Oracle | Primavera Risk: Pertmaster Schedule Planning Options

The second step of a typical Oracle | Primavera Risk (Pertmaster) Monte Carlo analysis is to validate the import for differences between the original schedule file and the Pertmaster CPM schedule calculations.  The schedule planning options should be automatically set based on the options set into your scheduling tool (Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, etc), however it is a best practice to review the settings and ensure they were imported correctly.

Video Walkthrough of the Oracle | Primavera Risk (Pertmaster) Schedule Planning Options (Duration: 5 min: 37 sec)

Plan Options (Menu Path: Plan | Plan Options) Section Tab: Scheduling Options

The scheduling options tab is one of the most important settings sections in the Primavera Risk product.  Users are able to define how the CPM scheduling network is calculated by the scheduling engine.  The scheduling options will be inherited from the original scheduling tool.  For example, if a planner has turned on progress overrides in Primavera P6, then Pertmaster will see this option upon import.  If users changed a setting without rescheduling the project, then a mismatch is possible.

The calendar used on the lag will be set based on the setting of the original scheduling tool as well.  Many scheduling tools put the calendar for a lag on the same calendar as the predecessor, however this is not standard for all scheduling tools.  This is important because putting a 7 day lag when the lag calendar is 5 days could create up to 11 calendar days of lag time, instead of the intended 7 calendar day lag.

All options should import from the original scheduling tool, however it is a best practice to always check the options before starting a Monte Carlo analysis.  The options in this section include:

  • Does the project or scheduling tool use retained logic or progress overrides.  Retained logic is recommended as progress overrides are actual incorrect logic, however the progress overrides schedule correctly.
  • The users can set which calendar, predecessor or successor, drives the lag calendar.
  • A scheduler can decide how to handle logic that will stretch a task.  Depending on the setting, a task is handled similar to a hammock or level of effort based on the setting and situation.
  • Pertmaster has multiple options on how to handle an unlinked hammock.  Does the hammock have zero duration or span the entire project?
  • A scheduler can set different options for the critical path calculation.  This setting will impact the probabilistic criticality outputs in the product such as the criticality tornado chart.


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