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Longest path in the enterprise project schedule issues

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Tue, 2007-10-02 21:12
Kevin Matthews
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All,

We have 3 projects in an enterprise structure and link activities between the three. The problem we are facing is the longest path is always project specific and not enterprise specific i.e 3 projects; 3 longest paths. This is confusing management as there are 3 critical paths.

In p3 there was projects and sub-projects and the critical path was one path between many sub-projects...

..am I missing something ?

Keep Planning,

Kevin.
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Thu, 2007-10-04 09:17
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Paul Harris
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Kevin

I have raised this issue with Primavera today. The only way I can find to develop a Critical Path over multiple projects is to:

1. Open the projects and select the default project.
2. Calculate the schedules. It also appears that you have to manually change all the projects Data dates manually.
3. Identify the early finish of all the activities.
4. Set a Project Must Finish by Date in all projects.
5. Recalculate the projects.

Primavera Version 5.0 does not seem to have the option to handle multiple subprojects that P3 has!

Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Training Manual & Book Publishers & Consulting
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Thu, 2007-10-04 08:18
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Luca Basile
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Hi
Pay attention on how you sort the activities.
It may lead to think that you see a project CP while can have the Enterprise one.


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Wed, 2007-10-03 00:27
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K D
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Hi Kevin.
We think you can try option "Calculate multiple float path" while scheduling.
It can create a longest path throughout your 3 project. You need to group by "Float path" in Activity table.
Thanks
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