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Asssigning Baselines with Actual Dates

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Hi Experts, I have a difficulty here. I hope I get a good solution from you. I have assigned a partially updated program as a Baseline (Project Baseline) (Say PB) to my current program (Say CP). Now I want to compare my current program (CP) to mentio...

Mar 22, 2012

Resources

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What is the reason for assining a primary Resource? If i am assigning 5 resources on an activity is it really necessary to assign one resource as a primary resource? what impact does it have if i dont assign a primary resource?

Mar 22, 2012

Any PMs willing to be interviewed?

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Hi all,I need to interview an experienced project manager for a class I am taking.  Basically it would be about what went wrong during a project, how it was overcome, that sort of thing.  It would be a few questions via email.  Thank you!Sarah

Mar 22, 2012

Remaining duration inconsistency within out of sequence activities

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 Hi, As we all know out of sequence activities create heaps of problems. For instance, remaining duration for out of sequence activities showing wrong because reaming early start is wrong (Due to activity being out of sequence).I am looking for an UD...

Mar 23, 2012

start/finish dates in P6 v8.1

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HiWe have recently upgraded to Primavera 8.1 web version, its not been easy i had only just got used to P6 Enterprise. Anyway when i am creating projects or updating old ones and adding in relationships the start/finish dates are not moving unless i ...

Mar 23, 2012

start/finish dates in P6 v8.1

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HiWe have recently upgraded to Primavera 8.1 web version, its not been easy i had only just got used to P6 Enterprise. Anyway when i am creating projects or updating old ones and adding in relationships the start/finish dates are not moving unless i ...

Mar 23, 2012

Wrong Budgeted Cost Calculation

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Greetings,Im having a tough time understanding the Budgeted Cost being wrongly dispalyed for an Activity which has a resource as follows:-The Activity is 10 days in duration and set to " Fixed Duration and Unit"The Activity and its Labor Resource"XYZ...

Mar 23, 2012

show progress bar on baseline

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Hi,I assigned a baseline with progress to the current project.The baseline update is one month before the current project.I want to show progress bar on baseline.1.I want to show baseline progress percent complete in the current project.That is two b...

Mar 23, 2012

Software R&D management: commercial VS academic needs

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Hello everyone, I'm a project manager in a research institute in Russia. Our team comprises ~20 developers.  In the last 4 years, our main amusement was outsourcing software R&D projects for IT companies. On the one hand, we are supposed to quickly (...

Dec 13, 2012

Re-Schedule

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I have been given a programme to review. It Asta V12. When I re-schedule, I find 2 tasks that haveNo Links (in or out)No constraints of any kindAfter I re-schedule (F9), the tasks “just sit there”. They do not move back to the re-schedule date. I can...

Dec 13, 2012

Calendar for scheduling relationship lags

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QUESTION Dear Mr P6 Civils,When running our calculations in P6 8.2, we noticed that under schedule options, the calendar for scheduling relationship lags was set to Successor Activity Calendar.  I assumed is should be scheduling off of Predecessor Ac...

Dec 14, 2012

Computing Actual cost for activities under progress

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Hi all,I am updating a schedule with some resources assigned. When I update activiites which have started but not completed, I dont get the actual cost after scheduling(F9). I have to go to  Tools --> Recalculate Assignment Cost to see my actual cost...

Dec 14, 2012

Henry Gantt - Debunking the myths

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 It may come as a big surprise to many, but Henry L. Gantt did not invent bar charts despite many people miss-labelling them ‘Gantt Charts’ and he had nothing to do with developing project management either!This definitive paper highlights the origin...

Dec 14, 2012

Planning Planet News & Events - Dates?

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Hi, It would be great if Planning Planet News and Events displayed the date posted, so you don't have to open up each item individually to find out. Could be similar foromat to forums? Regards, Ramon

Dec 15, 2012

3D Gantt

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Evaluate directly the project interfaces on the 3D Gantt diagram.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1456:]]http://3d-wbs.blogspot.fr/BR, Jean-Yves MOINE

Dec 16, 2012

Fixed Rate in Bill OF Quantities

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Dear All,Can anyone explain the meaning of Fixed Rate in a Bill of Quantities to me and its practical implications? Martins

Dec 16, 2012

Budgeted Cost & Qty r showing Zero,,,pls. help to resolve

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Dear All, Hi, I have prepared a plan in primavera 3.1, but facing a problem that Budgeted Cost and Qty are showing zero :(( , i have enter the units & prices in the resource directory, Units & Price Tape. Then assign that resources to the activities,...

Dec 16, 2012

Data Date Explained...

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Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has a simple explanation of the Data date, what it is, what it's used for and how you would use a data date when you were updating a schedule weekly and updating a schedule monthly? I'm aware of the data date I'...

Dec 17, 2012