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Active Project most important items

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Dear all Can you please answer the following questions? What is the purpose of prepare a list of most important items for running project? What are the purpose and the objectives of highlighting the project most important documents? Best Regards, Abe...

Oct 10, 2012

Global change to show column with future schedule % complete

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Hello and Good day all,I wish to ask for expert guidance on how to utilise global change and display a column containing next month's schedule % complete in P6 v7 SP3.In other words, the schedule % complete for next month's schedule with 'update prog...

Oct 11, 2012

Free tools for planning, scheduling, tracking multiple projects

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Hello all,I would appreciate if you could share your experience/recommendation for free PM tools (excluding Excel-Gantt alternatives) in task-based planning, scheduling and time-based tracking of multiple small projects (e.g. internal projects). Inde...

Oct 11, 2012

Equipment as work resource

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Hello all,What is your best practice in assigning both non-people resources (equipments, tools, instruments etc...) and people resources as work resources to the tasks in multiple resource assignments ? In addition to expecting your invaluable commen...

Oct 11, 2012

MSP Resource planning and tracking question.

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Hi guys, Would like to now how you plan your projects with resources/hours. Right now I am using Duration, Work, Rem Work and Act Work for tracking a project. Some only use Duration and then work with the Task Usage sheet I think? Would appreciate so...

Oct 11, 2012

Primavera Import

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Hi,I have a requirement of creating planning data (Activities, Resources)xml file  through with importing to Primavera should be possible.What should be the schema of that xml file and what should be the format.Can any one help me out by giving the s...

Oct 11, 2012

submission and approvals prior to commencement date

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Dear PP experts,I am developing a tender programme for a quite complex resort and hotel tower buildings in a tight completion timeframe.The qusetion is, "Is it contractually acceptable to make any submission and approval request from the Engineer imm...

Oct 11, 2012

UDFs in bottom layout

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What I would like to see is any UDF assigned to an activity in the bottom layout, preferably in the "Codes" tab.  Is this possible?  Showing a specific UDF as a column is no problem, but I would like to see whatever UDF I have assigned to an activiti...

Oct 11, 2012

P6 - Tools /Command

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Dear All,   I have problem i was working P6 and title bar Tools then i went to Summaries then i clicked on Open Project. I want want to know what will change to program and how i can undo this. Tools----Summeries----Open PRoject --- OK i am looking f...

Oct 11, 2012

Access to Primavera P6 Rel 7

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Hello,First of all, I apologise if this post is in the wrong location.I recently took the Milestone course for Project Management in Pramavera P6 Release 7. I am trying to find out if and where I can get hold of a copy of the software to practice wha...

Oct 11, 2012

Critical Path and Key Dates

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A friend asked me about how to determine the critical path of their project in relation to contractual key dates. The case is, they have contract to construct the superstructure and finished for a train depot. It is located in a large area and it is ...

Oct 12, 2012

Can MS Project change the % assignment, when doing resource leveling?

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 Hi, I am just wondering, whether MS Project can do the following:Situation:Task1 has priority 1000, duration 5 days (Mon-Fri) and resource A, assigned 50%Task2, has priority 500, could start on the same Monday, has resource A assigned 100%. Task is ...

Oct 12, 2012

Primavera installation location change

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Dear All,Kindly help me!!My problem is as described below..I used my external disk to install the software P6 V7 (standalone) to my PC. Now I am trying to modify and install another module "SDK" to exisiting installation. But I am not able to do so b...

Oct 12, 2012

sewerage and drainage project

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Hi friends, Any body please share yuor ideas regarding a sewerage and drainage project. How will be critical path in that type of project.It includes Pumping stn work, manholes , main line , lateral line and house connection works road crossing and p...

Jun 13, 2012

"Must Start on Particular Day" Constraint

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Hi, I'm trying to find a way of getting a 5 day task to start on the first working day of a week, regardless of the day it's predecessor finishes. For example, Task A finishes on a Thursday, then I want task B to start on the Monday, not the Friday. ...

Jun 13, 2012

MS Project 2010 - Similar Software to Claim Digger for P3 or P6

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Hi,Good day Planners, Schedulers, Project Controls & the like. I would like to ask if anybody know if there is any software that we can use on MS Project 2010 for Schedule comparison, Just like the Claim Digger software to P3 or P6 Claim Digger Capab...

Jun 13, 2012

Production rate

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Hi friends, Just a few things for your discussion. Few production rates are given below. 1.Backfilling   by machine m3.........0.22 2. backfill by labour (with compaction)  LM.......4 3. bulk excavation 45m haul  m3.........0.09 4.Trench excavation b...

Jun 13, 2012