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Office 365 compatibility

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Hello Planners,One customer of mine is working with Office 365 and MS Project 2010; he cannot use MS Project Visual Reports because these two software applcations cannot work together (I do have the same problem when using MSP 2016 with MS Excel 2010...

May 24, 2019

Steps to Tasks

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Is there a way to convert the steps of a task to tasks.  Originally some task were created as steps and now the team would like to view the steps as tasks and view the logic and driving tasks.  The task was entered as Task Dependent and the steps add...

May 28, 2019

% Complete calculated from Baseline

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Hi there!I am fairly new to Primavera, therefore the below question may seem a little strange to some of the pros here.In the programme update for the client, I've been asked by a colleague to calcualte % complete that we should be on as of Data Date...

May 29, 2019

Add new fonts to P6

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Hi All, I am running R16.2 and my client is requesting a specific font for all layouts that is not in the font library. How does the database administrator or Oracle administrator add the required font? Thanks, Rod

May 30, 2019

Resource Leveling in P6

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Hi Senior Schedulers, I have a specific advance level question regarding Resource Leveling. Dealing with a $1.2B large scale highway project here and we have multiple bridges (construction of Abutment Walls and Bents) and a lot of highway widening wo...

May 30, 2019

Forensic delay analyst/expert witness

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Hi, I'm currently in my last year of uni studying Quantity Surveying and my goal is to get into the dispute resolution/expert witness sector.I understand this is one of the most lucrative sectors to work in. Also will this role become dispensable wit...

May 30, 2019

Turning a non-resource level schedule into a resource loaded one (P6)

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I have taken over a schedule that is not resource loaded. However, management would like to add resources even though job has already started. The job is a EPC project. The constuction side is resoure loaded but not the engineering side. What would b...

May 31, 2019

Knowledge Management: Share the Wisdom

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Knowledge Management(KM) is broadly defined as the process of creating and sharing information across the organization.  Its goal is to enable learning.  KM became a formal business disciple in the 1990s even though it dates back centuries.  I believ...

Jun 2, 2019

Asta Easyplan - End Date

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Good morning,I'm hoping someone can help me solve an issue which is probably glaringly obvious, but I just can't find out where. I'm far from experienced in Easyplan and nobody here in the office is either. I am trying to create a programme that curr...

Jun 4, 2019

R&D Scheduling

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Anyone with experience feel free to shoot me down or give me an Attaboy for accuracy and laziness.The new position is to schedule R&D and resultant manufacturing. There is an engineering process of validation, with Prototype at the earliest level of ...

Jun 5, 2019

Baseline

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I am using a stand alone version of P6 and have run into an issue with BaselinesI create a baseline for each week to show variance for the work that was planned to be completed that week.   I have just recieved a notice that I have reached the max nu...

Jun 5, 2019

Project Driving Other Project

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Is it possible to 'turn off' one project driving another project on the same node?I have tried to make one project inactive. Without any joy....

Jun 6, 2019

CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT, A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE: WHAT? WHY?

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Introduction:External pressures like Digital transformation, volatile economic situations, lower rates and changing political scenarios are somehow putting more pressure to stay competitive. Disintegration and lack of information flow in 360 degrees ...

Jun 11, 2019

Filter

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I want to compare the Physical % complete to the BL1 Physical % complete in a filter to show work accomplished in a weeks time period.  Can I build the filter in P6?Thanks for your help

Jun 11, 2019

Float Path Analysis

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Hi,I am looking to view the first 5-10 critical paths to help manage a project where more and more activities are losing their float, but cant find a way of doing this easily in Asta.Obviously the critical path is quite easy to see but the next logic...

Jun 12, 2019

BIM (5D Cost Modelling) & Forensic Claim Analysis

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Dear All,I am a Master degree student & also a Project Management Professional of 10years of experiance in Project Controlling.I am thinking of a theisis  about Impact of BIM in forensic claim analysis as a part of my studies. It would be really grea...

Apr 8, 2019

How to Get Project Percent Complete

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Good day,I have just made a new revised program for the project I have added new activities and loaded the material resources for the remaining activities (Concrete).How I can calculate the project percent complete?? depending on what?how P6 is calcu...

Apr 9, 2019