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  ADDING GRAPHICS, TEXT TO P6 GRAPHIC OUTPUT FOR REPORTS
Gordon AronsonAronson: "For us to succinctly communicate schedule information to other team members, management, and others who need to know, we really need to combine graphics and text to emphasize things that others must be alerted to that cannot come directly from Primavera layouts."
  USING INFOMAKER WITH P6 SCHEMA: WORKING WITH ACTIVITY CODES AND RELATIONSHIPS
Gordon AronsonThis month, Aronson delves into other aspects of reporting from the P6 database.
  TAKING THE ALREADY DIFFICULT AND MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED!

Gordon Aronson

Aronson believes that many-to-many WBS assignable code values are needed.

 

 
  LARGE PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS HANDLING IN P6

Gordon Aronson

Aronson examines the Enterprise Project Structure, stresses patience.

 
  SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD

Gordon AronsonAronson examines Contract Management and says the rumor that it has seen its last upgrade is not true. In fact, programming is under way.

  
  PRIMAVERA'S CONTRACT MANAGER: A BETTER WAY TO MAINTAIN PROJECT LOGS
Most (but not all) project managers have abandoned the "log book in the back pocket" method of detailing the progress of a project. Today's technologies provide far better tools than the scuffed up notebooks of yesteryear. Doug Findley enumerates how Primavera's P6 and Contract Manager work together to provide supportive and expedited logs and lists that attach to the project schedule.
  PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: PRIMAVERA'S BUSINESS MODEL?

Doug Findley takes a look at the database schema in Primavera's P6 updates. In updates past, existing database programming was compatible with the updated interface and other add-on tools. Those days are gone, Findley says, causing him to ask if this non-compatibility is intentional.
 
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