As I observed working at different international power plant construction project over the world, the huge amount of human mistakes is significantly grows from one project schedule update to another during the whole project lifecycle from kick-off me...
Dear All,What are your views.What should be the planning engineer approach in real estate sector / building construction.For what he is supposed to answerable ?Is he accountable for the delay in projects ?Gaurav
hi how can i make a revise paln for project ? i need sequence to make it using p6 thanks
Hi Guys, Please provide me with your opinions for the problem stated below.I have a baseline schedule which is resource loaded, but not cost loaded.The "% complete type" adopted is "duration % complete" . My primavera schedule is detailed till activi...
Hi,When i change the presentation of the Duration to be with 2 decimal places, some activities turn out to be not a whole number. For example, i put 6 days for plastering, when i change it to 2 decimal places it gives me 5.75 days......Why ?!Thanks,W...
Dear Engineers,Can i find an answer for my problem :when i press F9 to attain the progress ,anticipated finish date goes to a logical date (in my project status)while total float is given me a misleading figure and not comply with anticipated finish ...
Grouping Tasks in Microsoft Project 2013 is a useful feature and here's how to use it http://ow.ly/GkVOE
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Hello Planners,Is it possible to edit the timescale in order to show Friday and Saturday as the weekly non-working days, instead of Saturday and Sunday?I am using Spider 11.03.48, and I cannot get a convenient timescale for a project in Algeria.Thank...
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to account for Non-Work intervals in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/Gxo3H
Hi all,I am want to know how primavera calculates the inflation provided that I have reflected the inflation in the resources as in the screen shot below and the resource is made to account only for the money (the total cost of each activity is calcu...
Happy New Year! My new blog “Project Success and Failure: Who’s the Impostor?” is just up. Today’s blog explores a frequent topic on Internet discussion groups: What is the appropriate definition of “project success” and why is it important? The art...
Dear All,I have 2 Questions:Q1- I have loaded BOQ cost in P6. I loaded it by assigning a "COST" resource. I made budgeted units of "COST" resource zero in all activities and loaded cost directy in budgted cost option of the resource in all activitie...
Dear All,I have 2 Questions:Q1- I have loaded BOQ cost in P6. I loaded it by assigning a "COST" resource. I made budgeted units of "COST" resource zero in all activities and loaded cost directy in budgted cost option of the resource in all activitie...
Here's how to auto & manual schedule task entry in Microsoft Project 2013 http://ow.ly/GHpmj
Dear Friends,I need to display the %complete of the "baseline" AND "actual %complete" and I need the formula to consider the weight factors of the activities as well. I have tried many formulas, but they end up displaying "ERROR" or 100% completed (e...
Dear All:Hello, I use primavera P6 Ver 8.3I meet a problem about resource price/unit.I manual key in the resource price/unit with 6 digits decimal, P6 can detect 6 digits and calculate the total cost.(Although P6 only shows 2 digits, but actually it ...
Hello TILOS Gurus,Is there a way to set proportions of annotations and task lines so they appear the same when you view a smaller portion of your project?My project is a 135 kmtr pipeline divided into 3 separable portions. 1 & 3 are about 60kmtrs and...
Hello,Some user permissions have been changed recently and a user has complained that he can no longer update the resources in the resource assignment screen. I'm an Admin superuser and have all access and I can't do it but he is adamant that this wa...
Here's some tips on how to use Level of Effort (LOE) activities in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/GSfHI