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Resource levelling

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I'm trying to understand why P6 resource levels over non-working time hours.  For example, I have a resource that only works Monday - Friday but when I resource level, it shows as an over-allocation at the weekends where I would have thought it would...

Oct 3, 2017

Can you any body let me know any updated from PMBOK 5th Edition

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Hi i want to do PMP from PMI i want to know any update from PMBOK 5th Edition syllabus and which Training Certification Organization is good to learn.  I am Looking For Below  4 full days Intensive Classroom Training High Quality e-Learning with 180 ...

Oct 3, 2017

Scheduling Practice Standard Conundrums

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Here's a look at activities that have no logical successor. These come up from time to time and are always problematic: particularly if they are in the earlier months of a project’s lifecycle http://ed.gr/fhh7

Oct 3, 2017

SPI Help

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Hello,I have a Change Order on my project ( 100 hrs). How are these hours captured in SPI? Or are Changes not factored in to SPI calculations? Thanks!V

Oct 4, 2017

Asta Power Projects BIM module, model disappears in 3D pane

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Good morning allI am Dave from Interserve Construction in Swansea, quite new to Asta but have been using 3D software for 14 years now.I have linked in an IFC file to my programme, all good, however, when I place a site componant such as a piece of ho...

Oct 5, 2017

Primavera P6 and User Defined Date Bars

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Here's a demonstration to explain the purpose of the user start date and user finish date columns in the bars dialog http://ed.gr/fln7

Oct 5, 2017

Summary of the filtered items in bar

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Hello ya'll,I have a filter on my planning so I only see the items of my discipline. In none of the heading bars I can see thecorrect summary of the items shown in my chosen layout.Now I copy them to Excel so I can select the items I need to know.. B...

Oct 6, 2017

Labour and Non Labour Unit

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Please help on the Query related to Labour units and non labour units If I have a particular activity X which can be done with labour as well as machine (e.g.: excavation) If I have to do same quantity of that activity with labour as well as machine,...

Oct 8, 2017

Project Name Variable

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I am trying to creatie a layout to print 2 interlinked projects at the same time. I added the variable [project_name] to the header section of the lay out in Page Setup. When I go to Print Preview, the name of project B shows up in the header instead...

Oct 9, 2017

Need help with Asta "logic"

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I was born and raised with Primavera but recenlty started using Asta as well to broden my knowledgebase. The addaptaion has not been smoth and i struggle with the idea that Asta is somehow superior to P6. But maybe it's just my way of thinking that i...

Oct 11, 2017

Sample WBS for Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Dear All,I need your help, could you share with me a sample WBS for a conventional hydropower generated dam facility? Kindly email it to. Thank you in advance !  

Oct 14, 2017

How to change WBS path in primavera P6?

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Hi All,Badly need your advise.I am trying to copy the updates from 'X' program onto another program 'Y'. X has Y+150 activities. I did the exporting to excel and imported the relevant activities in to X program. All is find except for a few hundred a...

Oct 15, 2017

Project Management Academic Survey

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Hi, If you are a project manager, I would be grateful if you would take the time to follow the link below and fill in a short questionnaire concerning project management priorities when a project is in distress. This is for academic research purposes...

Oct 15, 2017

Weight Factor

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Hi All,i have a project has five WBS and each one of them has a duration and cost, and i need to determine weigth factor for each wbs based on time and cost, is there any method to do that, or there is another method to determine the weight factor?be...

Oct 15, 2017

Temporary itms in the schedule

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What is your practie to show temporary items in the schedule, such as setting or dismantling a crane, or formwork, or scaffolding etc.. I mean these are not part of the main project. So you can not assign them any resource or allocate time to them fo...

Oct 16, 2017

HOW TO DEVELOP A REVISED BASELINE SCHEDULE, LAST UPDATE SCHEDULE?

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Dear Professional,Hope every one is fine. Let me first put up my case, I have updated schedule up to August 2017 (Schedule % 17.5 & Performance % 15.2) at that time.I received an approved EOT of 40 days from a consultant I revised my schedule with re...

Oct 17, 2017

Buttons in Primavera P6 Version 8.2 are not working...

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Im using primavera p6 8.2 standalone and all of a sudden my buttons like print preview,projects,layouts ,filldown and many others are visible or grayed but not highlighted hence i cannot use them .Can anyone please give me a solutionLikeComment

Oct 17, 2017