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Updating percent % via SQL Server

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hi all, I've developped a tool a few years ago, that allowed planner colleagues to enter daily follow-up by scanning barcodes.this tool is still used today, but it's a pain in the ass partly because of the use of excel files to import/export from P6....

Mar 18, 2015

Resource Price/Unit Changes & Baseline Values

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Hi,Hopefully someone here will be able to help.I'm working on a project with a baseline that matches the approved client changes for reporting purposes. We are just about to apply new hourly rates to our labour resources (new rates from effective dat...

Mar 18, 2015

Substantial Completion Date Change

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Currently I'm working on a project where I review a subcontractor's P6 schedule and implement their update when I submit mine to the client. When I import their project into my machine, I hit re-calculate and their Substantial Completion date changes...

Mar 18, 2015

Request for project planning survey

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Hello Everyone, I am studying Quantity Surveying at Coventry University. As part of my final year dissertation, I am carrying out this survey about project planning. It would be very helpful if you could complete this short project planning survey by...

Mar 18, 2015

Inserting Gantt Chart Gridlines in Primavera P6

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We had a call from someone who had become frustrated with trying to change the Primavera P6 Gantt chart gridlines for printout. If you didn’t know, the Gridlines toggle in the print page setup dialog only controls the gridlines of the activity table;...

Mar 20, 2015

Thorny one -How would you model this?

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Contractor A has a large construction project in the middle of nowhere. The logistics route from the nearest available port to the workfront is >1,500km long and in poor condition, and will have to carry something like 200,000 tonnes of plant, equipm...

Mar 20, 2015

What is the best way to compare 2 schedules?

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I want to find out what relationships have been added / deleted from a previous schedule. What is the best (or fastest) way of doing this automatically, without having to review them one by one, visually, manually, etc.?

Mar 21, 2015

Topic for MS (Project Management) Thesis

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Dear PM Professionals!I am in process of selecting thesis for my MS (Project management) Degree. My basic job involve Cost Estimation and Cost Control in construction industry of saudi arabia. I want to make thesis either in Cost Estimation or Cost C...

Mar 21, 2015

Man hours query

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Dear all,Please help me out in couple of queries1) I have budgeted labour, budgeted non labour (equipment hrs) units for each activity in project. when i calculate progress based on budgeted units alone do i have to consider only labour units as this...

Mar 22, 2015

P6 8.2 - Revised baseline - Copying actuals from status update

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Hi,When we revise links and add activities to our original baseline to make it revised baseline, how to copy the actual dates from the updated schedule to reflect on the new (re linked) schedule?Re applying actuals one by one for hundreds of activiti...

Mar 24, 2015

Loaded Costs are not spreading in the activity's duration

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Dear Experts,We have a program fully loaded with cost and manpower. The problem that we are facing right now is that lots of costs that were loaded to the program are not spreading to the entire duration of the activity. Can anyone share his knowledg...

Mar 24, 2015

Zero Duration % complete

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Hii,I get 0 duration % complete for one particular set of activity codes at the WBS level, but all other activities which are in progress/ completed rolls up to some value in the WBS level.The activity type assiged is Fixed Durations & Units for all ...

Mar 24, 2015

Throwing money away!

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One of the hardest things to do is to stop wasting money and resources on a losing proposition, emotions, biases and focusing on simple but irrelevant measures can all lead to bad decisions.  A proper consideration of ‘sunk costs’ can help eliminate ...

Mar 25, 2015

P6 Group and Sort View Layout Problem

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This may sound very easy question but we cannot find how to establish a constant group and sort view by clicking just once. I can prepare group and sort as my own way but I failed when I want to send this group and sort layout to my friend. He could ...

Mar 25, 2015