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P6 v8.1 - urgent

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Dear all,i am new at using P6 V8.1. I am getting this massage every time i wanna open a new menu. The massage is: This website wants to install the following add-on: 'Java (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6.0 update 24' from 'Sun Micro systems, Inc.' but ...

May 15, 2012

3 Ways to Realize Project Benefits

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Hi Guys, Here are three tips to help build a strong benefits culture for your Program Management Office (PMO) http://bit.ly/KpT9dj Emily

May 15, 2012

Using Resource Curves ?

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Firstly can I just say that I am a not greatly experienced P6 user and this might be something fairly simple I am doing wrong. Here goes - Can anyone suggest how I best achieve my desired report or view? To explain - I have a number of future project...

May 15, 2012

Tower Crane Hook Time Analysis

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Hi people, Is there any straight forward formula to calculate the tower crane hook times, including the down time of the crane. So far I have for 50 hours / week production duration is equal to 35 hours / week crane production. Is my assumption corre...

May 15, 2012

Global Change to show Days as Month Duration>

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Hello Recently moved to high level planning in Months & Quarter duration. Scary as I have come from Hourly Planning!! I remember from P3 traning years ago that you can create a Global Change, probably with a Text Field Column to show Days into Months...

May 16, 2012

P6 start & finishes fixed

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I am creating a revised target program. I have a number of activities which start dates are pushing out past the data date or will not fix to the date I assign. These activities have no constraints and no relationships! Something is driving them but ...

May 16, 2012

DANG Project Centre - New Way Manage your Risk and Issue

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Hello All,THE PROBLEMMost company find it a challenge to know all the risks face by the project. Your worker that is at the "Coal Face" or at the problem area is aware of this.Unfortunately, they keep it in an excel spread sheet, which no one is awar...

May 16, 2012

DANG Project Centre - New Way Manage your Risk and Issue

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Hello All,THE PROBLEMMost company find it a challenge to know all the risks face by the project. Your worker that is at the "Coal Face" or at the problem area is aware of this.Unfortunately, they keep it in an excel spread sheet, which no one is awar...

May 16, 2012

planning for communication project

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Dear Friends/Colleague Now i have come up with serious problem for planning   I have working planning feild since last 2 year.  All the planning i did as Building construction. Now i get a new assignment as Communication project. I dont have any idea...

May 16, 2012

Duration increase impacts my budgeted quantities

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Hi All, I am having some issues with budgeted qtys/actual qtys/ remaining qtys. My example is a simple one, I have an activity - Open Drain Lining. I have added a material resource and assigned a total qty of 710sqm. The task itself has now started a...

May 17, 2012

Attachment PDF file in Note

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Hello all Planner        I'm using P6; Release 6.0. In the Notebook of each activity, that we can attach our note such as Picture and Link. But this function  unable to attachment PDF file. I would like to attach PDF files for for information as I ca...

May 17, 2012

copying activities in P v8.1

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Hi all,is it possible to activities from one project to another.i tried that but it did not work. regards, abdallah

May 17, 2012

The mystery of Units/Time in p6...

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Dear All planners... In p6 The mystery of Units/Time… I been reviewing the all articles written about this issue and it not been agreed yet on one answer. So, I just want to be clear about this issue and I need direct and clear answer so, everybody c...

May 17, 2012

Actual cost and Earned value cost

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Hi,In my cost loaded schedule, the actual cost is showing some value higher than the earned value cost. So after each update to fix the problem, i make the actual cost similar to the earned value cost.Is there any option to get the actual value simil...

May 17, 2012

baseline type

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Hi friends, At what circumstances we are using baseline type as customer sign off and what is the relevance of using it..your valuable reply most welcome.. Regards. Sunil

May 17, 2012