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SPI and CPI

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HiI am facing problem in one situation in a project. activities are so huge in my project i cant mention here therefore i am using a dummy project having two activities to illustrate my problem.Activity Name        Original duration(Planned)   Planne...

Dec 29, 2011

External Late Finish as a Constraint

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Hi Planners, Wish you all a happy and prosperous new year! We have copied multiple projects across to a  different EPS node have links across Projects. After Scheduling the new set of projects, we see negative floats of nearly 1500 days, bit of inves...

Dec 30, 2011

currency

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Hi all I am new to P6...  How to change the currency ?I hope people will have patience to answer my questions?  

Dec 30, 2011

Project Duration Extended

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Dear Friends,I am working in MEP contractor company in dubai.We got a project in Fujaira which started on oct 2010.It is 18 months project which is to be completed by MAR 2012.Main contractor revised the baseline program & submitted to us. When i rev...

Jan 19, 2011

Job Available

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Ecology and Environment, Inc. is a fully-integrated environmental consulting firm whose underlying philosophy is its worldwide commitment to supporting sustainable development through responsible environmental stewardship.  We are seeking a Senior En...

Jan 19, 2011

P6 Resourcing and Cost Account

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Guys, Just like to know if there are good book/e-book/tutorial regarding "Resourcing" and "Cost Accounting" in P6? Resourcing chapter in Paul Harris' book is short and does not give a clear picture about resourcing (my own opinion) and Oracle-Primave...

Jan 20, 2011

Middle Eastern Project Calendars - Ramadan

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Hi, I am setting up a P6 database in Dubai and am trying to forecast when Ramadan and other religious / public holidays will fall for the next 10 years.  I have a 5 year look ahead but can not source any further than this on the web.  I appreciate th...

Jan 20, 2011

Printing from P5

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Hi,   Is there a quick way of printing all the plans under one enterpise node in P5, so that they come out seperately

Jan 20, 2011

How it update in retained logic

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When update in M.S i find that  Expected (Start & Finish) Dates i for not started activities  before Data date cause it basis on actual date how make it working on Retained Logic bases?

Jan 20, 2011

Primavera P6 Release 8

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I attended a seminar relating to Primavera P6 Release 8. My apologies if I have missed a post that has been started already on this subject,  but I'm very interested in the overall view of users relating to the direction that the software appears to ...

Jan 20, 2011

Displaying different cost rates columns in Ghantt view

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May be dead easy fix but I can't seem to find the relevant columns for displaying different totals of work based upon different rates / cost types. I need to show effectively the values by WBS on the plan at say internal cost, selling cost etc. I hav...

Jan 20, 2011

FIDIC & The Red Book

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Hi Planners, I know it’s childish but would some one explain me the difference between FIDIC “CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION” and the “RED BOOK” Cheers

Jan 20, 2011

PLAN & SCHEDULE

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Come on Planners Let’s have a debate “Difference Detween a PLAN and a SCHEDULE; Plan A set of activities to achieve a targeted that may be a new construction, revamping, demolition, maintenance, production chain or a promotion scheme. Determine budge...

Jan 20, 2011

Clause 14 Program

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Hi planners, Why the Program of Work (construction schedule) is called "Clause 14 Program" while this is not clause 14, its clause 8.3. Also Recovery program is known as clause 14.2 Cheers - Tanveer

Jan 20, 2011

Project Value Improving Practices

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You may be interested to know that the Institution of Engineering and Technology have teamed up with the Association of Cost Engineers, tasked with delivering a suit of free events and on-line offerings to address value improving practices.  They are...

Jan 21, 2011

defaul in activity details

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Hi Planners,In p6 under Activity Details, can anyone give me an idea of the default configuration on Activity Type, Duration type & Percent complete type? Thanks,Nanding

Jan 22, 2011

Converting Current Project as baseline

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Hello Friends, I am facing a problem while assigning a baseline. I have a updated project schedule( in P6V7). Certain activities are completed, cetain in progress and others not started. Now I want to assign my current project as the baseline so that...

Jan 22, 2011

Free Float and LAG

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Hi All, 1st am New hear but i am so happy coz i am a part of this planning planet 2nd What is the Difference between Free Float and Lag? Regards,

Jan 23, 2011

Primavera P6 v.7 is not showing Unit of Measure ?

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Hi to all,Before i was using Primavera V6.2 than there was all Unit was available & right now i upgrade my Primavera from 6.2 to 6.7 here just these units are showing. I dont know, where all old units gone expect below mentioned units. Please if anyb...

Jan 23, 2011