As Late as Possible
Forum TopicWhile using ALAP constraint, Could someone please suggest how to change the setting to conduct dates calculation from Free slack variable instead of Total slack ? Thnx in advance, Dipak
Nov 20, 2013
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Tunnel Construction and the use of Linear Project - The key to plan ahead
Forum TopicHere is a useful article about Tunnel Construction and the use of Linear Project...Tunnel construction is strongly impacted by soil classification determining the way of building the tunnel and also the production rates. Wrong assumptions and estimat...
Nov 20, 2013
Transitioning into Freelance Work
Forum TopicHey everybody, long time lurker but first time poster because I wanted to poll the forum’s collective wisdom. I’m currently employed by a Construction Consulting Company that does both scheduling and forensic scheduling analysis and I’ve spent the la...
Nov 20, 2013
F9 reschedule issue
Forum TopicAll,when I press f9 for re-scheduling, circle spins but no progress periods appear on which I do reschedule.Where these progress periods hide during pressing F9.Please Help.Mike: Plz look at this. Its urgentRegards,Chris
Nov 21, 2013
Do You Need To Be A Subject Matter Expert To Run A Project?
Forum TopicHere's an article discussing whether or not you need to be a Subject Matter Expert to run a project? http://ow.ly/r3I1c
Nov 21, 2013
Why duration of scucessor activites changes to zero after updating prvious activites
Forum TopicIn my schedule after updating previou sactivites with delays,, the original duration of some of successor actitvites changes to zero.Why it happens so and what is solution.
Nov 23, 2013
Best choice for making Commissioning schedule_ Primavera P6 or MS Project-2010
Forum TopicDear All, I am preparing commissioning schedule for 4000 MW combined cycle schedule. It has a configuration of 2GTX2HRSGX1ST total 6 groups. I am in the dialema that which software will be helpful to me in the log run if i want to monitor it on weekl...
Nov 23, 2013
Assigning last month updates as baseline for this months updates
Forum TopicDear All, Whenever i assign last project updates for current month baseline all the actuals till last months updates gives wrong dates. It creats lots of confusion whenever i wanted to compare the current status with the last months status. Please he...
Nov 23, 2013
SP key features
Forum TopicMr Vladimir,I've worked for a drilling rig fabricator. My company has along time used P6 for planning manner so far. Next week, I want to convince my boss to replace with Spider Project. Can you please give me some material, key points. Thanks,Tuan
Nov 25, 2013
Where does P6 store the project files?
Forum TopicIn which folder are the projects (samples or working files) stored? For example, in P3 my understanding is that these project files were stored under the Projects folder within the P3Win directory. In P6, where are the project files stored?
Nov 25, 2013
The Three Dimensions Of Trust in Project Management
Forum TopicHere's a look at the three dimensions of trust in Project Management http://ow.ly/rah1F
Nov 25, 2013
Creating reports
Forum TopicGreetings all. I’m a new user of P6 rev7 and am having a challenge which I hope someone will help me with please. I would like to create a report to see resources man-hours, for a specific time period, of only the projects I have open. But, for some ...
Nov 26, 2013
Where is all the Jobs???
Forum TopicI havent been on PP for a while, so I was shocked to see only 10 jobs posted, what has happened to PP? you use to be buzing with work. Please dont come with the quiet market excuse as other sites have several vacancies per day, are you steering away ...
Nov 26, 2013
P6 Rel 6.2.1 Resource Assignments
Forum TopicI am assigning several resources to the same activity with budgeted quantities, progress % and remaining hours to complete.I then need to view each of these resource assignments using the "resource usage profile" view so I can see the bars showing th...
Nov 26, 2013
Primavera setting to keep deleted Activity IDs from being automatically generated
Forum TopicIs there a Primavera setting that will keep deleted Activity IDs from being automatically generated in Primavera 6 Rev 8.2? We normally utilize the "auto-numbering" capabilities within Primavera, but have noticed that deleted Activity IDs are being r...
Nov 26, 2013
Filters
Forum TopicI am trying ti establish a filter for hiding the activities in a schedule that are 100%.That is easy.My schedule is broken down by 4 areas.As part of that filter, I still need to show all activities (including the ones that are 100% complete) in 1 of...
Nov 26, 2013
Effect of NLT constraint
Forum TopicHi,I was playing with priorities and found the following effect, which I can’t logically explain.Just wondering whether it “works as designed” and id "yes", then what is the reason for it?Effect descriptionRule 1. Any activity, which has in it’s succ...
Nov 27, 2013
Updating Programme
Forum TopicHi,I have encountered people (planners & non planners) with 2 schools of thoughts when it comes to updating programme. 1) First Type (Static type) " The baseline programme logic and relationship is fixed, you can't change when updating."" Update the ...
Nov 27, 2013
Spreading High Level Costs Over Multiple Activities
Forum TopicI'm not sure if this is possible (I've not come across it in other software) but I live in hope so I thought I'd ask people who are more knowledgable than I am with Asta....What I would like to know is whether the following scenario is possible in Po...
Nov 27, 2013
duration decimal
Forum TopicDear Mike/All , How to make duration in round figure? I have duration column in days. In which few duration are showing as 1d 30min and 2d 2h. I need to change these durations in round figure as 1d and 2d in the whole column. How to do that? A...
Nov 27, 2013