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When I say that Rick Gillis is an “expert” in career development and employment, it’s not a term that I use lightly. Rick has won awards for the books he’s written on these subjects, demonstrating his knowledge on everything from the job search to the job promotion. Reputable publications like
I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the most supportive Document Management leaders that I have ever worked with and a long-term client of mine, Ken Clevenger. The first time that I saw Ken was when I came across his LinkedIn profile and I was immediately struck by how
Assume that you have a Primavera schedule with actual data & progress. Now you want to remove actuals so you can develop an “As-Planned” schedule. In this post, I will show you how to do this. Consider a simple project with actual data as illustrated below: STEP 1: Change Calculation Settings
The baseline Schedule is something we usually do not change. However, in some cases, schedule rebaselining might be required. In this post, I will show you how to update the baseline schedule in Primavera P6. Consider a simple project, which has a baseline assigned as illustrated below: After several update periods,
“ I have applied for any job posting you can imagine, but no success…” “Things are pretty grim, the oil and gas industry has been further down and more people have lost jobs including myself, it’s tough…” “ I was let go from the company in the latest round of layoffs last
As we are approaching the end of the year and are busy with doing our last-minute Christmas shopping to bring joy to our loved ones, I thought what gift I can give you that could serve you not only during the holidays but also for the year ahead. I thought
Chris Carson, FRICS, FAACE, FGPC, PSP, DRMP, CEP, CCM, PMP, a thought leader on Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis, conducted a live webcast on “Forensic Schedule Analysis Lessons You Need to Learn Today To Proactively Prevent Claims Tomorrow”. Chris Carson shared some important lessons learned from 40 years of performing forensic
I had the honor of interviewing Matt Sellers, the Vice President of Project Development at Kiewit, one of FORTUNE 500 world’s most admired companies. Matt Sellers is truly the epitome of southern hospitality. Born and raised in Texas, he was nothing but charming and gracious in our interview as he
In Primavera P6 Professional, when you use the default “Critical” filter, it will display the critical path for the entire project (up to the last activity on the critical path), Figure 1. What if you want to show the critical path leading to an activity, which is somewhere in the middle
In this training, I am going to show you how you can calculate the “Earned Schedule”. I assume you already know what “Earned Schedule” is. If not, please make sure that you watch another video that I have prepared for you entitled “Earned Schedule- An improvement to EVM Scheduling Metrics.”
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a powerful tool for evaluating the schedule and cost performance of projects and predicting future results. However, existing earned value schedule performance metrics does not do a good job with schedule performance evaluation and prediction. Use of “Earned Schedule” enhances the earned value management ’s
“Your critical path schedule shows behind schedule. How come your EVM schedule performance indicates an ahead of schedule status?” “What is wrong with your SPI report?” “We are going to finish this project 3 months behind the schedule. Tell me why your SPI is showing a good schedule performance?” Have
Summary: Have you ever considered attaining a professional certification in Planning/Scheduling? Do you know of internationally recognized certifications in Planning/Scheduling? Did you know that several international associations provide a variety of certifications in Planning/Scheduling including: Certified Scheduling Technician (CST) PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) Are you
Recently there was a tremendous opportunity to learn from one of today’s premier project-controls advocate and thought leaders on topics relating to what most current project controls professionals may very well be occupied with on a daily basis. Lessons from experience have taught this author that every opportunity to hear
How many times have you submitted your resume to an online job posting that 100% matched your qualifications, but never heard a word back? How many times have you heard that landing a job is getting hard these days due to a bad economy, bad luck, and outsourcing? Have you
Have you ever wondered how you can quickly detect the activities in the schedule that are behind? Did you know that in Primavera P6, you can quickly identify behind schedule and over budget activities by using graphical indicator in User Defined Fields (UDF)? In this tutorial, I will show you how
After years of working with experienced Project Control teams in various organizations and industries, I believe there are important lessons that most Project Controllers learn too late in their career. Watch this video to learn these top 5 important lessons: Download the free audio mp3 podcast of this episode on iTunes. Like
A Schedule Time Impact Analysis is a method used to determine the extent of impact from potential delay in the construction process. This schedule analysis method involves inserting additional activities indicating delays or changes into an updated schedule representing progress up to the point when a delay event occurred to determine the
Have you ever wondered how you could apply Earned Value Management in the Primavera P6 scheduling tool? Wouldn’t it be nice if you can integrate your project cost with the project schedule right within your scheduling software? Primavera P6 enables you to control project progress and performance using Earned Value Management
I enjoy attending conferences. I like the awesome speakers, the takeaways, and lessons, the great connections, the food, the environment—all of it. Every year, I invest in my personal or professional growth by attending at least one great conference. In fact, I went to two different conferences this summer in
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