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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management
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Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management

by Daniel Williams, Elaine Britt Krazer
August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
7h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 5. Adding Activities and Relationships

In this chapter we discuss the basic element of a schedule—the activity. An activity is a unit of work that must be done in order to complete part of a project. Though the specific definition depends on the nature of your work and your specific project, an activity generally lasts from a few hours to a few days. An activity can involve a crew of people, or could be a passive activity such as waiting for the concrete to set.

In P6, activities have many properties that can be combined so the activity will schedule, progress, and report in a way that proves that the project and schedule will meet the scope and requirements. This combination of settings represents a chain of features giving users a lot ...

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