LEOPARD PROJECT CONTROLS
Primavera P6
What’s New in Primavera P6 Version 19.12?
Introduction Primavera P6 Professional Project Management is designed for managing large, highly developed, and diverse projects. It can be used to organize projects of up to 100,000 activities and provide an unlimited number of resources and target plans. Starting in mid-2019, Oracle has committed to releasing updates for local users every December as version 19.12. Then the latest version of Primavera P6 (Cloud) was released on December 19, 2019. Furthermore, Oracle releases Primavera P6 Cloud updates monthly. Although many of these new features are available to Oracle Primavera Cloud customers later in the year, users can take advantage of [...]
5 WAYS HOW ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS GROW
Introduction Oracle Primavera P6 provides crucial end-to-end project and program management solutions designed to help business manage their challenges in the construction and engineering industry. Businesses, whether small or large, need an easy and more manageable way to be executed. As the business continues to grow, and the pipeline of ongoing projects increases, it’s become more difficult and cumbersome to manage all the projects at the same time. It’s highly recommended to use Primavera P6 Enterprise and portfolio management software. This software allows a business to get streamlined and become easily manageable. When we need to work on a [...]
Importing & Exporting XER & XML Files in Primavera P6
Although several file types can be exported from and imported to Primavera P6, two file types are the most commonly used formats. The Oracle XER format is a proprietary file format that supports all Primavera P6 project, resource, and role information. The XER format allows the user to export and import between different versions of Primavera P6. An XER file can also be generated as a backup to a Primavera P6 project. The other format commonly used, XML, stands for “eXtensible Markup Language”. This popular format allows users to share project information between Primavera P6 databases. The XML file [...]
Assigning Roles and Resources in Primavera
Primavera’s role and resource loading capabilities are extremely advanced and it is one of the most effective. This article will instruct on role and resource assignments from a high level, as this set of features can take on many detours and get into a considerable amount of detail. Prior to taking on the role and resource assignments in Primavera, the instructions below consider the following assumptions: The Primavera planner/scheduler will have already received all of the necessary approvals for their resource-loaded schedule, the person has validated that the cost/budget/resource assignments are correct, the schedule log has been generated and [...]
S-Curve Monitoring in Primavera P6
What is an S-Curve? S Curve is a simple graph that plots project costs, hours, units, or any other values of the sorts depending on the need and the requirement. S-curves can be plotted for each of these quantities. Then, we can compare the different S-curves plotted during the lifetime of a construction project to provide valuable insights into the current status of the project. Construction managers commonly use the S-curve because they provide insights into the cumulative budget and actual and remaining values during the entire lifecycle of a construction project. Primavera P6 Professional has a designated function [...]
Interpreting the Primavera Schedule Log
The Primavera Schedule Log is a key function in Primavera P6 that allows the planner/scheduler to detect any potential problems in the project schedule. It is a schedule best practice to run the schedule log before finalizing and setting the baseline to a project schedule. You should also run the Schedule Log during the execution of the schedule to ensure continual integrity. Generate the schedule log by selecting the F9 key, or by selecting the schedule button from the Primavera toolbar. Make certain that “Log to File” is checked. You can change the path of where this file will [...]
