QSRA - how often would be the best?
Forum TopicHi everyone,just wonder how often should QSRA be carried out? Are there any guideline/ reference book saying like 6 months cycle would be more appropriate? Thanks a lot.
Sep 14, 2022
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Primaveras and Power BI
Forum TopicTeam, Looking for a recommended reading list, and possible third party tools. The mission is to integrate the P6 data, and other datasets, with Power Bi Reading an exported Excel spreadsheet does have the advantage of preserving the data date, but do...
Sep 15, 2022
Average schedule summary times for Design, Procurement, Construction for average buildings - like a school or school add-on
Forum TopicAverage schedule summary times for Design, Procurement, Construction for average buildings - like a school or school add-ons. Should this information be somewhere, such as in Gordian or something...crew counts would be good, but that might be asking...
Sep 26, 2022
Visio Layout in Visualizer
Forum TopicIs it possible to use Visualizer in P6 to create a visio stacked type of view? One timeline with activities stacked on top of each other to show a single timeline bar.
Sep 27, 2022
XML import failure
Forum TopicHi Everyone, I am having problems importing two MSP files that are saved as xml format. I have tried on our corporate SQLServer V20 and also on my Standalone SQLite V21.The V20 import log just says Import: FailedThe V21 import gives me a message as I...
Sep 28, 2022
Percentage Complete in Schedule - Overall
Forum TopicHi All, Can we show the % complete in tthe schedule by WBS and so get the overall % complete of the Project.We would be updating the activity % complete but can the WBS show the oerall % complete based on the activity pogress %.A schedule which has E...
Sep 29, 2022
P6 Software - EPPM or Professional
Forum TopicHiQuick question about your preferences for Primavera software.I use Asta Powerproject & Project - client requesting P6.Is the web based EPPM version suitable or the traditional download preferred. Indeed are the two intergrated in terms of file tran...
Sep 29, 2022
Critical Path vs Longest Path
Forum TopicConsultant said the longest path was the Critical Path "The attached longest path goes through the Package 2 permit, followed by the Caisson work for D, then E with the remainder of the building work for Area E through March 28th into Punchlist and T...
Oct 4, 2022
Import of Activities/WBS
Forum TopicI created a WBS in P6 (8.3 VERSION) exported to a spread sheet as activities settings. then copied the list of activities from another excel file to this spread sheet and specify the WBS name and WBS code for each acvtivity.While importing it back to...
Oct 5, 2022
Out of sequence report is showing predecessor that is not showing as the pred in the Pred Tab?
Forum TopicOut of sequence report is showing predecessor that is not showing as the pred in the Pred Tab? How is this possible?
Oct 6, 2022
Is there a technical name for delay caused by not being able to work as scheduled? for example if something is FS instead of SS?
Forum TopicIs there a technical name for delay caused by not being able to work as scheduled? for example if something is FS instead of SS? (for example thought could start steel same time as concrete but had to wait until done.) "Out of Sequence Delay" or "Lo...
Oct 7, 2022
Contractor claims baseline was never approved? wouldn't it be the defacto BL either way?
Forum TopicContractor claims baseline was never approved? wouldn't it be the defacto BL either way? Or would the first update? If this claim were true would it get them anything?
Oct 10, 2022
Do template Project folder and sub-folder systems exist? or Any software that places attachments in folders automatically?
Forum TopicDo template Project folder and sub-folder systems exist? or Any software that places attachments in folders automatically? I have used e-builder and procore, but I do not think they put docs in folders automatically - they provide the folders - but...
Oct 10, 2022
Deleting an activity
Forum TopicHello guys;I am a new user of P6 and I may be asking a lot of questions from now on and I hope noone gets bothered. I have a question regarding deleting an activity. I magin the program is almost ready and there are some links between activities, and...
Oct 14, 2022
Critical Path activities extension.
Forum TopicThere is a convention in our company that we don't extend the duration of an activity which is on critical path, to capture the activities which have caused the delay in the program in a better way. We have a WBS and under that WBS (which is named Ch...
Oct 14, 2022
Updating and changes in data date
Forum TopicHi I have been told that when you are doing a monthly update, you shouldn't " schedule" ( F9, I mean) in the middle of update. and you should do all the actualizing and updating and after finishing that, you can " schedule" the project to the new dat...
Oct 14, 2022
The Purpose of Earned Value Management (EVM)
Forum TopicOver the last couple of months there has been a discussion running in the Project Management World Journal around the purpose of EVM. The general consensus seems to be EVM is a performance management system, focused on measuring the performance of th...
Oct 15, 2022
Multiple Baseline Units
Forum TopicHi All, I have 2 baselines and i need to compare the Labour units for both with the current schedule. How can i get the labour units for both of these baselines?From below snapshot under "Units" both of the highlighted options are giving the same val...
Oct 19, 2022
Planned values of Early & Late curves Vs Actual value
Forum TopicInterpretation of Progress S-Curve without ScheduleCase-1 the actual overall actual progress value of reporting period is less than the overall early planned value but above the overall late planned value: the agreed baseline completion of Project...
Oct 20, 2022
How to display individual resource assignments in Activity View Gantt chart
Forum TopicHi Everyone, Has anyone found a way to display individual resource assignments in Activity View Gantt chart? I have Group & Sort as by Resource, but activities that have multiple resources are grouped together as if they were a single resource. Is it...
Oct 20, 2022