Planning and Programming Articles and News

Listing P6 Inter-Project Relationships

This article will show a method using P6 Admin Reports to list these relationships in opened projects, and as the report is stored in the database, it can be applied across any set of projects within the same database.

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Project Controls Conference Sydney 2017

2017 will see an exciting event being  in Sydney. The Project Controls Conference Sydney 2017 will be held at the new International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour. More details on speakers, sponsors and program to be released next year, but information is now...

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Primavera P6 Fill Down

A quick tip on a P6 Feature that may save some time and effort If you use P6 frequently, you've probably used the Fill Down (or CNTRL+E) option when populating data within columns in various P6 Views and Layouts such as Activity, Projects, WBS, Resources or Resource...

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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...

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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:...

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