hi, Jerry,

I will Click F9 on pulldown menu when I got a program from someone at first time. After click, it will generate a briefly report which includes project start date and completion date or impose completion date, number of activities of programme, no of activities of longer path bla bla..........

After that, I’ll make critical analysis filter and go into details of programme. A rude picture of programme would form.

Of course, other things such as BQ, drawings and specification are helpful to understand the project.

Hope it’s helpful.

Cheers,
Fannie

Hi Jerry

Never mind looking at photographs - get your boots and hard hat on and get onto the site.

Hopefully with the assisatance of a planner, engineer or supervisor and "walk the job", and ask questions.

Then you will get a real feel for the job and plan etc.

Regards

John

You have to look at the following:-

*Scope of work and the recap quantities as per the contract drawings.
*Work methodologies and, Method statement and work procedures.
*What is the proper logic, sequances and relations of the major activities in practical way and assign the predessoresand the successores for each activity.
*Use reasonable resources and production rates.
*Make general planning before going into details and use one crew only for each activity and check the completion date - if found not sufficient to complete the scope of works within the contractual period then increase the nos. of crews accordigly.

Hi,

Perhaps you could start your move into the Oil and gas Industry by trying to get an understanding of the various terms that are used.

Try typing into Google "Oil Gas Terminology", the result will keep you busy for a while and hopefully give you the words that you need for this industry.

Regards

John

Hi Jerry,

Talk with the experts of your new industry. Experts meaning engineers, technicians, foremen etc. Never start talking with the management staff if you want to learn quickly the rudiments of your new industry. Management and contractual issues is not that different to most industries.

This is based from my own experience.

Se

Hi,

I often find if you print the Plan out in say barchart format the sequence of the work can easily be identified. If its a small project try ploting the network out on an AO priter/plotter. If their is a Taget Plan, print that out as well, that should give the original sequence.

Try differant level of detail, but expect to use activity level, in which case have the logic printed out on the barchart.

You may have to do some work on the activity codes to get a meaninful barchart, all depends on how the plan has been set up.

You should include the following fields: Preceeding & Succeding activities.

Once you have a "feel" for the sequenece, you will have to try and understand the reason for any logic, negative lags, posative lags, thats when it gets interesting.

regards

John

Jerry,

Try starting with making an Outline programme – Look at the big picture before getting into the details.

Regards,
Larry

Hi Jerry,

Understanding the programming normalymeans undestand the thinking, the strategie that some one might have thought in order to acomplish a certain project.

Then how that person implemented that in P3.

For me it would take a lot more that a few days and I would start by knowing the project, the contract, etc.

In order to gain time better is allways to get in touch with author of previous plan.

BR
JMFrade