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Rodel,
Vladimir got it right, I understand your request for an example. I will work a short example as per your request. It makes sense as perhaps my prior example is not the best to illustrate the issue.
Lets see if I can include some cost modeling for resources being used and at times iddle as making the resources available across the board will result on a wrong cost model and resource assigment.
Best regards,
Rafael
Hi Vladimir,
Im trying to picture what you mean so I can model but unfortunately I cannot get it. Can you cite an example?
As far as I know, in P6 you can set max unit/time on define date and P6 will handle resource assigned to activity based on the calendar settings and hour per time period or working hours. If max unit/time exceed on resource assignment then P6 will use that as late dates.
Best Regards,
Rodel
Rodel,
lets wait for Rafael.
He wrote: "I am looking for the way P6 discloses the rules and amount when resources are produced by an activity in a concise and clear way."
That is why I understood that he asked about variable resource availabilities defined not by fixed dates but by project schedule.
In any case how you model this in P6?
Best Regards,
Vladimir
Hi Vladimir,
I’m little bit confused. Pardon me but I still don’t understand. Correct me if I’m wrong.
My understanding from Rafael is “resource availability defined by fixed date”
Therefore a max unit/time was defined on a fixed date and increased on a certain date then two parallel activities w/o link resource loaded will used the max unit/time using the fixed date define. I tried and have same output profile as Rafael example.
Best Regards,
Rodel
Hi Rodel,
if I understood Rafael correctly he asked if in P6 resource availability may depend on start or finish of certain activities in the project schedule.
Example: when mobilization will be finished some resources will become available on site, etc.
Setting dates manually does not help much when you dont know when certain activities will be performed and resource availability depends on their execution. Besides manually defined dates shall be permanently reconsidered with the entering performance results.
Best Regards,
Vladimir
Hi Rafael,
Im not sure if I followed you correctly. I assigned resource and double the limit starting 21-Jul-10 then level. Below is the profile I got.
Best Regards,
Rodel
Rodel,
I am looking for resource availability as defined by fixed date and also by activity as not all resource availability shall be defined by fixed dates but frequently by activities that slip as the schedule moves. It would be insane manually moving resources availability as a group of activities move, quite a monumental task. For some activity groups you need higher resource availability but you need to reduce availability as for the resource allocation level remaining activities resources using lower availability. Take for example concrete works, during main structure(s) concreting you need high availability of concreting resources while for other miscellaneous concreting activities you will need lower resource availability, you need the software to level resources as per changing availability.
A table that mimic histograms can be quite large, is not needed, just the initial availability and the date amount changes and by how much, especially when resources are produced or reduced by activities as these move with the schedule a table displaying dates such as days/weeks/months won’t do it. I am looking for the way P6 discloses the rules and amount when resources are produced by an activity in a concise and clear way.
What if activity production rules vary by the second instead of by the day, are you to plot a histogram or table with columns every second? Even every day is too much. In the above table time production occurs at 00:00 hours while activity resource consumption (negative production) occurs at 16:00 hours. Is also about disclosing the rules with precision.
Best regards,
Rafael
Rafael,
I’m not really sure if I got your query correctly.
If you are looking for all resources defined inside Primavera database regardless of used on any projects (assigned to any Projects or Portfolios) or not you can view them on the resources table showing fields Active and Assigned on Current Project. This will indicate whether they are active or not, used on the current open projects/Portfolio or not.
If you are looking for a resource usage Table or spreadsheets:
P6 can group & sort and or summarise by:
Activity Level
Resource Level
Roles level
WBS Level
Project Level
EPS level
Group Level
Etc.. Etc..
P6 can also show Activity usage spreadsheets by available Group & sort options as per sample above:
P6 can produce S-curve & Bar Profile (2D or 3d) by resource, Groups, Roles, Projects etc… with allocation limit (late or early)
P6 can produce Stacked Histogram (2D & 3D) & S-curve individual or combined by resource, Roles or any grouping you wanted as long as it was define.
P6 Claim digger will show the changes of resource from and to each compared projects including deletion or addition of resources, relationship, activities etc...
Best Regards,
Rodel