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SS & FF Relatinship

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good morning   i have a consultant who is trying to force us to use FS relationship and ignore / delete all SS &FF Relationships does he have the right to do that , and is it practical to use only FS.   your opinion please   regards, Alaa,PMP 

Jul 6, 2014

Why are so many projects set up to fail?

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Project failure rates have remained steady for at least the last 30 years. Books’ Law was published in 1975[1], Cobbs Paradox was coined in 1995[2], project training and certifications have increased exponentially in the last decade, but projects are...

Jul 6, 2014

Weird Project Finish Date

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Hello Folks,I am quite new here as a member, however I have been a pseudo member coming on and off before. I have a recent issue with my Primavera P6 V8.2 settings ( I suppose). What I have noticed is that, whenever I load up an XER file sent from a ...

Jul 7, 2014

Lost and Found - Hot Tip

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Hi AllStatistics show that when searching for a lost object it is usually found in the last place you look.So why not save time and look there first.Best regardsMike T.

Jul 7, 2014

Headings / Non-Summary tasks without dates / durations etc

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HiIs it posible in MSP2013 to make a plain old heading?I just want a title (not header) above sections of some of my tasks, I don't want a date or duration or anything assigned to them, just a plain old title at certain sections. The only thing I've ...

Jul 8, 2014

computer domain changed - ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occured;

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My computer was recently migrated to a new domain after a company merger. Neither company has extensive P6 experience. Knowing this, I should have backed up my database before the migration, but being fairly green myself, I did not. Now, when I attem...

Jul 9, 2014

Reporting multiple critical.paths

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Good morning all, I have been a planner for about 18 months now and for the first time I have been asked by the SPM to produce a report showing the first five critical paths. How do I get P6 to display this? Is this best presented as a programme with...

Jul 9, 2014

Redundant ties as basis for schedule rejection

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Has anyone successfully countered the USACE's position on rejecting a schedule with redundant ties? My position is that there is constructive logic and preferential logic in a schedule and that both are legitimate. I don't think the corps specs refer...

Jul 9, 2014

Baseline Schedule made up of several projects linked together

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Ladies and Gents, Just wondering what are the contractual implications of producing a baseline schedule (in P6) that is made up of several projects which are linked together (through external relationships from project to another)! Thank you,Rami

Jul 10, 2014

Earned Value in Period Variance

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Hi Planet, Does anyone know how the field 'Earned Value in Period Variance' in reporting is calculated? Basically I'm trying to get a report that shows Period BCWP and Period BCWS. I would also like a report to show the comparison between what the ET...

Jul 10, 2014

Budget Total Cost Data Lost when Imported

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I have searched all over the internet for a solution to my problem. I have found many similiar posts but all the solutions have not worked. Here is what I am having trouble with:I have a 2500+ activity schedule that is cost loaded with resources that...

Feb 11, 2014

Budgeted Total Cost Data Lost when Imported

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I have searched all over the internet for a solution to my problem. I have found many similiar posts but all the solutions have not worked. Here is what I am having trouble with:I have a 2500+ activity schedule that is cost loaded with resources that...

Feb 11, 2014