Dears,I know I should avoid mandatory constraints, but the client forces the team to use a mandatory finish milestone (Project Finish Date) that leads to negative lag. Our mandatory finish constraint on “Project Finish Date” caused a network logic vi...
I authored my first project management article 10 years ago. A mentor recommended I start writing to launch my transition from managing project organizations to teaching. Writing those early articles was challenging. Reducing complex ideas into wri...
Hi friends,I hope that everyone are healthy.I'm trying to model a truck flow to a new estimate to a bid.In a construction, I have many trucks with many materials to be delivered ( gravel, sand, concrete, asphalt and so on) coming and going every day ...
A project manager’s first major decision is selecting the approach and lifecycle. Historically, this was a non-issue. The default option was preordained based on the project type, organizational preferences, and inertia. Construction and engineeri...
Hi, I am using V23.12.I have a fairly small schedule which is fully resource loaded. All dates etc. are correct folowing update.However, on one activiy in particular, the resource loading has been spread way beond the activity completion date.Activit...
No one can determine what will happen in the future – the future is always uncertain. But over the last 50 years the view of many seems to have shifted to believing a schedule or cost plan is a precise statement of what will happen months or years i...
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Hello, What is the difference between Actual Units vs Actual Regular Units. This is the first time I stumble upon Actual Regular Units and I'm unsure what it means. The hint feature isn't very helpful and neither does Google.When I apply actual units...
Hello guys,I am currently leveling resources in a oil refinery turnaround project.I have about 40 heat exchangers that need to be disassembled, cleaned, inspected and reassembled.The customer wants to reassemble every heat exchanger as soon as the in...
I like to see the usage of different progress curves other than early curves, and when used, what kind of irrational was used and who agreed with it, meaning agreement between the PCMs or the PMs. If the subject was already discussed, let me know wh...
dear all, I understand the "trace logic" option in P6 - is there a way to extract the full path in excel ? especially if the Activity sucessor is then a predecessor to another activty and then a sucessor to another predecessor follow on etc etc
Hello Team,Need your support in solving a proble. I have made a table with start date (A) and Finish date (B), The total Quantity (C) is divided by the durtation to give the per day quantity (D). Now I have per month cut of date (E, F, G, H).Can anyo...
My goal is to compare the Planned % and Actual % side by side in the Primavera P6 schedule and ensure that users can see both the Planned % and Actual %. I'm able to display the Actual % using the Duration % Complete without any issues. However, I wa...
Hi,I am a new Powerproject user and I was wondering if anyone may know where is the Macro Object library document specifically for PowerProject? The Object Library document is needed to develop Macro's and Automation and I hope it is similar to the o...
Can someone please clarify the difference between these three types of activities because I think they are representing the same goal. I have read alot but couldn't differ.
Hybrid projects are not constrained by a single methodology or well-defined framework. By definition, they are a melding melding of practices. A huge responsibility accompanies this unbounded freedom of choice. Project managers must clearly descri...
Hi Experts, I like to understand that is it possible to do RAG indicator based on project progress. This is to RAG a work activity that is tracked against the predicated workload at time of observation (baseline estimate at that time), against the ac...
Hi Experts, I like to understand that is it possible to do RAG indicator based on project progress. This is to RAG a work activity that is tracked against the predicated workload at time of observation (baseline estimate at that time), against the ac...
Our latest blog, ‘Henry Gantt vs Karol Adamiecki’ suggests there was a direct connection, but not in the way most people think.Adamiecki’s Harmonygraph and Gantt’s Charts seem to have a common root in the work of Joseph Priestley. Bar Charts were de...
Dear, How to prepare construction programme under the same contract with different phases and completion dates. The programme should have multiple critical paths,one for each phase. Or else only one critical path to the latest completion date would n...