For those of you that deal with the Schedule of Values vs CPM schedule connection: I have been on project where the CM/owners leave items at 99% to make sure punchlist items are corrected...- that skews the schedule when items are essentially 100% co...
Some of the old hands will remember me as the lead poster and mentor om PP about 8 years ago.I left this site to join LinkedIn but have now cancelled my membership because it has morfed into a peurile version of Facebook.I have suggested that circa 1...
I am Mike Testro and I am a Consultant Delay Analyst. I am a builder with 60 years experience including 40 years on EOT. I know what I am talking about on this subject.I am offering a one day Peer Review of your Delay Analysis EOT claim.Have you cove...
"The Contractor mus provide a preliminary schedule reflecting the Contractor's planned activities during the first 45 calendar days after NTP0. This preliminary schedule must be submitted within five (5) calendar days after NTP0." - this is broad, ...
Industry norm? if progress is through December you call the your Dec. Update, not Jan correct? That is the way I have always seen it, and it is best to use Jan 01 as the data date correct? - that way you get all of Dec. - that is better than messing...
Combining 6 projects = combine or make subprojects - what is a must? In a perfect world they all use thesame WBS and Code Structure. But they won't, can you use different activity codes if you use sub-projects? Can the id's be the same? A mandato...
When you make a project a baseline to another project it disappears from the EPS until it is restored. Is it possible to view all of the project that are currently baselines (and so not in the EPS), without going into every project to find them.
Merging projects - can you have different project codes and different calendars? My guess is that you have to have the same project codes with the same lengths or you have to make them match before every clean up. My guess is that it is better to h...
HiAnyone here uses a bespoke solution for CMS that integrateswith PM6 for monitoring Forensic Delay events and utilzing the dashboards in the CMS.As Delay Events can be addressed in PM6 a couple of vendors selling a CMS have reached out to us with a ...
A Baseline Critical Path can have float! best way to show it? Example, I worked on project where half the scope was removed before it started but the completion date did not change. There is a school of thought you just stretch to fit to get 0 Floa...
Now you can import the BOQ with its prices to Primavera directly by using Excel 64 bit. To get the BOQ Magic Tool and learn about it, please register only at this link.https://www.facebook.com/P6.MagicTools/posts/423932469480775
Hi all, I have been in planning for about 15 years. I had bad experience in my previous company where the project had 2 to 3 planners all reporting to the project director. my current company, my new project also in a situation we have 2 planners. me...
If a contractor asks for an interpretation of this, what do you say? (other than - just do it) Contractor must calculate the number of weather days using NOAA data set for the most recent 10 year period. Put on your lawyer hat and answer them when ...
I have observed that many new project managers fail to handle scope change, leading to the project's halt or failure. Is there any way possible to manage significant change requests by clients effectively without hampering the project?
Hi,When I add a new activity, duration is not 5 but 4.4days. This issue is obviously coming from the calendar because it has been modify to 8h/day instead of 7h.This is not a global but a project Calendar. I checked my Project settings calendar for n...
I like my term for this "Resource Referencing" - I think it is better because there is never enough time, what do you think of this method?This method consists of using P6 data columns for quantity and rate and unit. That basically turns the schedul...
Anyone knowing how to deal with this warning (i.e. risk data is out of date) in Pertmaster?Thank you so much.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8046:]]
Hi,I am operating in the following corporate environment:P6 Professional v20.12; Citrix hosted; SQL database; don't know database size but projects add up to 4.5 million activities.The issue I have is that when I select certain menu items in the Acti...
What does this mean? "explain the exposed and hidden (patent and latent) contingency in the schedule. A related odd question is "Does the Basis of Schedule indicate what percent of each activity's duration contains build-in "patent contingency?" - I...
Primavera version 20.12Is there a method to make a copy from Oracle Database (Schema) and reconfigure it in case of any issues in the original database (Schema) ?