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Update Progress

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Hello Group,I have a query which is driving me crazy.I have a WBS created with 20 headings and each heading has 40-50 activities listed under them.When I try to "update progress" all activities show "% complete" as per the data date which is "Feb 13 ...

Feb 12, 2013

Primavera Contract Manager

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Hi,How to integrate the PCM with P6 Software? By doing so, any main advantage is there other than than using the stand alone P6 software.Please advise Thanks in advanceKannan

Feb 12, 2013

Total Float -1 with Mandatory Finish

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I am currently using P6 v7.0. We have just created a project, for the finish milestone, we gave it a mandatory finish of August 23, 2013. All the predeccessor activities complete by August 21, 2013. Yet I am showing a total float of -1. Can someone p...

Feb 12, 2013

Data Date Time

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Hi All I was reviweing a contractor's schedule as part of a delay analysis exercise when I noticed that the time set on the data date progress line was 08:00. The work calendar is due to start on 07:00 so for every progress report one hour is lost on...

Feb 13, 2013

6 Tips to Developing your Project Scope and Schedule – Mind Mapping

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I came across this rather different approach to creating your project scope and generating a project schedule. The article describes how mind mapping software helps by firstly brainstorming the project requirements all the way to assigning resources ...

Feb 13, 2013

How to Change Remain Finish Date

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Hi, I have an activity which started earlier than forecasted and will consequently finish earlier. The problem is when I put the expected finish date on Feb 15th I can't draw the finish date earlier than Feb 22nd. I get the message : "Finish date can...

Feb 13, 2013

P6 show Fiscal Calendar Weeks

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Hi Guys, Looking for a bit of help with a layout. I work in the rail industry. We work on weeks everyone on the project refers to project weeks and not dates. The weeks run from the First Saturday In July to the Last Friday the following June. (I.e W...

Feb 14, 2013

Activity screen - Project summary showing by Chronilogical order

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I am trying to Order my summarised projects within the Activity Screen, based on the early remaining starts of the activities within the project, in a crhronilogical order. This may be something simple I have clearly missed, however having tried a mu...

Feb 14, 2013

New Oil & Gas PM Book with Chapter on Critical Path Drag

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Not sure how many on this forum work in the Oil & Gas Industry, but a new book titled Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry: A World System Approach, by Badiru and Osisanyu, was published a couple of weeks ago.  The book is over 700 pages, ...

Feb 14, 2013

Estimating the expected lost days to weather.

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In order to model the weather effects basically two things are needed, the software capable of doing so and the input data. While I have access to computer models that can theoretically do it the problem I am facing is with the data to be used.We can...

Feb 17, 2013

Constraints

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Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me what is difference between mandatory start constraint and start on constraint?What is its effect on early and late dates?

Feb 18, 2013

Tables

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Hello I'm using v12 and have created a table for a progress report. How do I copy / import this table into another programme? The table definition doesn't seem to appear in the library explorer.... Any help gratefully received to avoid having to type...

Feb 18, 2013

copy and paste

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Dear All, Please help me with this problem, thanks in advance. I remember when i use copy and paste function in P6, several windows will pop out and the system will ask me if i want to copy the relationship or other options and i can choose to paste ...

Feb 19, 2013

schedule Options

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Hi everyone,There are three different types for scheduling the status i,e retain logic, progress override and actual dates. Sowhat is the difference between each other and tell me where do we use all those things?

Feb 19, 2013