Hi, relatively new to using Microsoft Project 2007 and looking for some knowledge.I have created my schedule, resourced and generated my man hours (work). I have used the baseline man hours, extracted from the task usage sheet, to generate a baseline...
Free guide - Here's a step-by-step guide on how to create a Work Breakdown Structure in Primavera P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/IRTPH
I just published a new blog post “Estimating the Cost of Time When Ain’t Nobody Told Ya!” at the Total Project Control website.This new blog shows how, given only budget and “deadline” instructions, a project manager can do some back-of-the-envelope...
Hello everyone,Im new in the using of the Primavera Risk Analysis program and i have lefted my eyes in the internet searching for tutorials or a good ebook / book to learn by myself how to use it, if anyone knows or have some papers or information i ...
Hi guys,Here I got one problem regarding calendar change. We submitted the baseline and approved from client, in which the calendar used is user-defined 6 working days.Now, delay happens to project. And when we are doing EOT, the project complete dat...
We’ve consolidated some of our most popular downloads, eBooks, guides and requests for materials into one place http://ow.ly/IW0GW
It’s President’s Day weekend in the US, and Massachusetts is under the gun for another blizzard. But for all others (even those in other countries) I just published a new puzzle on my blog: I hope you have fun with it (and yes, it’s only intended to...
I have numerous activities that contain a labour resource, say GANG1, that don't have a resource rate as a price is meaningless in this case. It's 2 men and a van, going on maintenance activities. I then know the budget of the 3d activity of work the...
Hello All, My company is currently trying to educate all field management employees on the use of P6. There are only few people in the company that know how to use the program. We want to get everyone up to speed with this scheduling tool. We are...
5 personalities you’ll meet on an EPM implementation (and how to manage them) http://ow.ly/J7ydq
Why the earned value cost differs, in P6, In an updated programme when it is assigned with an original Baseline programme and when no base line (Except current project) programme is attached?Please clarify, why Earned Value cost changes this case?
Motivated by a discussion on a LinkedIn project management group, I just posted a new blog “Why Do We Plan Projects?” It makes the case that projects must be planned using such flexible techniques as work breakdown structures, value breakdown structu...
Hi,I joined as a planner with a small contractor (under 125 workers) working in the oil and gas industry. I am based in Singapore and my company is involved in pipeline and structural works within a refinery & a chemical plant. To elaborate a little ...
Hello Everyone,It is generally noted and as per this: http://www.ronwinterconsulting.com/rabaseline.htm point #92 that having having a Lag in a FS is not a good practice. Can someone pls provide more insight into my situation as below (Construction P...
That’s the title of my new article, just up at my blog. One of the readers of my blog posted a question in the Comments with respect to a metric I had mentioned in passing: “DIPP tracking. What is it and where can I learn more about it?” I had not pr...
Do you know what your project is costing? Tracking costs in Primavera P6 is an easy way to keep tabs on spending and here we show you how with a step-by-step guide http://ow.ly/Jfuby
Dear All,Need your expertise, Reference to the contract we have carry out additional work which is not in the original scope of work and that involve supervision of work, we have upt up the claim for the supervisor and engineer to supervise these ext...
Dear All,Would like to clarify the omission of the scope of work in the contract BQ, material has been procure and the work has been carried out however in the middle of the project schedule the client cancelled the design for the particular work and...
Hi Everyone I'm trying to create a Programme of works for a commercial building and i really need a guidance on the sequence of works that'll probably state the activities that needs to follow each other both Civil,MEP/Architectural. Either a book or...
Sometimes when we are revising a baseline, you find that there are two activities in the same float path that shares the same finish and start date as in the figure below. In this report we are going to explore three of the possible solutions.http://...