Project Planning and Control Using Primavera Contractor Version 6: Including Versions 4.1, 5.0 and 6.1

Chapter 7: Adding Activities and Organizing under the WBS

Overview

Activities should be well-defined, measurable pieces of work with a measurable outcome. Activity descriptions containing only nouns such as "Bid Document" have confusing meanings. Does this mean read, write, review, submit or all of these? Adequate activity descriptions always have a verb-noun structure to them. A more appropriate activity description would be "Write Bid Document" or "Review and Submit Bid Document." The limit for activity names is 120 characters, but try to keep activity descriptions meaningful yet short and concise so they are easier to print.

When activities are created, they may be organized under other coding structures such as Activity Codes or User Defined Fields.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

Topic

Menu Command

  • Setting Auto-numbering Defaults and other defaults for new Activities

Select the Default tab from the Project Properties form, by selecting Project, Project Properties .

  • Adding New Activities

Select a line in the schedule and strike the Ins (Insert Key), right-click and select the Add menu item or click on the button.

  • Activity Details form

May be displayed in the bottom pane by selecting View, Show on Bottom, Activity Details.

  • Copying activities in Primavera Contractor

Select the activities and copy and paste to the required location.

  • % Complete Type

Use the % Complete Type drop down box in the General tab of the Activity Details form.

  • Milestones

Use the Activity Type drop down box in the General tab of...

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