Why the earned value cost differs, in P6, In an updated programme when it is assigned with an original Baseline programme and when no base line (Except current project) programme is attached?Please clarify, why Earned Value cost changes this case?
Motivated by a discussion on a LinkedIn project management group, I just posted a new blog “Why Do We Plan Projects?” It makes the case that projects must be planned using such flexible techniques as work breakdown structures, value breakdown structu...
Hi,I joined as a planner with a small contractor (under 125 workers) working in the oil and gas industry. I am based in Singapore and my company is involved in pipeline and structural works within a refinery & a chemical plant. To elaborate a little ...
Hello Everyone,It is generally noted and as per this: http://www.ronwinterconsulting.com/rabaseline.htm point #92 that having having a Lag in a FS is not a good practice. Can someone pls provide more insight into my situation as below (Construction P...
That’s the title of my new article, just up at my blog. One of the readers of my blog posted a question in the Comments with respect to a metric I had mentioned in passing: “DIPP tracking. What is it and where can I learn more about it?” I had not pr...
Do you know what your project is costing? Tracking costs in Primavera P6 is an easy way to keep tabs on spending and here we show you how with a step-by-step guide http://ow.ly/Jfuby
Dear All,Need your expertise, Reference to the contract we have carry out additional work which is not in the original scope of work and that involve supervision of work, we have upt up the claim for the supervisor and engineer to supervise these ext...
Dear All,Would like to clarify the omission of the scope of work in the contract BQ, material has been procure and the work has been carried out however in the middle of the project schedule the client cancelled the design for the particular work and...
Hi Everyone I'm trying to create a Programme of works for a commercial building and i really need a guidance on the sequence of works that'll probably state the activities that needs to follow each other both Civil,MEP/Architectural. Either a book or...
Sometimes when we are revising a baseline, you find that there are two activities in the same float path that shares the same finish and start date as in the figure below. In this report we are going to explore three of the possible solutions.http://...
I just posted a new "puzzler" for the weekend on my blog. I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it every weekend – but I will whenever possible. If you like exercising your brain and/or your PM skills, today’s puzzler is definitely about PM skills. It d...
Dear All,Is it allowed as per FIDIC, for a Contractor to submit the detailed claim (WITHOUT A NOTICE) within 28 days after the Contractor became aware of the event.For eg: the Contractor submitted the impacted schedule with delay event/supporting doc...
Hi Everyone,Could you please shed more lights on the essence of throwing-in lots of constraints in a schedule. I am reviewing a schedule where around 15 Finish ON/Before, Start On, Finish On/After constraints exist.Most amazing to me, most of this co...
Hi There,I am just wondering if there are any books that people would recommend that provide a mid level discussion and explanaton of delay analysis and the techniques involved. It would be very useful if any of these books also contained a relativel...
Dear All,In the Contractor submitted program, the submittal time period is levelled(manual linking) by linking it with " Material Sub contractor approval" with a FS (LAG) relation ship.For eg: MEP sub contractor approval: 01-JAN 2015(Activity A)Submi...
Here's a guide to summarizing project data for quick management reports Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/Olbx9
Hi! We're an interdisciplinary group of enthusiastic planners working on improving the state of the art. If your work involves a lot of project planning, your experience is crucial for taking the next step towards more effective ways of mastering cha...
Hi All,What are the major differences in Project Management Consultancy and Construction Supervision Consultancy.In my understanding the CSC includes, but not limited to;1. Checking the compliance with technical specifications2. Monitoring time, cost...
All,I am trying to understand in what way oracle primavera calculate toatal float in same logic relationship. Thereby, I made a sample testing projest with only 3 activities A B and CA--(FS)-->B--(FS)-->CThe duration for A B and C are all 5 days.Now ...
Hi,Is there any way I can export the assigned resources to activities from Primavera Programme to excel and then import the same resources on a modified programme with similar set of activities and quantities rather then assigning each resource indiv...