Dear All, Why P6 can’t shows correct dates of Start and Finish (BL Start & BL Finish), if we set an ongoing program as baseline program. When we insert baseline column of an ongoing program, most of the activities, which are already completed are sho...
Dear All, I have started my project on 24th July 2011 – 7:00 am and my completion date of project is 31st Dec 2012 5:00 pm. I am using 6 days 10 hours working calendar for all activities and my WBS is also using the same calendar as Default calenda...
Dear All, I have noticed in a program , when assigned as Project Baseline , the schedule % completion instead of increasing each week goes by is decreasing ??? How to explain this situation , since planned % progress should increase , as each week g...
Dear All, If we are not using Pice/unit in P6 and directly entering cost in P6 , the cost is not getting update in P6, if we are updating the activity in P6........Why this is happing.....Pls let me know...... regards, Haresh Jayanth - PMP , PSP
Hi,I am currently using SAP 6.0 for my Plant Maintenance Schdueling. I was wondering how many companies/profesionals use P6 for schdeuling these Plant Maintenance Activities.I have tries a hand at MS Projet 2007 to present Plant Maintenance Schedules...
Hi All p6 users,Two Questions,I have added a resource but before assigning it to different activities i have following details to keep in mind,1- For Some activities the Units/Day are Distributed Equally through out the Duration of the actiivity.My q...
In the P6 Projects Overview screen, the "Duration % of Original" value for my project is about 18%. I also performed the following calculation in excel by exporting the duration columns: (Planning Duration-Remaining Duration)/Planned Duration *100. T...
Dear Friends,As a result of many request from users we have implemented a content 'block' to help our members complete their member profile status so that other users can see their experience and capability etc.You (we) should see a block on the top ...
Hi all,I'm very new to P6, so I'm sorry if my question is a stupid one or be duplicated.When I change the duration parameter as the following figure (80% in this case):[[wysiwyg_imageupload:783:]]The trouble is raising with Labor Units: Their budget ...
Hi,I have activity calender equal to 10hr/D, and the default hours/Days is 8h/days.I have changed 8hr/Day into 10Hr/Day. My Question is,Is there need to change the hrs/week ,hrs/month and hrs/year values or Primavera itself will take these values fro...
Hi, every body.I'm encountering the follow problem:after schedule the activities bars are splitted / divided.I've used :- Physycal % of calculation (insert the % value)- I've used the setting an expexted date and not - not any resouces are loaded- a...
Hi! This is my first post so please be gentle with me ;) I have only been working on Primavera for 2 months so my knowledge is limited but I think I have a good basic understanding of it after reading Project Planning and Control by Paul E Harris.So ...
Hi! This is my first post so please be gentle with me ;) I have only been working on Primavera for 2 months so my knowledge is limited but I think I have a good basic understanding of it after reading Project Planning and Control by Paul E Harris.So ...
I have recently published my new book on Primavera P6 Version 8.1. It will be available in many formats including spiral, paperback, iBook, Kindle etc Please go to http://www.primavera.com.au/P6V81CS.html for details. The book is intended to be use...
We are using Primavera version P6 version 7. We exported project from Primavera to Microsoft project (MSP) - First export from Primavera to XML 2007 then import XML 2007 to Microsoft project.After exporting we noticed ID in Microsoft project is diffe...
Hi Guys,Here's an article on green project management http://bit.ly/uPpwuyI hope you find it interesting,Colin
Hi Please adviseContract period for MEP Scope of works mentioned as calendar days and there is a letter from the client which states Friday is off applicable to all contractors on board,in this case the impact of delay event should be calculated as c...
Hi all planners,I am Evaluating Risks and also the impacts on Cost and Schedule dates of the Projects (for the first Time) ,Following are the issues that i have faced till now,1- i have entered a risk,its impact date, WBS to which risk applies, and i...
As a forensic programmer, I go to many different companies - I am often sent multiple xer files to analyse. Is there any way of importing more than one xer file at a time? I understand that you can export multiple file as one xer, but often we don't ...
I have printed the Resourse Usage Spreadsheet several times and each time the first 5 months have a gray background on the paper print (also in print preview). But it is not consistant. Sometimes the gray area is 8 months, sometimes 13 months! Help ...