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Primavera P6 export to Excel. How to identify WBS level for activity

After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it's very hard to tell this activity belong to what WBS. We can add 1 column to show the WBS level for each activity.The formula for the column is : =((FIND(TRIM(B2),B2))-1)/2Apply to the rest so we can see WBS level for each activity:

16 Aug 2018 · Khuong Do · 1 min read

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An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Ben Franklin was a an American founding father, inventor, diplomat, and philosopher. He also wrote Poor Richard’s Almanacwhich contained information for farmers and timeless adages. When it comes to project management, two quotes come to mind:“An ounce of prevention is work a pound of cure”and“A…

2 Aug 2018 · Alan Zucker · 6 min read

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Planning Planet Events: Form Real Connections

It is so easy to find connections and engage in business with others over LinkedIn or email – just click ‘connect’ and you’re done. However, nothing quite compares to old fashioned face-to-face conversations; you can easily make more progress in a 10 minute face-to-face conversation with someone…

12 Jul 2018 · Moola Marketing · 4 min read

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Value of Visual Inspection

Recently, my wife and I took a trip. We were at the airport. Our flight was delayed. She was sitting with her back to the window and checking the flight’s status on her iPhone. She said that we should start boarding in 5 minutes. I looked out the window and replied, “I don’t think so.” The gate was…

10 Jul 2018 · Alan Zucker · 8 min read

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Project Portfolio Management: Simplify the Selection Process

Many organizations struggle with project portfolio management (PPM). On the face of it, portfolio management should be easy. We want to align our fi\unding decisions to the organization’s strategic objectives. Since budgets are limited, this becomes a constrained optimization problem, which most…

3 Jun 2018 · Alan Zucker · 6 min read

Enterprise Project Management and Governance

Enterprise Project Management enables control within projects and programmes, management of constraints and resources across the portfolio, and assurance. However – if it’s not supporting decision making, half of the value is lost – and if your decision making is dysfunctional – then why…

25 May 2018 · David Dunning · 1 min read

Waging the War Against Burnout—Infographic

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s…a Super Project Manager!True, they don’t wear capes or leap tall buildings in a single bound. But today’s Super Project Managers are fearlessly fighting back against the sworn enemies of project success: lack of visibility, misallocated…

10 May 2018 · Doug Uptmor · 1 min read

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Leading Organizational Change

I spent most of my career in management, leading teams in fast-paced, ever-changing companies. I have a lot of experience with organizational change. I led teams through reorganizations. I have also been reorganized. Change is often necessary. Today’s business environment is disruptive. Enterprises…

30 Apr 2018 · Alan Zucker · 7 min read