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Planned % not matching with Actual

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please help, planned % not matching with actual % , i dont know how.\[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8835:]][[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]

Oct 8, 2024

P6 Professional Import Excel Actual Start and Finish Dates

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In P6 Professional, you can import the schedule’s actual start and Finish dates from Excel. But why must I import the Excel spreadsheet's actual start and finish dates twice before the actual start dates are read in correctly?Let me demonstrate. The ...

Oct 21, 2024

nvitation: Webinar on advanced Spider Project features, October 31

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A webinar on advanced features of Spider Project was delayed and will happen tomorrow on October 31. Those who are interested to participate can register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16215a27-cc91-4174-a344-24f72cd4582e@9ee69d34-7a7...

Oct 30, 2024

Project Controls 3.0 – Webinar

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Patrick Weaver presented the PGCS October webinar looking at the need for Project Controls 3.0 (PC-3.0).  This webinar is now available for general viewing.You can sign up for the free PGCS series at: https://consec.eventsair.com/pgcs-2024/webinar-se...

Nov 3, 2024

Drag Calculator that works with Primavera P6 files

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After all these years, I am delighted to announce that PlanLab.AI has launched the Critical Path Drag calculator for P6 files. It will be free to use for a brief period. You can try it here: https://lnkd.in/eW_22ExKThe calculator is 100% secure becau...

Nov 8, 2024

baseline update - past activities

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Hello all,Wanted to get some guidance on this:We are in the middle of a project. We started working on an extension of time case with the client but took forever to have that accepted. In the meanwhile, we missed some milestones as per the original b...

Nov 14, 2024

XER Tools

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Any P6 user who has to send or receive XER files, should have the latest release of XER Tools. A superb and FREE utility. It is pinned to my taskbar. Find it on GITHUB.

Nov 21, 2024

Resource levelling up (not down)

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Normaĺly in P6 resource levelling you specify a limit for the critical resource and then P6 adjusts the schedule to avvomodate this limit (never understood on what criteria it moved activities). I was looking to do the opposite - level up. E.g. for i...

Nov 22, 2024

Are delays inevitable on your project?

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Are delays inevitable on a project? Recond to be the 2nd most cause of project failure (after communication) do you have a process for identifying them, tracking them, mitigating them, avoiding them long before they affect your project.Do you have an...

Nov 25, 2024

Start to Start lag calculation

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HiIn the schedule options dialog box of P6 there is a section about the calculation of start to start lag.I know how these options work but what I don't know is that why among all types of relations, these options are only made available for the star...

Nov 25, 2024

Basic Principles of Delay Analysis

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Message to everyone who aspires to be a delay analyst.I have distilled 33 years of Delay Analysis Experience into 10 training modules calledBasic Princilples of Delay Analysis.They explain WHAT to do + HOW to do it + WHEN not to do it.Email me at mik...

Nov 27, 2024

Planning by the project team

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Whilst the planner produces an integrate ovetall schedule using a software package to meet the contract spec at level 3 all the other disciplines have to do there own detailed planning Level 4/5 within the parameters of the schedule. They use excel s...

Nov 28, 2024

PC Expo – A Busy Week

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Slowly catching up after a very busy week with PC Expo in Melbourne as the highlight.I was honoured to be asked to perform the official welcome on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) at the start of the two-day event. This year CIOB ...

Dec 2, 2024

P6 float paths calculation

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Hi guys,I'm trying to understand how P6 calculates multiple paths using free float, specially when we have the same float. I wasn't able to find online any formula that explains it and i'm trying to reproduce it.Thanks for your support

Jan 8, 2025

Calendar is causing budget to change

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Hello;I am starting to add budgeted labor units to my schedule.  The activities have a duration type of "Fixed Duration and Units/Time.I set up my resource id's and assigned them to the activities.  When I go to add the budgeted labor units of say 10...

Jan 9, 2025

Shared mode

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HiGot a stange one. I'm running standalone as follows:About: Primavera P6 Professional 24 Release: 24.12.0.51267 Platform: x64 Database Schema Version: PPMDB,2412.0000.0000.0006PPMDBSQLite.dbEvery time I schedule the shared mode warning comes up. No ...

Jan 16, 2025

PLANNING & PROJECT CONTROL MANUAL.

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HI Guys, NEED SOME HELP in developing a PLANNING & PROJECT CONTROL MANUAL.  I do appreciate your support to provide me a native file. 

Feb 1, 2025