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Duration and Hours - Minutes

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Hello All, How would you represent Duration and Hours in Minutes. If you want the duration to be 15 minutes what would we type it in hours 0.15H or the duration is 45 min = 0.45H If we want a resource to work 1/2 an hour would we type 0.30H or if a r...

Sep 30, 2020

Earned Value Management Across Multiple Schedules

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Hello,I am working on a project that will have multiple bid packages awarded over a 2 year period, so the schedule will grow as each bid package is awarded. The owner wants us to use earned value management. My plan is to create a high level schedule...

Oct 5, 2020

Predecessor and successor Finishes and Start Same date

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The predecessor completion date and successor start date are the same. For Example, if predecessor finishes on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM the successor start on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM instead of 05th Feb-18, 08:00 AM with 0 days lag. Kindly Help me to figu...

Feb 14, 2018

Replacing Primavera - best alternative?

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Hi all,I currently work at a company where, as of September, there is no longer going to be a requirement for a planner within the company (that planner being me!). Myself and several other colleagues in Project Controls will leave the company due to...

Feb 14, 2018

Restore PRX file using SureTrak

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Hi,I'm trying to decompress a PRX file using the restore option in SureTrak. Whenever I click restore the software froze and has a message saying it is not responding. I tried to wait and not close the software but nothing seems to happen. Does anyon...

Feb 17, 2018

predecessor completion date and successor start date are the same

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The predecessor completion date and successor start date are the same. For Example, if predecessor finishes on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM the successor start on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM instead of 05th Feb-18, 08:00 AM with 0 days lag. Kindly Help me to figu...

Feb 19, 2018

MPX to MPP

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I am having trouple converting a file from MPX to MPP. Could someone help me out with a converter or something.  Under pressure. 

Feb 23, 2018

MPX to MPP

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I am having trouple converting a file from MPX to MPP. Could someone help me out with a converter or something.  Under pressure. 

Feb 23, 2018

Cost Centre Help

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Hi there, new user in need of a bit of help.  I have set up a few Cost Centres which I would like to allocate to tasks.  Asta seems to set these Cost Centres up with a value of £0.62 as standard.  This means when I enter 100 into the allocation part ...

Feb 26, 2018

Asta Natural Order Hierarchy & WBS

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I have a schedule file for Asta that needs to be imported into P6.The problem that I am having is that the schedule was created using the "Natural Order Hierarchy" instead of WBS.Is there a function that copies the "Natural Order Hierarchy" into a WB...

Feb 28, 2018

Schedule Narrative

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Dear All, I received these comments regarding program narrative from client."The Narrative shall define the strategy of how the Supplier will execute/implement the project including but not limited to; logic used in programme, calendar to be used, in...

Feb 28, 2018

% complete Type for Milestones in P6

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Good EveningI use P6V8. The schedule I inherited has activties using "physical % complete" as most common way to status progress. So are milestones.  As "activity percent complete based on activity steps" is checked at the project level, whenever I c...

Mar 1, 2018

Budgeted cost extends beyond the project finish date.

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Hi everybody         I have a problem with one of my program (Updated Program), I want to use it as a revised baseline.  The issue is project finish date is 24-Jan-2019, but when i check the activity usage spreadsheet, Cost loaded in the Preliminarie...

Mar 1, 2018

Interactive Planning Session Question

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A few times a month, I facilitate interactive planning sessions between owners and subcontracted engineers and constructors. Normally ill print out a big paper timeline, hadwrite activity descriptions on post it notes and positon them on the timeline...

Mar 1, 2018

Error to create visual report to Microsoft Excel

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Hi ,I am trying to create an visual report using excel 2015 but the error message below pop up"This operation requires that you have Excel 2003 or later installed on your computer"does anyone encounter the same issue as well? May i know how to solve ...

Mar 5, 2018

How to speed up a project

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Dear All,I am working in MS Project 2016 with some plannings, mainly product development project plannings with a lot of engineering tasks which I have all scheduled from a starting date onwards and then resulting in an end date.Now the question I ne...

Mar 6, 2018

Prefab Pod Schedule

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HelloI have recently transited into planning from architecture and i am working on a multi story residential project. I have been asked to do a "Pod Schedule" for the flats as we are using prefab pod bathrooms. What is a pod schedule? does anyone kno...

Mar 6, 2018