ScheduleReader – A Brief Overview

ScheduleReader is a desktop application that allows you to view projects exported from Oracle Primavera P6 in xer or xml file formats. The software converts data and visually presents the project schedule for easier comprehension.

Schedule Reader is an app that allows project plans created in Primavera P6 to be shared without prohibitive license costs. This can save organizations time and money as well as provide transparency about projects’ status at all levels within the company, which will ultimately lead them toward success.

There are several tools that provide dynamic project overviews. For example, Oracle offers Primavera P6 EPPM and its supporting product Team Member which can be used as an alternative to sharing PDF files. However, these come at a cost often too expensive, especially with larger teams. This is where third-party tools like ScheduleReader comes into play for overviewing projects.

Customizing and Viewing Project Information

When it comes to viewing project information, ScheduleReader is very similar to Primavera P6. It provides many different views that allow you to get information on your projects such as Activities, WBS, and Resources by navigating through them all in order to find what needs there are for this type of task or assignment at hand.

When you’re looking at a particular project’s schedule in the application, it can be difficult to find out what time certain tasks are set for. The Gantt chart view solves this problem by showing all of its information based on an assigned date while also allowing users to input options like filtering and grouping functions that highlight specific data points they want more detail about.

Customization of the Gantt Chart is a great way to make your project stand out from others. You can change colors or fonts for each bar in order to create something that matches what you need.

It’s easy to get lost in the weeds when you’re tracking all of your projects, but the trace logic view shown below helps organize them by predecessor/successor relationships. Trace Logic allows us to focus on what comes before and after each activity for a clear view of how it affects other parts or overall progress.

This provides managers with an opportunity to examine why a particular activity is scheduled to occur at a specific time.

Grouping And Filtering

Grouping and filtering can be used to tailor your project plan. You may want to organize the activities according to current needs, or view specific ones that require attention; this is done by customizing groups in a special dialog where you define what data will go into them (datasets) as well as how they’re criteria-rated for arrangement of purposes such as completed vs not started, etc.

Grouping is an excellent way to make sure that your layouts stay organized. Grouped items, along with the groups themselves are saved on a higher level within this app so you can open up any project and get straight into work without having to find what exactly it’s looking for manually – which would be tedious! Filters also come in handy because they allow us to access information quickly through only one or two clicks rather than scrolling around aimlessly trying different options out until we finally figure something useful.

ScheduleReader allows you to create ‘User-defined Filters’, which will include or exclude activities in the view based on criteria that have been specified. Just like ‘Groups’, ‘User-defined Filters’ are saved on the application level and can be used for any project plan.

You can also filter data in columns based on the cell values using Auto Filter. Clicking this button will show you an icon that allows for filtering options, making it easy to find exactly what you need.

Comparing Different Versions of The Project

The project plan is always changing. With the ’Baselines’ functionality, you can compare up to four different versions of your project plans and keep track of how much has changed in each version without having a hard time remembering what was done last time around.

The Gantt chart is a great way to show how your baselines are displayed just below the original activity bar, making it easy for you to compare any changes that may have been made.

Updating Progress

In a Primavera P6 project, all the different roles are working and collaborating with each other. To keep track of their progress they can insert an update for each status that is needed in order to have up-to-date information throughout every part or stage. Then the project manager decides whether to accept their progress or not. In ScheduleReader, they can propose an update in the following two manners: ‘Activities’ and ‘Assignments’. They can update % Complete, Actual Start, Actual Finish, Activity Status, and Activity codes.

Benefits of ScheduleReader

Companies are using modern technology to better understand projects. Third-party software solutions such as ScheduleReader allow different roles within one organization to access data in a project schedule, which could help them carry out their jobs more efficiently.

In the absence of licensed Primavera P6, with ScheduleReader project managers can view and interact with data in a Gantt chart through custom layouts. They are also able to apply filters that align with company standards and analyze the relationships between successors and predecessors.

Project schedulers no longer need to waste time printing pdf documents and can easily send an updated version of the schedule in Xer or XML format instead.

Conclusion

ScheduleReader is the best way to stay up-to-date with your projects, no matter where you work. It can replace old-fashioned sending and receiving pdf files.

By updating the progress status, users can send feedback to their superiors about what they’re working on. This helps everyone stay up-to-date with all aspects of a project and ensures that no one is left out in communication or coordination efforts.

ScheduleReader is an incredibly helpful companion tool to Primavera P6 and the graphical interface makes it super easy to use. Using this tool, the communication between all project teams can be streamlined by providing a more interactive way to view project data from Xer and XML files.

Looking to optimize your project timelines? Contact Leopard Project Controls today to speak with a skilled CPM scheduling consultant who can help streamline your scheduling process.