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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

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Software projects have two measures of success.  First, building and implementing working software.  Second, having people use and adopt it.  Project managers tend to focus their attention on delivering the application.  But the project’s real succes...

Aug 2, 2023

Formula for % duration complete

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Hello AllNeed your support in excel.Need to calculate % complete based on duration consumed from dates with an IFS formulaThe tableStartFinish1-Jul-2312-Jul-2315-Aug-2330-Aug-2315-Sep-2310-Jul-2324-Aug-230%7%80%100%100%46 Duration Complete3374646 Tha...

Aug 11, 2023

Artificial Activity Split Problem. Resource Levelling Challenge.

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In previous discussions, we explored the benefits of employing Volume Lag and Point-to-Point dependencies for emulating activities that shift in parallel. However, due to the limited support for these features in many planning tools, some planners ha...

Aug 14, 2023

Baseline Schedule Review Worksheet

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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8461:]]The baseline schedule is a critical document that defines the scope, sequence, and duration of the project and its activities. It also serves as a basis for measuring and reporting the project progress and performance. Th...

Aug 23, 2023

P6 WBS is Hierarchy is mismatching in activity Window

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Hi, I required troubleshooting in my P6, The WBS Hierarchy sequence is not followed in my activity window in my P6. This started when I imported an external .exr file into my P6. My whole P6 has started to follow the WBS disturbance. The screenshots ...

Aug 27, 2023

Project Controls Dilemma

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The purpose of project controls has been defined as: Project controls are the data gathering, management and analytical processes used to predict, understand and constructively influence the time and cost outcomes of a project or program through the ...

Aug 30, 2023

Critical Path Challenge. Criticality of the last activity.

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Based on the Critical Path Method, the last task in a project is always critical. However, practically we know that the day when the project is going to be completed is never really critical. Instead, we care about Go live, Release, Practical Complet...

Aug 30, 2023

VBA Excel for Primavera Gantt Chart

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Hello everyone,I'm wondering if anyone has VBA code or any other type of written code that allows you to generate an Excel Gantt chart and all related elements with a single button click from Primavera?

Sep 6, 2023

Monte Carlo Simulation Challenges. Picture-based simulation.

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After some breaks, we continue to discuss Monte Carlo Simulation Challenges! Originally, I hadn't planned to discuss this challenge as I thought it is obvious, but previous comments show that some planners use "pictures" as the base for Schedule Risk...

Sep 7, 2023

Tasks dates not imported in P6

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Hi all, I am trying to import and MS project file (MPX) to Primavera P6 and after a successful import, the start/finish dates are not imported in P6. If the activity is 100% completed, I only have the A in the start/finish cell in P6. Any thoughts pl...

Sep 19, 2023

Cost Composition in Spider Project

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Hi fellows, I hope that everyone healthy,I have a doubt about to input cost compositions with auxiliary cost compositions in Spider, can someone help me? Look below, I have a cost composition for clear road side vegetation from estimate software that...

Sep 20, 2023

Circular Relationship - Reports?

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Having been sent a MSP schedule that had the Circular Task error message, I had to spend some time trying to work out where the erroneous links were - as it turned out, as I cleared the task and saved/reopned the file, I then had another task as a ci...

Sep 21, 2023

Filter for cashflow

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Hi everyone, is there any filter to check if the cashflow of the project has been spread to the last month of the project? I am working in programme of works and handling 50 projects at a time and cross checking one by one in resources assignment tab...

Sep 25, 2023

Software - Safran Risk, @Risk, Predict!

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Hi all. How would you guys rank Safran Risk, @Risk and Predict! for carrying out QRA (both QSRA and QCRA)? On QSRA, I consider Safran Risk is the better one, as it is more comprehensive with more options. And it looks more promising to deal with comp...

Sep 26, 2023

Fundamental understanding of P6 date fields

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I asked the question in Linkedin of schedulers - do you really understand what the software is doing wrt to date fields when you press F9? No response, so i thought i'd asked it here as well. Lets start with explaing es, ls, ps and ef lf and pf calcu...

Sep 26, 2023

Project Management & AI: Bring It On

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform project management.  Gartner estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030.  A recent  article in the Harvard Business Review described “How AI Will Transform Project Management...

Sep 28, 2023

Team Assignment via Reference-Books

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Hello,I have a project with many resources that work independently. One activity may have 5-6 resources (Subcontractors), each subcontractor works on a different team since they can work independently.What are the minimum fields that team reference-b...

Oct 11, 2023

Standlone Software Licence

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Hi I am looking for a MSP standalone software licence rather than paying for monthly subscription.  I don't mind using older version such as 2007 2013 etc.  Anyone know where I can purchase one?  I did try Amazon but they won't ship to UK.

Oct 18, 2023

Baked In Optimism – the reason so many projects fail

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This webinar presented as part of the free PGCS 2023 Webinar Series looked at two processes that are 'baked into' standard project management estimating and control to show how recommended good practices are still optimistically biased.When preparing...

Oct 21, 2023