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Connect the Primavera P6 XER file to Power BI
Having trouble connecting your Primavera P6 database with Power BI? Are you tired of connecting excel sheets with Power BI and wish you could save time? In this post, we are going to show you how to connect the Primavera P6 XER file to Power BI. To do this, you first need to understand what […]
Primavera P6 Professional Version 20.12 is released
Perhaps this is the biggest update in recent times that Oracle has made of this Planning & Project Controls software. Many of us have been the ones who were crying out for the Oracle tool to update some of its functions. In this post, we are going to tell you about the 8 features of […]
What is an Extension of Time Claim in a contract?
When managing a contract it is important to know what is an Extension of Time Claim? In Project Management, having the right to claim an Extension of Time (EOT) can become key to the future of the project. The EoT Claim will help to successfully complete your project. In this post, you will learn what […]
What is a Key Performance Indicator?
When we want our client, our team, or our company to know how the project is being executed, we incorporate the so-called Key Performance Indicators or KPIs. In this article, we are going to show you what KPIs are and what they are for. Are you ready? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL What is a […]
Who does Project Controls?
To answer the question of who does Project Controls of a project, the figure of Project Manager might come to mind. However, the Project Manager is the tip of the iceberg, who receives the reports to be able to analyze them and make decisions. There are many other functions that are involved in the project […]
What is Project Controls process?
This post will teach you what is Project Controls process in 5 steps. Step 1: to create project baseline What is Project Controls process is the keyword. However, do you know how to project controls with no knowledge about what we want to control within the project? This is a tough task to implement. If […]
What is a Gantt Chart and what is it for?
What is a Gantt Chart and what is it for? These are two questions that any professional of the Planning and Project Controls industry has asked at some point. Before getting into flour, we want to highlight that we are facing one of the tools within project planning that have had the most since its […]
How to make a Gantt Chart step by step
In our post about what is a Gantt Chart we show you a first approach to one of the most used tools in the Project Planning and Project Controls world. In this post, we are going to teach you how to make a Gantt Chart step by step so that you can become a true […]
What is a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)?
Greetings Gantt´s children, we welcome you to a new video of the Project Scheduling Glossary. Today we are going to answer this question: what is a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)? Let´s start. Are you ready? What is a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)? Imagine that you are the coach of a soccer team and you have […]
Connect Primavera P6 ❰❰SQL DATABASE❱❱ to Power BI
We already showed you how to connect Primavera P6 to Power BI in three different ways. In that post, we focused on the option of exporting the data from Primavera P6 to an Excel spreadsheet and then linking that spreadsheet with Power BI. We obtained a dashboard that dynamically showed the quality assessment of a […]
Connect Primavera P6 to Power BI ❰❰EXCEL❱❱
We are in the era of reports and dashboards. Those moments where we want to have all the information available at our fingertips on one click. We have entered the era of interaction, dynamic reporting, database crossover. We have entered the Power BI era. That’s why at Project 2080 we want to show you how […]
Primavera P6 Professional and EPPM Progress Spotlight
The moment of truth arrives. It is time to progress our schedule. After creating a template that shows us the activities planned for the next 3 months, we will use the Primavera P6 Progress Spotlight function to focus on the activities that will start within a certain period of time from the date cutoff or […]
ALICE project based on Artificial Intelligence
Some time ago, February 2019, we published a post about Artificial Intelligence in project management. Since then, the world of construction and project management has evolved a lot. A few weeks ago we discovered the ALICE project based on Artificial Intelligence applied to project management. A project closely related to what we were talking about […]
Percent Start/Percent Finish Earned Value Methods
If you are reading this post, that is because you first read our post about the Earned Value Methods to evaluate work performance or you have a copy of the book Earned Value Management, by Roland Wanner. The “Percent Start/Percent Finish EV Method” (also known as “Fixed Formula Method”), such as 50/50 and 0/100 Earned […]
Earned Value methods to evaluate work performance
The Earned Value is the easiest to equate with the physical progress of the project. Earned value is the value of the performed work at a certain time, based on the planned (budgeted) value for work. Various earned valued methods are used to determine the Earned Value of the project or a work package. These […]
Earned Value Management: basis performance figures
In 1996, the EVMS (Earned Value Management System) criteria, which were taken over from the DoD Manual 5000.2R, were revised. In 2000, the new EVM terms were incorporated into the PMBOK of the PMI (ACCESS to the Sixth Edition of PMBOK Guide). Below, we interactively show you (click on the icons in the image) each […]
The art of Working Remotely
There are situations in life that force us for working remotely. Perhaps the “bug”, as the authorities now want to call SARS-VOC-2, is showing us the way to this new work model that companies have so often refused to accept. Therefore, from Project 2080, we want to give you some tips that we consider essential […]
XER file cannot be imported
It’s time to share XER files (Primavera P6 file extension) with your client or other contractors and we are surprised that the version of Primavera P6 they work with does not accept this file. Then the panic begins. The phone calls requesting that the file be sent again in another previous version, the consultations with […]
Completion Date Milestone
When preparing a schedule of activities for a project, a key point to consider is to reflect what will be the start and finish date. These are two milestones that cannot be missed in any schedule. But there are other milestones that are very important because they are milestones agreed with our client. These are […]
Delay Analysis Techniques in Projects
Throughout the life cycle of a project, from the project baseline is created until we obtain a schedule that shows how activities have been executed (as-built schedule), a large number of unknown events occurred. These events might cause delays in the achievement of the different work packages, as well as for contractual project milestones. These […]
Collaborative Planning Meeting
Sometimes we face real challenges within a new project. Challenges that include making a schedule with a multitude of parties involved. Different stakeholders that add value to the project and that are interconnected with other parties within the project. This is accentuated even more when we are talking about megaprojects. Projects that can easily exceed […]
What is Project Controls within Project Management?
