I have a simple question for you Contractors using P3e and P3e/c to report progress on the construction field to the Owner. How are you managing your files?
In P3, before you make an update, you copy the existing schedule and give the new schedule a unique name (normally incremented by one.) You then input the status for the current update and change the data date. You then
made a backup of the new schedule and submitted it to the Owner (or Owners Rep.) The Owner restored the schedule with the new name and reviewed this new schedule, comparing it against last updates schedule already on his or her computer.
In P3e, I cant find a Schedule Copy command and there is no Backup/Restore. There is Import/Export but that is not the same thing. Is the Owner going to import an entire schedule, overriding the previous one? How will he or she know past status, through Baselines? How will the Owner know that the Baselines are unaltered once the entire new update has been imported? I am not saying that this cannot be done. I am saying that I am confused and the manuals offer no suggestions.
This is a real simple question. I suggest that before you start up your next construction project in P3e/c, that you have a good, simple answer.
In P3, before you make an update, you copy the existing schedule and give the new schedule a unique name (normally incremented by one.) You then input the status for the current update and change the data date. You then
made a backup of the new schedule and submitted it to the Owner (or Owners Rep.) The Owner restored the schedule with the new name and reviewed this new schedule, comparing it against last updates schedule already on his or her computer.
In P3e, I cant find a Schedule Copy command and there is no Backup/Restore. There is Import/Export but that is not the same thing. Is the Owner going to import an entire schedule, overriding the previous one? How will he or she know past status, through Baselines? How will the Owner know that the Baselines are unaltered once the entire new update has been imported? I am not saying that this cannot be done. I am saying that I am confused and the manuals offer no suggestions.
This is a real simple question. I suggest that before you start up your next construction project in P3e/c, that you have a good, simple answer.