I just posted a new "puzzler" for the weekend on my blog. I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it every weekend – but I will whenever possible. If you like exercising your brain and/or your PM skills, today’s puzzler is definitely about PM skills. It d...
Dear All,Is it allowed as per FIDIC, for a Contractor to submit the detailed claim (WITHOUT A NOTICE) within 28 days after the Contractor became aware of the event.For eg: the Contractor submitted the impacted schedule with delay event/supporting doc...
Hi Everyone,Could you please shed more lights on the essence of throwing-in lots of constraints in a schedule. I am reviewing a schedule where around 15 Finish ON/Before, Start On, Finish On/After constraints exist.Most amazing to me, most of this co...
Hi There,I am just wondering if there are any books that people would recommend that provide a mid level discussion and explanaton of delay analysis and the techniques involved. It would be very useful if any of these books also contained a relativel...
Dear All,In the Contractor submitted program, the submittal time period is levelled(manual linking) by linking it with " Material Sub contractor approval" with a FS (LAG) relation ship.For eg: MEP sub contractor approval: 01-JAN 2015(Activity A)Submi...
Here's a guide to summarizing project data for quick management reports Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/Olbx9
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Hi All,What are the major differences in Project Management Consultancy and Construction Supervision Consultancy.In my understanding the CSC includes, but not limited to;1. Checking the compliance with technical specifications2. Monitoring time, cost...
All,I am trying to understand in what way oracle primavera calculate toatal float in same logic relationship. Thereby, I made a sample testing projest with only 3 activities A B and CA--(FS)-->B--(FS)-->CThe duration for A B and C are all 5 days.Now ...
Hi,Is there any way I can export the assigned resources to activities from Primavera Programme to excel and then import the same resources on a modified programme with similar set of activities and quantities rather then assigning each resource indiv...
The whole is equal to the sum of its parts. Likewise a successful project is founded on a strong team made up of proficient team members. The question is: do you know how to build a team into an efficient unit that is able to take on the project at h...
Hi all,As I keep on thinking about P6 remaining early start description, I keep getting confused. The description says ' Remaining early start is basically the earliest date an activity in-progress can start or continue after the data date'. My quest...
Good morningAny help you can offer for this niggling problem would be appreciatedI have posted about this before but never found a solution but I think my problem was a bit detailed for my peasized brain to explain properly. This morning I found a mu...
Has anyone encountered errors when importing a WBS IDs into Primaverea Risk Analysis (PRA). What should read C512-R45/P2.0.010-001.2 (P6) is reading C512-R45/P2.0.010-001.0280 (PRA) It is as if PRA is ignoring the data in the XER file and just auto-i...
Hi all, Is it possible to copy links from one task to another? i.e. I have a task that has a lot of finish to start links coming from it, I've created another task and want to give it the same successors. Is this possible, without manually creating ...
What are the settings to permit a linkage of activity duration and the activity cost/budget? I'd like to have P6 calculate the change in costs as I change the duration. I thought this was possible, but I'm not able to do it. Any thoughts? Thanks.
HI ALL PLEASE I NEED HELP DEVELOPING A BRICKS CLADDING PROGRAMME AS AGAINST THE TRADITIONAL BUILD ONE
I am currently undertaking research of time management practices in construction as part of an MSc in Construction Project Management. I would be grateful if anyone involved in the management of construction projects (even at pre-construction stage) ...
Hi , Anybody come across this situation where you can use 8.1 client and 8.3 client together from one computer (ie: 2 instance at the same time) in an EPPM enviornment. I am not able to open both together. I want to open 8.1 and 8.3 same time on sam...
We've just posted a new video showing how to monitor near critical activities in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/OwTUf