In the world of Project Management, it is important to know what Project Controls is. In the same way, its importance for the Project Manager and for the future of the project. Thanks to it, we are able to know what is the trend of our project since its early beginning. This trend can be […]
Critical Path and Subricritical Paths with Primavera P6
When we use Primavera P6 to manage project schedules, we find ourselves wondering which activities are critical and if there is only one critical path. We will show you how to show in your monthly reports the critical path and subcritical paths with Primavera P6. Are you ready? Locate the critical path and subcritical paths […]
Artificial Intelligence in Project Management
During the last few years, we have been able to observe how our world is changing. The Internet of Things, the Big Data or the Blockchain are just some new friends that have come into our lives. But if you think you’ve seen it all after reading our article about Blockchain and Project Management, do […]
Project Baseline
Projects are alive, that is why they are born, grow and die. In Project Management, within the birth phase, we include the Project Baseline. Understanding what Baseline represents and what characteristics it has is key for a good Project Manager to control the project life cycle. As always, we like to recommend the PMBOK Guide Sixth […]
Critical Path Method
Imagine that your project schedule has thousands of activities and you do not yet know how to start managing it. The Critical Path Method (CPM) will help you control and manage your project properly. But first, find out a little more about this method so used in Planning and Project Controls. What is the Critical […]
First steps… what is a Gantt Chart?
Gantt Chart: one of the most used tools in the Planning and Project Controls world. Worldwide used tool in project schedule development. Next, we will show you what a Gantt Chart is and how to create it thanks to the Primavera P6 planning and scheduling tool. Do you know what a Gantt Chart is? The […]
How to do the Project Schedule Quality Assessment in Primavera P6
Any improvement in the integrity of your schedule is critical to improving the likelihood of success of your project. There is a clear correlation between the quality of a schedule and project performance. That is why we are going to teach you how to evaluate the quality of the project schedule in which you are […]
How to work in the UK as a Project Planner
Still trying to find a job? If you want a well-paid job with a good schedule that allows you to balance your personal and professional life, keep reading. We will give you 5 tips to work in the UK as a Project Planner. It was never easier to work in construction in England or be […]
Project Schedule
In project management, one of the key areas of knowledge is planning and scheduling. The Project Schedule is the way to capture and represent the scope of the project. It helps us to manage the project duration and timeframe. The Project Manager will thus have a tool for better understanding of the project scope, duration, […]
Global Change
If you are looking for a quality leap in your skills as a planner with Primavera P6 Professional and improving your daily efficiency as a scheduler, this article about P6 Global Change tool will show you the way. “I’m sure there must be a faster way to match the Remaining Units to the Budgeted Labor […]
Resource Leveling vs Resource Smoothing Techniques
In this post, we will show you the difference between Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing in Project Management. They are the two most important Resource Optimization Techniques used in scheduling after resource allocation. We will see how resource constraints may impact the project deadline. As we already know, when developing a new schedule for our […]
6 STEPS of Progress to update a schedule
With Project 2080, you will learn how to update a schedule of activities for a project in Primavera P6 in order to develop your monthly reports in regular basis (weekly, monthly, etc), as a good practice in Project Planning. Let´s go with the 6 Steps of Progress for schedule updating! If you need further information […]
Fast Tracking vs Crashing
Every day we have to deal with a multitude of projects of a very different caliber. The achievement of these projects can be seriously affected by different reasons. The lack of forecast, unrealistic planning, lack of resources, poor risk management and/or ignorance of schedule compression techniques can create a real headache. In this post, you will find […]
Blockchain and Project Management
The year 2019 begins. Davos Forum begins in January to talk, among other topics, about the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But what about the Blockchain and Project Management? In Project 2080 we like to go hand in hand with technological changes and try to anticipate the future of Project Management. That’s why we bring you this […]