues around the use of these. What are Schedule Levels? AACEi Recommended Practice (RP) 27R-03 - Schedule Classification System, provides a useful definition:...
Primavera P6 Views and Layouts
This article provides a brief overview and a downloadable reference card on Primavera P6 Views and Layouts. Overview In a previous post on Activity Codes in P6 , it was suggested that using Activity Codes could take up an entire day of Primavera Training, Another...
Relationship Float, and viewing in Primavera P6
The following article aims to explain Relationship Float and how to view these...
Using Activity Codes with Primavera P6
Activity Codes are a very important and powerful feature of Project...
Correlation in Schedule Risk – Example
Introduction A key issue when undertaking Schedule Risk Analyses (SRA) is understanding correlation and its significance on results, this article aims to provide a simple example to illustrate correlation, and how SRA results are effected. Dr David Hulett, an expert...
Its Not Rocket Scheduling!
When Tim Mather and I struck upon Rocket Scheduling as a useful term, it wasn’t just a play on the phrase “it’s not rocket science” (or even better – “rocket surgery”). One fitting example is the process of developing project schedules from team planning sessions,...
Merge Bias in Schedule Risk – example
Introduction Often when running schedule risk analyses, I get asked “why are the results always showing...