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Highlighting Features in Primavera P6
Forum TopicHere's a great way to use the highlighting features in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/LwVAD
Apr 13, 2015
Actual Cost for completed activity
Forum TopicDear Planners,An activity has OD 4= days, U/P= 90$/h and Units/Time = 8 h/d.The activity completed in 3 days; the followings data were extracted from the software:Budgeted Cost = $2,880, Actual Cost = $2,880, Remaining Cost = $0 and At Completion Cos...
Apr 13, 2015
Problem to connect Primavera
Forum TopicDear All,I am facing problem, when I login in primavera it show invalid user name or password.username and password is admin[[wysiwyg_imageupload::]][[wysiwyg_imageupload:2446:]] I have connect PMDB successfully but I am not able to login in primaver...
Apr 13, 2015
Target Programme
Forum TopicDear All,I need your expert advice on the following so plaese refine the below answers1) What are basic principles and logic behind to prepare Target Programme when the Contract Programme is already in place?Ans: Target Programme is the detailed prog...
Apr 14, 2015
Timescale in Microsoft Project 2013
Forum TopicHi, when I want to show the week numbers on a construction programme in MSP 2013, the "Week 1" always go back to the start of the earliest activity, however I want to show pre-start activities i.e lead in activities before "Week 1" starts and don't s...
Apr 14, 2015
What is the Most Important Metric of Critical Path Analysis?
Forum TopicI just posted a new article: “What is the Most Important Metric of Critical Path Analysis?” The article starts by differentiating between CPM scheduling and critical path analysis, pointing out that the latter is relevant in optimizing the value of t...
Apr 14, 2015
Primavera not playing nice with high resolution screen
Forum TopicI have a 4k screen and v8.2. Has Oracle fixed the bugs for high resolution screens in later versions? I can't find anyone mentioning there are problems... It's pretty serious - you can't just increase the font size as the icons all mash up as well.
Apr 14, 2015
Introduction of unachievable NLT constraint slightly extends the schedule
Forum TopicVladimir,I am still experimenting with prioritization and I noticed, that when I introduce my favorite NLT constraint into the j3013_8 RCSP then, when resource leveled, Spider actually produces a longer schedule, than without resource NLT constraint...
Apr 15, 2015
Resourcing question - programming decks in use
Forum TopicHi AllI wish to see how much formwork decks are ín use' ie are keep in place while floors above are being constructed. What is the general rule here?
Apr 15, 2015
Scheduling Weekly Events in Microsoft Project
Forum TopicHere's a useful step-by-step guide on how to schedule weekly events in Microsoft Project http://ow.ly/LDpdj
Apr 15, 2015
Planned / Actual % Complete S-Curve
Forum TopicMorning all, Just trying to do a very basic planned vs actual percent complete S-Curve. Any idea how it's done? I just want to show the variations between the two. Kind regards.
Apr 16, 2015
An issue with activity codes while importing xer
Forum TopicDear all,What kind of the import configuration should I set up to keep all existing activity codes after updating a project by importing a xer file?I would be really appreciate for any help.
Apr 16, 2015
The Benefits of Recognizing All Projects as Investments: "And Yet, It Moves!"
Forum TopicI just posted a new article: ‘The Benefits of Recognizing Projects as Investments: “And Yet, It Moves!” ’You can find it here. I recently had a disagreement in a discussion group with an individual who was quite insistent that projects are not invest...
Apr 16, 2015
Adding resource man hours to a schedule
Forum TopicShould resource man hours that are added into a schedule contain an inefficiency factor or be solelyestimated direct hours to complete a task? There's one school of thought that the resultant resource histogram should show the additional resourcing r...
Apr 17, 2015
Defining Activities in Primavera P6 EPPM
Forum TopicHere's a useful guide showing how to define activities in Primavera P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/LJK15
Apr 17, 2015
A Deep-Dive on What's New in Primavera P6 15.1 (Professional & EPPM)
Forum TopicOracle has just released a versions of many of it's Primavera applications, including Primavera P6 EPPM 15.1 and Primavera P6 Professional 15.1. There's a lot of change here and I've tried to unravel it all so you can understand what's going to chang...
Apr 17, 2015
Who would be the right professional to do accurate cost estimate for software projects ?
Forum TopicWe are a fast growing software company. Currently we are going for bigger and larger software projectsThe problem is accurately doing cost estimates of our projects by vigorously doing man day, calculations and finding the best costing for the projec...
Apr 18, 2015
Spot the difference in two Primavera update
Forum TopicDear Gents, We used to send primavera update to our planning manager on weekly basis. Is there any provision in primavera to spot the difference in progress for the only activities from the previous week. Your help in this concern is unfathomable!
Apr 19, 2015
Discipline % progress at 60% Model review in an EPC Project
Forum TopicCould any body share what should be the all disciplines percentage progress when my 60% model review is happening in an EPC project? Kindly share any document or statistics . Regards Mukesh Gupta
Apr 20, 2015