Comparison
Controls Star vs Primavera P6
Primavera P6 is where your schedule is built and maintained. Controls Star is an analytics and project-intelligence layer that reads your P6 XER data alongside Excel/CSV progress to help teams interpret schedule and project-controls performance faster.
Controls Star
Primavera P6
Schedule network (activities, dependencies)
Reads your XER export (file-based upload)
The source of truth — Controls Star does not replace it
CPI / SPI / EAC on labor hours
Computed from Excel/CSV progress data
Native fields, populated by your team
AI narrative on schedule health
Executive summary + top driving paths
Manual write-up in Word/Excel
Critical-path visualization
Per-scope (engineering / procurement / etc.)
One path, no scope filtering
Baseline-drift tracking
Upload contract baseline XER → auto-compare
Available in P6 (multi-baseline setup required)
Discipline-level KPI table
Auto-computed per import
Activity-level; disciplines rolled up manually
Board-pack export
1-click PPTX + PDF
Screenshot & paste, or via Primavera Analytics
Best for
Weekly insights on top of your existing schedule
Building and maintaining the schedule itself
Our Take
Keep Primavera P6 as your scheduling system. Add Controls Star to help interpret each XER export as executive-ready narrative and per-scope critical-path insight — no live P6 integration required, XER file upload is all it needs.