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BULK MATERIAL HANDLING WBS FOR AN EPC

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I am working on tailoring a work breakdown structure for the construction of a coal fired power plant for an EPC organisation. I am facing a challenge in defining a WBS that covers the bulk material from engineering, procurement through to constructi...

Jun 1, 2011

How to Restrict other users from editing perticular project

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Dear Guys, what are the different ways to restrict the other users who are viewing to edit the data. i tried to use the exclusive status to the project but again when I see the status from other users it is still in shared mode.why is this happening....

Jun 1, 2011

Does TIME-COST trade offs have any relevance in planning practice?

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Dear all,Probably all of you aware the fact that modern project management is tight together with the development of Pert, and CPM. I guess you know it too, that the original CPM method was a sophisticated cost optmization method, which could optimiz...

Jun 1, 2011

Display "%" into an UDF

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Hello guys, I'm looking for a way to display the "%" character at the end of an UDF in order to make it looks like at a calculated cells. I didn't find anything so anybody already try? and succeed? Thanks in advance 

Jun 1, 2011

MSP-2010 More than 1 timeline

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Hi...   Anyone can tell how to insert more than one timeline at the top in MSP 2010??   Rangrajan

Jun 2, 2011

schedule cracker

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Hi friends,Is there any manual adjustments possible sc reports or is it only templates?Best RegardsSunil

Jun 2, 2011

Spending Plan

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Mga Kabayan, Any of you using spending plan who can help coz y have a six years project and i can't put the six years duration since only 4 years appearing on the speding plan window. How can i adjust to make it six years.   Thanks for your help, dav...

Jun 2, 2011

P6 duration format

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It's confuse, my activity duration is 240days, I think 240 days roughly equal to 8 months,  when I change the duration format  unit of time to month, it became to 11 month, what's the problem? Dose anyone can help me ? Thanks Huang Zhao

Jun 2, 2011

MS Project 2007 to MS Project 2010

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Hi guys,   I'm currently working with a quite big project plan in MS Project 2007. I want to move over to MS Project 2010 and had it installed, but it does not want to open my MS Project 2007 plan. It just starts up and then close immediately. Any id...

Jun 2, 2011

Cost Control MS Project 2007

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Hi there,   I loaded the estimate into my project plan in MSP 2007 as cost and material resources. When is a cost resource used? When I enter % complete, it also calculate my actual cost. I did untick this option but it keeps on doing it. How do I en...

Jun 2, 2011

Cost Control MS Project 2007

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Hi there,   I loaded the estimate into my project plan in MSP 2007 as cost and material resources. When is a cost resource used? When I enter % complete, it also calculate my actual cost. I did untick this option but it keeps on doing it. How do I en...

Jun 2, 2011

Retained Logic/ Progress Override

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Total float can be calculated using one of this method, which method is more realistic for the complex and big projects.

Jun 3, 2011

earned cost value

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Dear Sir Good Day I am contacting you respective organization askig for some help on premavira 6.1 I need to have  the earned cost value for each resource at certain activity, I know it's make no sense but we needs that  for more explanation We consi...

Jun 3, 2011

Manual % Weighting in P5

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Hi everyone   I'm hoping the vast well of knowledge out there can help me out of a pickle with a new PM.   Basically, I need to assign a % Weighting to various activities that I can manually enter (not generated by the software) as this figure will b...

Jun 3, 2011

LD risk for late start but completion on time

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Hi, I have one question. I am working on a building project with many nominated sub contractor by main contractor If I did not start my construction on time as per client master programme, but I can finish my job on time or earlier. Am I liable for L...

Jun 3, 2011

Excel Programme

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Hi, I have one question. If I submit a programme from excel, with no link, update. Is that document recognise during arbritation or court ? BR

Jun 3, 2011

Screening Questions for P6 Candidates

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I need to prescreen candidates for a Scheduling position requiring solid P6 skills, prior to sending them on to the hiring manager. I've never used Primavera myself. Can you share with me a few basic questions to determine if a candidate really knows...

Jun 3, 2011

Having trouble replicating P6 schedule after import

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All, I am managing a fabrication subcontractor who is delivering weekly schedule updates to me in a PDF and P6 XER file. I import the P6 file into my P6 software in a new EPS node with only this single project in the node. I use the "update existing"...

Jun 3, 2011

Link kind

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Hi,In the link properties dialog box, there is a field called "Kind" which includes four kinds:Mandatory,Discretionary,External,Temporary.How are these kinds used?Best regards,Carlos.

Jun 3, 2011