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Staff Resource Planning Using MS Project

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Hi All,I have been tasked with creating a site staff resource programme by my employer.I am relatively new to planning and am hoping someone could provide me with suggestions on how to efficiently create a programme for staff resources using MS Proje...

Jun 29, 2012

Subcontractor submitts an EOT Claim direct to the Engineer

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The overall delay of the project is 95 days (including civil, architectural works, external works and MEP). The client is using FIDIC 1999.Prior to MEP activities started the project was delayed by 13 days.The major event occurred when the MEP contra...

Jun 29, 2012

How to calculate % work done

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Hi Friends,I have a small querry regarding how to get the information on calculation of Planned % work done for the particular month from Main Schedule.For Ex: if the project duration is 365 days from Jan1st to dec31 st with 100% Scope, in that how c...

Jun 30, 2012

Period Peformance

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Where Period Peformance in P6 is not widely used in practical pupose for generation of "S" Curve withing primavera instead of taking extract for Early and Late Resource Profile only? 

Jul 1, 2012

Highway project

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Dear All, Anybody having a highway project programme pls mail to me. mail id :  [email protected] What are the major risk elements in a highway project.? How can we divide the wbs structure and what are the considerations to fix the duration and...

Jul 1, 2012

Claiming Delay of the Project???

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  Hi to all,Does anyone can guide me if what is the best way to claim a delay of the Project, due to the following;1. How to reflect the Delay of Payment in the Programme or any alternative way to Claim the delay of Payment???2. Delay events should b...

Jul 1, 2012

Anyone done a shutdown project using Asta before??

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Have the possibility of joining a Mining shutdown 3 weeks out from start, anyone had this experience / exposure before?Schedule exists in MSP (only seen PDF copy so far) but I'd like to use Asta.Any assistance / advice appreciated.

Jul 2, 2012

ANALYSIS

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Hi, Given:       Last Week (Cumulative)   This Week (Cumulative)       Plan   100.00   100.00 Actual   47.00   47.77 Days Delay   366.00   326.00 Anticipated Completion 1-May-13   15-May-13 May I have analysis from the above data?????? Regards,

Jul 2, 2012

Importing /Exportin Files

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I´ve been trying to import an XER file to P6v7 but I haven´t been able bacause of this error message. If someone can help me, I would apretiate it.   Regards, Amado.     The "Event" message is as follows: "An aplication event has been intercepted. Pl...

Jul 2, 2012

Early Star and Early Finish

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Dear Planners,What is the difference between the early start and start? once we enter the durations start and finish are automatically filled but early start and finish no?Regards,Moutaz

Jul 2, 2012

Make Your PMO More Effective With Learning Transfer

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Do you make a point of ensuring that everyone who goes on a training course transfers what they have learned to their work environment? It’s worth doing. A new study by ESI International shows that when training is transferred back onto the job, Proj...

Jul 2, 2012

Finish or Start milestone?

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Dear planners;Sometimes we have a milestone wich come at the end of one activity/ies and its the start of other activity/ies (like handover milestones).So how we should conider this kind of milestones, start or finish milestone? Thank you in advance ...

Jul 2, 2012

linking Activities in subsequent WBS

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I am using P6. i have two WBS created with one Submittal of Material list and the next submission of PO with same activities. Now i want to link each activity in Submission of PO wbs to Each subsequent activity in Submittal of material list.  I have ...

Jul 3, 2012

Beginner exercise

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HII ,I am a new in planning ,and want to learn planning ,i know the basics of primavera (p 6.7) ,any suggestion on what to start ,i am working on road&infrastructure project .so i need suggestion on how start learning planning if possible any exercis...

Jul 3, 2012

Free Primavera P6 video tutorial guide covering resource management

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Hey everyone! I just wanted to make everybpdy aware of the free Primavera P6 video tutorial guide covering resource management topics. You can access it here --> Free Primavera P6 video tutorial guide We also have a Primavera software training blog a...

Jul 3, 2012

Filtering within a WBS

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We have schedules developed by contractors that have WBS's utilizing a standard template developed for the project I'm involved with. Since we have approximately 15 projects set up using this template, we wanted to filter activities wherein work is o...

Jul 3, 2012

Resources Error Export/Import of Projects

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Dear All, Good day!Just want to ask about this query which happend to me lately.I have made a Resources Loaded Schedule (BOQ Items as resources, which in turn will give me Total Budget Cost). I export it and import it to another computer. It shows a ...

Jul 4, 2012

Resources Error Export/Import of Projects

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Dear All, Good day!Just want to ask about this query which happend to me lately.I have made a Resources Loaded Schedule (BOQ Items as resources, which in turn will give me Total Budget Cost). I export it and import it to another computer. It shows a ...

Jul 4, 2012

Remaining Late Cost In Past months after Re-Baseline

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All, I have just rebaselined my project based on a data date of 13th June, however, much of the remaining late cost has been moved in my report to December of the previous year. There is no negative float on these activities and all early and late da...

Jul 4, 2012