I don’t understand this Dilbert cartoon please explain.(And yes I could have put it in a different section than P6, but I am putting it here in protest of the hassles created by connecting two activities with different calendars. They need need a sp...
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Hello Everyone,Please let me know the Duties and responsibilities of a Maintenance planning EngineerAlso,- required to know that types of schedules to be handled- Kinds of Tools to be handled- Interview Question and answers Thank you so much for you...
Hello,I removed the assigned baseline from my schedule, and deleted the same in the maintaining baseline. Now my baseline is set as current project. But still shows some acitvities as per the old baseline in the gantt chart. This problem is occuring ...
A sad and worrying trend appears to be the steadily declining levels of knowledge about CPM, and its origins ranging from a resent 'white paper' promoted by Planning Planet that confused PDM, ADM, CPM and PERT, through to blatent lies promoted by som...
Hi, I have a very basic project with a list of milestones, all of which had baseline dates. For some milestones the baseline wasn't hit and we have later actual dates in another column. (Where there's no slip the baseline and actual columns have the ...
Hi all, Not sure if the subject fits in this particular Forum or not. I'm interested in understanding the steps from when the Piping Isometrics are issued to the pipe fabricator and starting production. The process may take a couple of months, and I ...
MULTIPLE CALENDARS AND ACTIVITY DURATION - THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS- To keep it simple I will use a single team per activity and activity count will be kept at 2. - Teams do not have special calendars. Team calendar is calculated as an overlap of ...
I have activities in P6 to hold the actual costs for Work Elements, and these match the financial charge codes that are held in our corporate financial management system. These "Actual Cost" activities have no planned units, no planned cost: they j...
Hi Everyone,Somebody knows how write one formula to change the duration days to duration in hours? When changed from options >> schedule the change is only on the resume, I need to change the tasks too but using the tasks calendar information into th...
Goodday everybody, I'm investigating the options to have a reliably integration between the project documents as they are managed in sharepoint, and the document status in primavera.I see a lot of planners and project teams, delivering a lot of effor...
What is the best way to account for time between receiving a deliverable and holding a meeting to assign roles, responsibilities and deliverables?Our team is building out activities in a WBS for the scoping portion of a project. Our start milestone ...
Would the project dates calculated based on the critical path method be the same regardless of the applied scheduling tool? Not always!!!Some time when I worked in large Telco company in Australia somene decided to replace their existing PPM system w...
Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean ...
For example, in the last 90 days of a project the contractor had 45 days brick pavers, the FS 45 days landscaping. What if both items will only take 20 days and can very easily be done at the same time? Do you have to leave that 90 days because app...
The publication of The Origins and History of Earned Value Management in the August edition of PM World Journal (Vol. XI, Issue VIII) marks the end (almost) of a long journey.This paper looks at the creation of earned value management (EVM) in the 19...
I am a senior Program - Project Manager (EPC) with 60+ years of experience on very large and complex projects. My experience shows that there is a misunderstanding in what a schedule is - and how to utilize one effectivelly. I want to quiz the schedu...
Hi All, When attempting to report from P6 via Oracle BIP for some reason I am unable to get all of the projects. I am wondering if there is a security setting or something that is holding these projects back from being reported. For Example:If I ha...
I will be busy helping run PGCS 2022 in Canberra next week (16th to 18th August). It is shaping up to be a great event with over 400 people signed up to attend: https://www.pgcsymposium.org.au/ Then my focus will shift to Project Controls Expo Aust...
How do I show "Actuals / early dates" from the baseline file - put the file as target but actuals not correct.