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Schedule Cracker

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Any one experienced with schedule cracker please, provide me with manual or training or explanation to utilize and benefit especially major utilizes

May 22, 2011

Phase Planning using Monte carlo

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Dear all,I have a following doubt can any give me suggestion how to do that,I have 1 master project with me .it Consists of 3 Phases .I want to calculate the project duration,ie the best duration .I like to know how Monte carlo Analysis fit in it.If ...

May 23, 2011

Non-Degree Holder as "Scheduling Assistant"

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Dear all, With my limited exposure (Malaysia), I do observe most Planning & Scheduling job requires a Degree. Some routine task like "updating Actual Dates, actual progress" can be done by "non-degree holder". Is there any organization that has "sche...

May 23, 2011

P6 Professional 8.1

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P6 Professional 8.1the tool bar buttons are not clearly visible or subtle , is it like that or any thing can be done to make it visible clearly ??

May 23, 2011

P6 Professional 8.1

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P6 Professional 8.1 the tool bar buttons are not clearly visible or subtle , is it like that or any thing can be done to make it visible clearly ??

May 23, 2011

Contract versus programme

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Hi planners, I am not sure about something contractually. Lets say Week 1 - Task A-  excavation delayed by information required from architect. 3 weeks EOT granted. Week 2 – Task B – Construct new foundation, ahead 1 week due to faster excavation com...

May 23, 2011

A few questions about starting a career in planning/scheduling

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Hey all,I've been lurking here for around 3 years and I recently finished school with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance (I know it most likely won't be useful if I want to plan). I have a small amount of experience in construction/la...

May 24, 2011

Importing resources into a P6 resource library

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Hi All, I am new to using p6 and i have a long list of resources in excel. And i am wondering if it is possible to import them in to the resource library in P6. This would save me having to creat them in one by one. Thanks Denis

May 24, 2011

Importing resources into a P6 resource library

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Hi All, I am new to using p6 and i have a long list of resources in excel. And i am wondering if it is possible to import them in to the resource library in P6. This would save me having to creat them in one by one. Thanks Denis

May 24, 2011

Construction Consumables

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Mga Kabayan,Is there a cost impact to a project schedule if construction consumables is wrongly estimated?Would there be a standard formula/template for calculating construction consumables to achieve most realistic cost?Looking forward you share you...

May 24, 2011

AVAA Error when import a excel file to P6

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Dear all, I got a AVAA Error When I import a excel file to Primavera 6.1. I tried to do it several times again, just like import from both “my local computer” and “server disk”, the problem is still there.Please see the attached pictures for detail. ...

May 24, 2011

All the Ds

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Dear All,Had a chance to talk to Matthew recently and he introduced the Ds, all of them. Explaining 4D is okay, although 5D -in my opinion is part of the schedule, therefore integral part of the 4D, then 6D is more of a design concept, the 3D models ...

May 24, 2011

number of activities

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Hi all are there  tips to get the number of the total activities and also per wbs level ? thanks

May 24, 2011

Logic link question

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Hi all, I wonder if someone could help me. I have several activities that start at the same time and one that starts later A 2-12-11 B 2-12-11 C 2-12-11 D 10-12-11 I want them all to link to activity E so that E starts on the 2-12-11 however when I u...

May 24, 2011

Force task to indentation

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Hi everyone, i have the follow cases in my project.1.  I need to add a First Activity (Head or main activity), cause in the moment of the creation of the project that was missing or forgotten.2. I need to fix the indentation of some task. In this cas...

May 24, 2011

Showing Early and Late Cost curves in P6

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I have a baseline cost loaded schedule that I want to see cost curve based upon the early and late dates. The profile can generate early, but not late. Is there a way to do this? Also is there a way to show in tabular form the cost by early and late ...

May 24, 2011

Help! Actual Durations are not Calculating Correctly

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In P6 I enter dates for the activity and the actual durations are not showing correctly.  For example, my activity starts on a friday and ends on a monday and P6 actual duration is 1 day.  Please help. 

May 24, 2011

Primavera Intergration with Maximo

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Has anyone had problems when syncing work orders from Maximo to P6, i am having diffcuties when syncing, i get Level Of Efforts (LOE) as a duplicate as well as the activities as a aeperate WBS,  Tried deleting and creating a new Porject to elimate co...

May 25, 2011