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Cost Accounts and the Activities Screen

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Hi,we're looking to make use of Cost Accounts within our projects, and I have a small question to ask of the experts. If we have two resource IDs on an activity, both with the same cost account allocated - is there a way for the activity to be groupe...

Apr 17, 2024

Web Connections and Information Distribution in Spider Project

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 [[wysiwyg_imageupload:8649:]]This technical document elaborates on the efficient management of web connections by Spider Project, an essential tool for strategic information distribution within project environments. The software is specifically engi...

Apr 23, 2024

Using Import to Update existing schedule

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Hi All, I am having trouble with the import to update an existing schedule. I have set the Update criteria for Activities to:Update Existing and Selected the checkbox to Delete (if not in new schedule). But the Delete isn't deleting. V23.12, EPPM run...

Apr 30, 2024

Hybrid Project Management

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Hybrid project management just had its breakout moment!      The Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession® 2024 reported that hybrid (32%) is now the second most commonly used approach.  Predictive (44%) still holds a commanding lead.  ...

May 2, 2024

How to find External Relationships

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Hi Guys, Do any of you have a report that identifies activities that have external relationships? I can't find the correct way to generate a report. Thanks, Rod

May 3, 2024

TILOS

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I am looking for someone who bought TILOS and no longer uses it , i need to get it , but learm off it first 

May 4, 2024

Takt planning in OPC

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Hi,Earlier I used Asta Powerproject to make "takt plans". Powerproject enabled me to split the gantt bar and connect the start the succeeding activity after gantt split. I have not been able to figure out how to do this n OPC. Is anyone familiar with...

May 10, 2024

Productivity Fields

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Hello Vladimir,Could you explain what are the following fields and how to use them:Productivity [Current]Productivity [Start]Also there is the field Productivity [Actual] which is calculated based on actual hours and volume of work; however it is ava...

May 20, 2024

Update on use of EVM indices in EPC Projects

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Hi,after many years of using traditional EVM on EPC Projects and always feeling that the effort required to run a EVM system never justified either the claims made for it by it's protagonists or it's (lack of) use in decision making by senior managem...

May 21, 2024

CPI & SPI trend

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Hi all, I've been asked to give a presentation of the SPI & CPI trend of a project based on the last 12 months update. Is there a way that I can assign each update's baseline and get the CPI & SPI? Not sure how to do that if we haven't captured each ...

May 24, 2024

Measuring the Unmeasurable

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Our latest blog post Measuring the Unmeasurable – Using WPM to Control Unmeasurable Work! outlines a process for measuring progress using WPM to assess progress in a consistent and reliable way where there is no tangible metric available such as acti...

May 27, 2024

A focus on Work-Flow

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One of the key drivers built into Project Controls 3.0 is the need to keep work moving. This is measured as the rate of production (work) used in the Work Performance Management calculations.This concept is derived from Little’s Law, named after its ...

Jun 1, 2024

P6 Reflection without an original?

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Afternoon,OK, so hyperhetical question....let say someone has 'mis-placed' the original P6 schedule....Is there any way of converting a Reflection schedule in to a 'master' schedule without merging it back to its original? Thanks,Phil.

Jun 3, 2024

Project Controls 3.0 (PC-3.0)

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Published in the June edition of PM World Journal,  our latest paper, Project Controls 3.0presents an overview of the philosophy of Project Controls 3.0 (PC-3.0), and the reasons why a paradigm shift in thinking is needed to move controls from a comp...

Jun 7, 2024

New to Delay Analysis—Seeking Immediate Guidance, Please

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Greetings to everyoneHi I am currently working on a delay analysis, and to be very honest, this is my first time tackling such a task. I am feeling quite stuck and could really need some help. I would be incredibly grateful if anyone could offer me s...

Jun 8, 2024

The Phases of Project Controls

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This post takes a closer look at the evolution of project controls as discussed in our published paper Project Controls 3.0.  While the modern context of the names project and project manager are relatively recent, project-like endeavors have been un...

Jun 15, 2024

HOW PROJECT CONTROLS HELP THE PROJECTS

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What are Project Controls?Project controls are the procedures, equipment, and methods used to design, oversee, and manage projects successfully. This article will define project controls and explain how to utilize them to manage risk, keep within the...

Jun 16, 2024

Construction Manpower Histogram

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Hi all,Due to lack of Oil and Gas Onshore Construction planning experience, I have a question the answer to which may seem obvious to someone. The answer may really be obvious, however I would still like to hear your views. When your onshore construc...

Jun 24, 2024

Problems with Project Controls

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A few weeks ago in a post, The Phases of Project Controls, we suggested the current ‘second phase’ of project controls started in 1957 with the development of CPM and PERT scheduling software and has continued through to the present time driven by th...

Jun 28, 2024