The new version of Primavera P6, r8.3, has been released recently, and one of the new features is a stand-alone software, called the Primavera P6 Visualizer. This software provides you with a visual, read-only version of the plans you’ve stored in the P6 database. The Primavera P6 Visualizer is a good choice for those team members [...]

There are three different methods of calculating the actual progress of activities: Duration Percent Complete, Units Percent Complete, and Physical Percent Complete. The first two are explained in the previous articles and this article will cover the last one, Physical % Complete. We will also discuss the ways of choosing the appropriate percent complete field [...]

This article belongs to a series of articles about percent complete fields of Primavera P6. As explained in the previous article on the Duration % Complete, there are three percent complete fields for each activity: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete. We’ve already covered Duration % Complete and Schedule % Complete.  This [...]

There are many different methods for calculation of actual progress in Primavera P6.  These methods involve using many fields and settings, including: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete Percent Complete Type Activity % Complete Performance % Complete Earned Value settings of the WBS Elements I will explain Duration % Complete in this [...]

If you missed Part 1 of Schedule % Complete in Oracle Primavera, go back now and have a read through.  Then come back here. The Proper Setup : Baselined and Cost-loaded Now let’s see how Schedule % Complete works in action on a sample Primavera P6 plan. Since Schedule % Complete is based on both [...]

Schedule % Complete is one of the many percent completes you have in Primavera P6 and we’re going to have a complete look at what it is and how it is calculated.  Two important products of maintaining schedules are planned progress and actual progress of a given time; you want to know how much you’ve [...]