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A Pipeline Project

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Hi,I am a new member of this forum and new to process engineering field. I would like to seek your valued help regarding a project I am currently working on. I would like to know how I can plan and schedule a pipeline replacement project. Any help (W...

Mar 13, 2014

"critical path" early warning , Total float

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Hi folks,Critical path is the sequences of activities which their Total float is 0. When this sequence is defined, it is already late to take countermeasure,I need to determine earlier the sequence of activities which would delay the project finish d...

Mar 13, 2014

Progress line on multiple tasks on same line

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Hi,My firm uses a finishes programme for student accomodation, it goes 1st side stud & board, 1st fix M&E, 2nd side board etc. All of these tasks are on one line i.e. room 1. My problem rises when we have for example 90% 1st side board complete but a...

Mar 14, 2014

Progress out of sequence

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Looking for some insight.I have three activities A, B, & C. activity B has started and is 5% complete. Activities A & C have finish to finish logic links to B with a 10 day lag.  Activity B then proceeds to another activity, say D, with a finish to s...

Mar 14, 2014

P6 8.3 webbased data date

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Hi I'm new to scheduling and I had just learned P6 v7 and now am learning v8.3 web.  My original training had me setting the data date for when i wanted an activity of a project to start (this is in a new project that will start in the future) and it...

Mar 14, 2014

Budgeted Man Hour

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Sir, Please help me in the following issue. Already I have a baseline schedule but due to some material delay i had to revise my schedule . As per the new dates already updated the activities but the budgeted manhours was not moving to new dates in a...

Mar 15, 2014

Interactive PMBOK® Glossary Terms and Definitions

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It's FREE!  Within this database you will find all 534 project management terms and definitions located in the Project Management Body Of Knowledge® Glossary (Fifth Edition 2013).  If you are studying for the PMP® exam, you can use this site like fla...

Mar 15, 2014

Longest Path and TF

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Dear Planners,In defining critical activities, is there a difference between longest path and Total Float less than specific value (let's say 0)?Regards,Moutaz

Mar 15, 2014

CCE or RMP ?

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Dear AllI'm PMP certified,also have about 8 years experience in field of oil and gas poject planning and control.Now, I want to  find the work abroad (I am in Iran), But I did not recognize my experience (+) PMP are enough to find a job? Or Not, I ha...

Mar 17, 2014

Exporting to Ver. 6.0 version Problem

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I an using Oracle P6 ver. 7.2 and exporting it PM ver. 6.0 since my laptop has the lower version. With all the setting the same, the Resource Budgeted Units differs when import and opened it to PM ver. 6.The difference is more than 30,000 units. Can ...

Mar 17, 2014

USACE Scheduling Requirement in RFP

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Hello all! I have a question about what planning unit (Calendar Days vs. Working Days) we should use in responding to a US Army Corps of Engineers RFP on a large capital project. In the technical rating factors, it states "...The summary schedule sho...

Mar 17, 2014

difference between TIA and SIA

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hi, are Time Impact analysis and Schedule Impact Analysis refereing to the same or differnent concepts ? thnaks 

Mar 18, 2014

P330XER Converter Tool

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Hello, I am having an issue converting P3 to Xer. The conversion tool provided "P330XERConverter" when ran has the "P3" option greyed out. THe only thing left to choose is SDEF. Any reason this would be happening? The file is located on the same mach...

Mar 19, 2014

Project Suspend Activity

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Hi to All,I need help, Im using P6 ver 8.2.  Ive read some of the forums regarding using the calendar, its advantages and disadvatanges on this problem.Heres the situation, Project operation was suspended for 60 days due to a Tower Crane Collapse.Que...

Mar 20, 2014

Project Finish becomes Early Finish After Scheduling.

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Ok, this is baffling me. The schedule is a month behind where we should be, so i try to reflect this accurately within the programme, and this doesnt want to play ball, the Logic within these activities is sound. Activity X - Submit Document A, Finis...

Mar 20, 2014