Project controls for P6 teams

Every project. One clear line.

Primer reads your P6 programme exactly as it is, and puts cost, risk and contracts on the same line.

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Late. Over budget. Nobody knows why.

Most programmes, most months

Thousands of activities. A dozen spreadsheets. One finish date nobody trusts.

Drop in your XER.

Primer puts it in order.

Every activity in its place, with P6's own dates.

  • Critical path
  • Data date, October 2026
  • Baseline

P6 stays the plan

Your P6 dates, exactly.

Plus what P6 can't tell you.

What moved.Compare two updates and see why the finish date changed.

What holds up.Schedule quality checks, with the activities behind each one.

  • P6 XER, P6 XML and Microsoft Project
  • P6 EPPM and P6 databases
  • Asta and other planning files
  • Microsoft Fabric and Power BI

One model

Four colours. Four powers.

01Plan and schedules

Plan.

Your P6 programme, finally understood.

  • Your P6 dates, exactlyComing soon
  • A Gantt that keeps up
  • Simulate the change, see what moves
  • DCMA 14-point checks
  • Send it back to P6Coming soon
Explore schedules
Primer Gantt of a demo P6 project with its bars across 2026 and 2027 and the critical path highlighted

02Cost and commercial

Cost.

Cost and contracts on the same line as the plan.

  • Earned value from the schedule
  • Control accounts on P6
  • Cash flow
  • NEC4 Options A, B, C and E
  • Compensation events
Explore cost
Earned value chart with planned value, earned value, actual cost and forecasts

03Risk and control

Risk.

Risk tied to the work it threatens.

  • Risk register
  • Linked to the work
  • P80 finish and cost
  • Provision 29 controls
  • A supply chain portal
Explore risk
Risk register with scores before response, at target and after response

04Portfolio and reporting

Portfolio.

Every project on one roadmap.

  • One roadmap for every project
  • AI answers that cite the data
  • PDF report packs
  • Control centre
Explore portfolio
Portfolio roadmap with every demo project and its milestones
  1. One activity
  2. One project
  3. A programme
  4. The whole portfolio

From one activity to the whole portfolio.

Group projects into programmes and see every project, milestone and finish date on one roadmap.

Plans

Start with the plan. Grow into control.

Planners and P6 teams

Plan

£99per Full seat
per month

A better way to read, check, schedule and report P6 programmes.

  • Projects and schedules
  • Your P6 dates, exactly
  • Gantt, baselines and what-if
  • Reports, DCMA checks and chart packs
  • AI help that cites the data

Project controls teams

Control

£179per Full seat
per month

Everything in Plan, with cost, risk and NEC4 contracts on the same links.

  • Everything in Plan
  • Cost
  • Risk
  • Commercial and NEC4

Owners, PMOs and programmes

Portfolio

from£249per Full seat
per month

Everything in Control, for the whole portfolio and the board.

  • Everything in Control
  • Portfolio and funding
  • Governance and Provision 29
  • Supply chain portal
  • Option to run in your own Azure tenant

30 days free for up to 5 users on the Control edition. No card needed.

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Prices per seat per month, billed annually, excluding VAT. Contributor seats cost about a third of a Full seat. Viewers are free.

No sign-up. Nothing to install.

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Your own private copy of Primer, in your browser. Explore sample P6 projects, or upload your own XER. It is deleted when you finish.

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