Hi,I have been in Planning & Costing for 4 years. I do QS also. I would like to go for certification to work with global employers.I did a small study and compared different institutes and their courses (PMI / AACE / PRINCE2 / IPMA / AIPM).I filtered...
Hi!For example I have an activity of "preparing one serve soup" with resorces 0,5 lt of water, 3 tomatoes, a pinch of salt, 1 hour cook etc. Then I have another activity "preparing a dinner for 6 persons" I want to insert that "preparing soup" activi...
The need for effective planning and scheduling has been recognised for well over 100 years. Projects fail when they overrun the allocated time and budget and overrunning on schedule is a great way to make sure you also overrun on cost.The elements ne...
Hi ,I have total of 4 years expereince as Planner. I dont have Project Manager experience .Am I eligible to apply for PMP exam.Please adviseRegardsBadhru
Hello, I'm working on a simple plan for an office building. it's some how decided that project life time is double concrete work life time. so, what I'm looking for is productivity rates regarding to concrete work as well as Method Statement for Conc...
Hi to all, I have got new project & the project's scope is to rectify & renovate the Buildings. Here my Baseline schedule has been approved as per given Finish milestones by client & i loaded appropriate Manhours upon my experience because there is n...
This past week, I made a presentation for the Washington, D.C. Chapter of PMI. During my visit to DC, I met a very interesting gentleman by the name of Mike Hannan of Fortezza Consulting. Mike is a book author and CCPM aficionado who had just finishe...
How to load resourse using global change in P6?Thanks
I need some assistance with a filter that will show task that should have started by the status date but still show now actual start or % progress
I inherited a project schedule for a MILCON project in Southern California. The project was subject to a long delay before actual construction began, so there are issues of time and money to tidy up. In reviewing the older schedules that are part o...
Sometime in 2016, the next edition of the PMBOK® Guide should be published by the Project Management Institution. Every past edition has added new concepts and techniques. What are some of the things you would like to see covered in the 6th Edition? ...
Here's a great introduction to Primavera P6’s Global Change Tool http://ow.ly/OJlSH
Dear Friends,My Client is asking to load resources ( Manpower ) in the existing Primavera Schedule (P6) which is already updated . I have never came across such situaion and am not sure , technically can it happen. Can ayone shed some light on this...
How do you treat material costs? Given the distinction between expenses and material costs is depreciation, and there is either a Resource tab or an Expense tab (bottom Layout)[[wysiwyg_imageupload:2509:]]. how do you list your material costs-say bul...
Hi planners,Two question about using Primavera outside of the network. I have SQL 2012 express edition running on a server and when I login from inside of the network everything wors fine. But when I try to login from outside of the network, I get th...
Hello,I was asked to prepare an example TIA - Time Impact Analysis Schedule in P6.To do this, I would first prepare a normal baseline schedule, and then, assign delays to certain activities and prepare a second, delayed schedule? And calculate a vari...
hello,where can i find a good source that gives the definitions of all columns on primavera?
i am able to put in a date value to deadline column but it does not seem to affect any floats or finsih dates. how does this deadline colmun work?
A while back, I was working on a claim. Using P3, I superimposed the as built schedule onto the baseline schedule. Unfortunately, I can't remember how I did it. Any help? Also, does Suretrak have this function?Thanks!
how do you group your submittals in your schedule? by wbs?