Hi friends, have problem listing open end activities in primavera P6? If you want to list up open end activities in primavera v6 and you can’t find any option in p6. A simple way is exporting activity relation detail to excel and separate predecessor with only SS successor. But that is a too lengthy process because at times you don’t know what formulas to apply in … Continue reading “Hi friends, have problem listing open end activities in primavera P6?” December 5, 2016

Cost Controls Redefined Manage all types of projects with detailed cost control using separate cost control processes to track every dimension of project financials. View graphical cash flows.The Cost Sheet Dashboard provides rolled-up information from all project financials with drill-down into details.View and manage multi-year forecasts at the CSI division level or any other multi-level cost structure.Manage all … Continue reading “Cost Controls Redefined” November 28, 2016

Standardization and How it Effects a Project Manager’s Business? This article is written for the better understanding of how the standardizing of project management adds value to once business, in any industry, the growth is driven by standardizing project management across the organization. Some key capabilities for standardization: An enterprise must invest in standardizing, codifying and documentation of project management practices. It doesn’t mean one … Continue reading “Standardization and How it Effects a Project Manager’s Business?” November 22, 2016

How Outsourcing Adds Value to Your Business? Before pursuing to the understanding of adding value to your business, first, we need to understand what is outsourcing.  According to our very own Wikipedia, this term refers to a practice used by different companies in which they transfer a portion of their work to different external companies, this is a cost effective way but the … Continue reading “How Outsourcing Adds Value to Your Business?” November 18, 2016

Why Project Managers are Seen as Less Likeable for Businesses? The answer to the above asked question can be very simple, but first you need to understand the mindset of stakeholders who wants to get maximum results with minimum expenditures. Many people today see the project manager officials as providers of low value with high administrative cost. They also perceive that they are doing little … Continue reading “Why Project Managers are Seen as Less Likeable for Businesses?” November 9, 2016

Understanding Agile A major thing when managing a project is understanding agile, which is very important for adding value to the business. Agile + project management or project management + agile; as project delivery methods have evolved over the time. It has changed a lot of things; the special focus is now on leadership, different approaches have … Continue reading “Understanding Agile” October 30, 2016

What Does Enterprise Function Support Means and Why it is Needed? Some common enterprise functions of any enterprise involve the efficient management. The management of organizational resources, such as finances and other such entities. Other resources such as employers, suppliers, customers, and partners are also included. And assets such as equipment, material, parts, supplies and properties. While it can be safe to say that technology intensive … Continue reading “What Does Enterprise Function Support Means and Why it is Needed?” October 21, 2016

Agility in Project Management As the title of the article suggests, we will be talking about agile project management in this article. First we need to understand, what agility in project management is. The agile movement seeks alternative to traditional approach in project management. The agile approach help teams respond to unpredictability through incremental, iterative, work cadences and empirical … Continue reading “Agility in Project Management” October 15, 2016

Project Management for Newbie’s Project management is a serious business. The reason for using this title is I believe the new entrants to software development don’t realize or take it serious what a serious and stressful job project management is. The newbie’s these days think that it is a cool job as in the TV series, “the apprentice” where … Continue reading “Project Management for Newbie’s” October 8, 2016

Consultation Services for Primavera P6 There is a wide range of consultation services available for primavera p6. Solutions that are most critical to your project are offered.  Consulting while solving some ambiguous problem is a way to minimize the effort and work and go in the right direction while you still have time. In this article we will provide you … Continue reading “Consultation Services for Primavera P6” October 2, 2016