It is explained step by step in this video, how to add the resources and how to assign the resources to all the activities in seconds.
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Sometimes we need to convert a Primavera P3 plan into Primavera P6. All the procedure is explained step by step.
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Layout are made to have the same settings for print option, time scale, display etc. It is explained in this video how to make and save different layouts.
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When you need to compare two Program i.e updated program and baseline program, or program rev 01 and program rev 02. Claim digger will give you all the differences report.
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Fill down is the best option when you need to copy the same value to underlying activties. It is explaned with different examples in this video.
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Sometimes you need some modification in your baseline program which is assigned to your current updated program. You can not modify it while working in the current program. Completed procedure is explained in this video how to modify a baseline program in Primavera P6
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We usually make the S-curve or histogram of cost or resources to anaylise our project. If you don’t have both, no need to worry. It is explained how to make S-curve or histogram without cost or resources in this video.
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You need look ahead plans to give the targets to execution team. Mostly planners do this in MS Excel. You can make look ahead plans in Primavera P6. It is explained with different examples in this video.
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Sometimes we want to apply the same rule to all the activties, so it is a laborious work to do the same with all the activties. You can do the same with help of global changes in seconds.
Activity codes are made to organise a project in a more better way. It is explained with the examples how activity codes are added, assign to the activties in seconds and what is their benefit in primavera P6.
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Current program with assigned baseline can not be exported together. Complete procedure is explained how to export a current program and assigned baseline in this video.
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It is easy to work in excel if u have activities in thousands. It is explained with all the steps how to export a Primavera P6 plan into MS Excel and after working import back into Primavera P6.
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Usually all the planners think that activities having the float equal or less than zero are called as Critical activities. But you can define your own criteria for critical activities in the Primavera P6. Further how to make activities critical without changing their links is explained with examples in this video.
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It is well explained in this video, how to change a calendar after making the schedule. You can change calendar in one WBS, selected WBS or all WBS in seconds.
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Whole procedure is explained in this video, how to calculate the Manpower from standard Manhours, how to do working of MH in excel and import back to P6. How to make S-curve and histogram for all or single resource.
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Before proceeding further with the FILTER option, we will look into LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE which is a common report required in planning.
LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE is the list of activities in a schedule which will take place in the near future say one week, two weeks, one month or so. The time period varies from project to project and cleint to client. But the idea in creating look ahead schedule is same whatever be the time contraint.
Let’s understand the conditions that should be considered while preparing a 2 week look ahead schedule one by one.
Please go through the above conditions once again before we proceed how to enter them in Primavera P6.
If look into the below slide you can see there are some activities which are 100% completed, some of them 0% and some other are in progress.
Now let’ s apply the look ahead conditions which were mentioned above.
Step 1 – Go to filter option and click on ‘ NEW’ tab
Step 2 – Name the filter. In this case, let’s put it 2 week look ahead. Make sure that the parameter (which is highlighted in blue in the below slide) be ‘ All of the following’
Step 3 – Select ‘Activity status’ in the ‘parameter’ column, ‘is not equal to’ in the ‘is’ column, ‘Completed’ in the ‘Value’ column. Now we have completed the first condition ie activity shouldn’t be a completed one
Step 4 – Click on ‘ADD’ tab and this time give ‘Any of the following’ in the ‘Parameter’ column. Click on ‘ADD’ tab again and enter the other conditions also. Select ‘Start’ & ‘is within the range of’ in the ‘Parameter’ and ‘ Is’ column respectively and type ‘DD-1W’ and ‘DD+2W’ in the ‘Value’ and ‘High Value’ columns. Here DD stands for Data Date and 1W stands for 1 Week; which means we are taking the selecting the activities whose start dates are in the range of 1 week behind the Data Date and 2 weeks ahead of Data Date.
Click again on ‘ADD’ tab and provide the following conditions.
Hope you would be thinking why we gave ‘Any of the following’ condition here. The reason is, if any of the activity whose start date or finish date is within the range of DD-1W and DD+2W will fall into our look ahead schedule.
Step 5 – Click ‘OK’ tab and see the new filter has been made as 2 week look ahead and it is marked.
Step 6 – Click ‘Apply’ tab. Now you can see that the activities which were 100% completed have been removed and all the activities listed are within the range of 2 weeks time. Please note the activity ‘ Multipurpose hall’ is still in the list since it is not yet completed even though the start date was 2nd July 2013.
Thanks to paul zacharia who prepared this article.
