{"id":27803,"date":"2021-12-15t10:55:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-15t15:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=27803"},"modified":"2021-12-15t10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15t15:04:16","slug":"plan-holiday-wreath-primavera-p6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/plan-holiday-wreath-primavera-p6\/","title":{"rendered":"plan a festive holiday wreath in primavera p6"},"content":{"rendered":"

back by popular demand is another festorial in primavera p6.\u00a0who says the lowly gantt charts can’t be fun & festive?<\/p>\n

in the spirits of the holidays (and of using project management<\/a> software in ways never intended), i’d like to present you with an advanced-level festorial<\/strong> on creating a holiday wreath (xmas tree<\/a>).<\/p>\n

show off your skills, impress your project controls manager (or your planners) and make your contractors jealous when you\u00a0drum up this dandy gantt-chart wizardry on the p6 gantt chart.<\/p>\n

sometimes it’s ok to be ridiculous – this is one of those times.<\/p>\n

let’s get started, shall we?<\/p>\n

getting started with the wreath<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0create a new, empty project schedule with the name \u201cxmas wreath\u201d.<\/p>\n

2. on the defaults tab (project screen), set the default calendar to a 24 hour 7 days per week calendar (or something similar – best if it is 7 days per week). \u00a0open your project for editing.<\/p>\n

3. start by creating an activity that will be top of the wreath. set the duration to 25d. on the gantt chart, drag this bar out to the right, away from the data date by about 2 months and release. say yes to setting the “start on or after” constraint to ho-ho-hold it there.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0add a new activity, 55d in duration. link it to activity top with the following relationship “ff+15d” (that’s 15d of lag). schedule the project.<\/p>\n

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5. we’ll use this activity-splitting visual technique<\/a> to help us going forward. let’s create 2 user defined fields to help us. goto enterprise -> user defined fields and create 2 new activity date fields:<\/p>\n