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Assign Weights to Entire Activity & WBS Summary Level

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hi to all,Here i am wondering a way to assign weights to my entire activities as well as WBS level.My schedule is loaded with Man-hours but now my Client asking to show the weight on the schedule.I have checked in P6 & there is no any default column ...

Aug 11, 2014

Linking two or more projects with external relations

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Hi all,I am dealing with a large project that’s estimated to have about 50,000 activities with over 100,000 relations, this project is divided into three large phases, we have developed the first phase and it’s about 19,259 activities and with 37,851...

Aug 13, 2014

Computing Critical Path Drag in Start-to-start (SS) Relationships

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There is a Wikipedia page that explains how to compute critical path drag, but only with finish-to-start relationships. I recently had a long discussion with another PP member, Dennis Hanks, in which I mentioned the value/importance of computing crit...

Aug 13, 2014

Delay in site handover to Contractor

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Hi All,The situation for EOT as follows;There is a delay in the hand over of site to the Contractor, but as a part of mitigation the Contractor started the setting out works ahead of the official site handover-     Can the Employer deduct the time of...

Feb 23, 2015

concurrent delays

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Hi All,Can I request the opinion of the experts for the below claim situation.1. The Contractor is in delay and beyond the Contract Completion Date.2. In the mean time, there is a delay event from Employer (for eg: permission of Power). But even afte...

Feb 23, 2015

Answers to Last Weekend's PM Puzzler: Where to Add Resources?

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I just posted the answers, with explanations, to last weekend’s PM Puzzler on my blog. They're here. If you haven’t tried this PM Puzzler yet, just click on the BLOG tab and scroll down past the answers to the second article from the top. Then you ca...

Feb 24, 2015

Progress update of out of sequence activities

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Dear All,What will be the effect of  updating an out of sequnce activity in a Baseline programme (Cost loaded) in a Villa Project.Planned dates of that activity falls in the month of May, but actvity completed in the schedule period. (Schedule % is 0...

Feb 24, 2015

Progress update of out of sequence activities

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Dear All,What will be the effect of  updating an out of sequnce activity in a Baseline programme (Cost loaded) in a Villa Project.Planned dates of that activity falls in the month of May, but actvity completed in the schedule period. (Schedule % is 0...

Feb 24, 2015

Float bars on finished tasks

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Hello planners,can somebody please explain why Primavera P6 V7 or R8 displays a float bar when a task is completed, eventhough the Free float and Total float fields are empty?these tasks are not out-of sequencethe float bar goes until the remaining s...

Feb 25, 2015

Implementation issues

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 The IT group has Implementation issues with a new install of P6 R8.3.2. When we are connected to the server data base there is on admin toolbar in the program and a few other fetures are not present. we also get an error about the  industry type has...

Feb 25, 2015

Justifying Resources through the DRED: How to Repeal Brooks's Law

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Brooks’s Law says: "(A)dding manpower to a late software project makes it later." Although Brooks himself called his law an "outrageous simplification,” there is some truth in it. In some types of work, adding resources may delay completion. But ther...

Feb 25, 2015

Calendar Issue

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Good day !This is my first post in this forum. Glad if someone who reading this willing to help.My senior planner recently has sent me a Baseline programme in XER file, I try to open the file, but the Baseline start and finish date is different from ...

Feb 27, 2015

Performance Management

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Some organisations perform consistently well, others don’t!  This statement is true of all aspects of an organisation’s performance including its ability to manage projects and programs effectively. Consistent high performance in the creation of valu...

Feb 28, 2015

How to Choose a Good Project Manager?

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I have been wondering if the stuff we learn in PMBOK really applies in real life.One such question is about the selection of a good project manager. What are the qualities and attributes do you really look for.In PMP, they say that communication skil...

Feb 28, 2015

Gary Heerkens's PM Network article "Imposed Deadline Syndrome"

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The March issue of PMI’s monthly magazine PM Network is now available on-line to PMI members. Gary Heerkens’s “The Business of Projects” is always good, but I found this month’s article “Imposed Deadline Syndrome” to be especially interesting. If you...

Mar 1, 2015

Issue of IFC Drawings without full details.

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Dear All,The problem related to issue of IFC drawings from client.In Baseline program activity linked with Site handover and issue of IFC Drawings (FS)Client issued drwaing without proper details (some areas on hold), in programme both IFC and area h...

Mar 2, 2015