The PMBOK 5thEdition is open for review and the people who have written the Time and Cost Chapters are so ill-informed they don’t even appreciate the difference between a Modified BETA distribution curve, and the PERT Scheduling methodology that used...
Dear All,I will like to some information on the following situation: I have a project that involves fabrication at workshop than this material has to get assembled at site, before the asseblying the civil works should be completed. I have linked a...
Dear All, Can any one explain idea\details\difference and usage of PMweb software please.
Meeting your project team or key stakeholders to discuss status is a critical part of managing a project. But everyone hates attending a meeting for the sake of it. Here are 5 tips for making your status meetings as good as possible, and completely p...
I am looking to put risks into P6 and wondered if these have any effect on the schedule? Our aim is to use the risks section of P6 as an area to record all project risks but dont want these to have any effect on the schedule. Is this possible?
Hi All,We'r experiencing an issue with P6v7 dates / variance on sending the xer file to client and client importing it onto their machine.It appears that some of the dates changed on import. We've already tried utilizing calendars at project instead ...
whenever i fix budgeted units, the original duration remains the same... why?.. lets suppose if there is an activity of 10 days and the working units are 80 Manhours. Now if i appoint a resource and budget it only 40 hours. then original duration mus...
Hi, I have seen below behaviour in 2007:- A task A got split as there were some actuals before the start date followed by a work done on a different task-Later there was a changing in project priorities with other project tasks getting higher priorit...
Dear All, During importing the actual dates and percentages,the WBS has gone,and the activities transfered to the WBS root. Can any body help to know the reason , and to import the lost WBS codes&names? Regards,
Howdy... first post. dont shoot me if its a simple answer.currently running the cashflow report in the visual report sections. our reporting period runs from the 20th to the 20th . how do i get the report to run 20-20 not 1-31?so that our claim infor...
Howdy... first post. dont shoot me if its a simple answer.currently running the cashflow report in the visual report sections. our reporting period runs from the 20th to the 20th . how do i get the report to run 20-20 not 1-31?so that our claim infor...
actualy i made the baseline according to the B.O.Q but somet times the B.O.Q is unbalanced in the (quantity & price) so all what i estimate of (cash flow or material or manpower)become wrong i think that i should make 2 baselines (one according to th...
I would like to ask the experienced planners and schedulers on what would be the best approach or procedure to follow when updating the schedule on a bi-weekly basis. Some of the questions that would like to be answered are: 1) How do you collect t...
HII am using primavera web 6v7.I allocated rolls to activity and update the project.but I could not able to visualise the histogram. and also nothing is coming out in capacity planning?need urgent helpthanks in advance
Does anyone can share their idea how to generate planned progress based on the duration regardless of the resources?
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Hi All In the case of claim documents EOT/disruption etc is it acceptable, good practice or advisable to refer to standards such as AACE 29R-03, SCL protocol or any other industry documents when compiling a claim? I understand there are no standards ...
Hi, new to P6 and have just (well nearly) completed my first project update. Stuck on a couple of issues 1. When i printed the report i noticed a couple of Activity ID Numbers have been partly erased and when i tried to add them back in it only allow...
Dear Experts,I am in predicament right now. My contractor's program was approved 9 months back and I got onboard in the project recently. The contractor's schedule is showing huge delays when they submitted the impacted schedule. When I did my invest...
Hi Guys & Gals,I am in the process of ensuring my Baseline is robust enough for a delay analysis, adding missing logic links, removing constraints etc. I have removed a lot of 'As late as possible' constraints that had no Predecessor and linked them...