Primavera P6 made easy.

Problem:   How do you show Indicators for delayed activities? Solution:  With the help of the User Defined field (UDF) & Global change functions you can Set automated Indicators to raise flag.   Add a new UDF with title “Variance Indicator” and data type as “Indicator".     Add a new Global Change with Title “Indicator” as shown below. Apply the Global Change “Indicator” by selecting the “Indicator” & click on Apply Change. Now add the Column “ Variance Indicator” to display it on Activity Window.     To watch More free videos & scheduling tips, please visit  https://www.xeduleacademy.com

Problem:   How do you know when did you or your contractor really update the actuals (Units & Cost) in the current schedule? Which week? Which Month? Solution: With the help of the Financial Period functions you can find the Earned value, actuals & Planned Values for every updated activity. In this video I will only demonstrate the creation of Financial periods. Reporting   Financial Periods are shown in other videos. To watch these free videos & For more free scheduling tips and, please visit https://www.xeduleacademy.com

Problem: Sometimes we have to open schedules or print schedules with certain columns, bars, Group & Sort or filters all in a view. we take 5 mins to organize it. Re-opening the same view the next day or asking your contractor to report on that particular view is a nightmare. The problem can be solved, a view can be opened instantly in a fraction of seconds. Solution: With the help of layouts option, you can save a view & reuse it to view instantly. With the help of import & export functions within layouts. It makes it important, to be shared with contractors or other schedulers to avoid confusion. During the planning stages. It should be well documented in Schedule management plan the types of layouts to be used during the planning, updating & reporting. Here are some layouts I use. Classic Schedule Schedule Updating Management Reporting Earned Value reporting To download layouts & For more free scheduling tips and

Problem:   While the remaining bar should be continuous from the actual bar , Often we see a gap between the data line and remaining bar. This can be misunderstood easily and makes the schedule looks awful. Solution: This is due to remaining work is scheduled to next working day on your calendar. To avoid this, make sure you schedule the data date with time to next working day. In my example, My Current data date was 01 May 2011 00:00 Hrs. which is Sunday. My current data date should be after the calendar holiday on Monday 02 May 2011 08:00 Hrs After rectification, the bars will look like this. For more free scheduling tips and free videos please click here https://www.xeduleacademy.com