The Queensland Resources Council recently held its annual lunch with guests from government, industry and the corporate sector at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. QRC Chief Executive Michael Roche told the event that every Queenslander should have a vested interest in seeing the state’s minerals and energy industries succeed and grow because it continued
In last month’s newsletter, we introduced the benefits of validating the quality of CPM schedules in a more rigorous and systematic evaluation process using Deltek Acumen Fuse. We also introduced the concept of developing schedules aligned to the ‘five stage project maturity matrix’, S1 Project Basis, S2 Critiques, S3 Risk Adjusted, S4 Optimising, S5 Team and Stakeholder. From the S1
In last month’s newsletter, we examined how to check for some of the most common schedule quality problems in Oracle Primavera P6 using the Schedule log. In this month’s newsletter we will demonstrate how to quality check the schedule in less than half the time using Acumen Fuse. Before we start, here is an overview
In this month’s newsletter, we will examine how to check for some of the most common schedule quality problems in Oracle Primavera P6. Delivering and maintaining a quality schedule is necessary to remove ambiguity in a schedule’s construction and assist in the development and effective execution of Planned Project outcomes. In many cases, the
We have given the PUG a makeover, and have scheduled events in Brisbane and Perth (Sydney to follow). The Prescience User Experience Exchange (PUXX) is the leading Australian destination for smart project systems thinking, with a focus on Oracle Primavera and the systems that work most effectively with it. Through our flagship events, newsletters, and
In last month’s newsletter, we looked at the effect of using Global Change on Activity Resource Assignments. This month we are continuing with another Global Change attribute. Global Changes in combination with User Defined Fields can be very effective for calculation of values from the many system fields available in P6. A useful attribute
In this month’s newsletter, we will examine the Global Change function. Global Changes can be a very powerful addition to the Planners toolkit to quickly and effectively make changes in a single project or multiple projects. Global Change can make changes to a Project that may be difficult to undo so as a precaution
In this month’s newsletter, we will examine how to Resource Level across multiple Projects within Maintenance Planning schedule. Priority of the execution of small repetitive blocks of work or Projects can change rapidly in some organisations. Oracle Primavera P6 can resolve execution priorities quickly to ensure that the required execution sequence is implemented. Top
In this month’s newsletter, we will examine some basic Resource Levelling options available in Primavera P6 and look at how these can be used to optimise the Resource utilisation within your schedule. Resource Levelling is a technique used for testing scenarios to help resolve resource availability conflicts. Levelling results are recorded and evaluated and the changes are then
Oracle’s latest release of Primavera P6 EPPM arrived just in time for the Easter break last week, maintaining similar timing to previous releases. The first release of 2015 delivers significant advances in functionality and will help organisations deliver more projects on schedule and within scope, while reducing overall costs. Release 15.1 includes new features such as: Resource
