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Is an estimate based on multiple points more accurate than a single estimate?

If we go with conventional wisdom then it certainly would seem so. A mean of more than one estimate is likely to give us better result.

In project management, there is a three-point estimation technique. It calculates the expected duration based on three different estimates. It calculates the mean of three different estimates to determine the final estimate. This technique can also be used for estimating cost and resources.

We disagree.  We have different perspectives and opinions.  We get upset by things that were said, or not said.  These events arouse our emotions.  We become angry or afraid.  

If you came into Primavera P6 from a Microsoft Project background, you would have noticed that actual dates have the suffix “A” appended to them, and constrained dates also have an asterisk appended. And milestones have a blank date field depending on the type of milestone.

In this YouTube video, I will show you a trick you can use to

How would you like to create a rolling date lookahead filter in Microsoft Project instead of using the default Date Range filter? Users of Primavera P6 are used to defining the criteria for lookahead filters using Data Date or Current Date and we can also do same in Microsoft Project using Status Date or Current Date rather than pick hard dates all the time using the Date Range filter.

If your Primavera P6 schedule is set to use the Retained Logic for out of sequence activities and you notice that despite all the predecessors of an activity being 100% complete, the activity’s Start Date is not on the Data Date as one would expect

My career is probably more colorful than most:

The date formats available in Primavera P6 are very limited and to best of my knowledge, you cannot get the mmm-yy (month-year) format straight out of the box. You might want to display dates in mmm-yy if you don't want to show exact dates in issued schedules.

This P6 video outlines a workaround using UDF that can be used to achieve mmm-yy date format.