Hi, when I want to show the week numbers on a construction programme in MSP 2013, the "Week 1" always go back to the start of the earliest activity, however I want to show pre-start activities i.e lead in activities before "Week 1" starts and don't s...
I just posted a new article: “What is the Most Important Metric of Critical Path Analysis?” The article starts by differentiating between CPM scheduling and critical path analysis, pointing out that the latter is relevant in optimizing the value of t...
I have a 4k screen and v8.2. Has Oracle fixed the bugs for high resolution screens in later versions? I can't find anyone mentioning there are problems... It's pretty serious - you can't just increase the font size as the icons all mash up as well.
Vladimir,I am still experimenting with prioritization and I noticed, that when I introduce my favorite NLT constraint into the j3013_8 RCSP then, when resource leveled, Spider actually produces a longer schedule, than without resource NLT constraint...
Hi AllI wish to see how much formwork decks are ín use' ie are keep in place while floors above are being constructed. What is the general rule here?
Here's a useful step-by-step guide on how to schedule weekly events in Microsoft Project http://ow.ly/LDpdj
Morning all, Just trying to do a very basic planned vs actual percent complete S-Curve. Any idea how it's done? I just want to show the variations between the two. Kind regards.
Dear all,What kind of the import configuration should I set up to keep all existing activity codes after updating a project by importing a xer file?I would be really appreciate for any help.
I just posted a new article: ‘The Benefits of Recognizing Projects as Investments: “And Yet, It Moves!” ’You can find it here. I recently had a disagreement in a discussion group with an individual who was quite insistent that projects are not invest...
Should resource man hours that are added into a schedule contain an inefficiency factor or be solelyestimated direct hours to complete a task? There's one school of thought that the resultant resource histogram should show the additional resourcing r...
Here's a useful guide showing how to define activities in Primavera P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/LJK15
Oracle has just released a versions of many of it's Primavera applications, including Primavera P6 EPPM 15.1 and Primavera P6 Professional 15.1. There's a lot of change here and I've tried to unravel it all so you can understand what's going to chang...
We are a fast growing software company. Currently we are going for bigger and larger software projectsThe problem is accurately doing cost estimates of our projects by vigorously doing man day, calculations and finding the best costing for the projec...
Dear Gents, We used to send primavera update to our planning manager on weekly basis. Is there any provision in primavera to spot the difference in progress for the only activities from the previous week. Your help in this concern is unfathomable!
Could any body share what should be the all disciplines percentage progress when my 60% model review is happening in an EPC project? Kindly share any document or statistics . Regards Mukesh Gupta
HelloI am developing an application which pulls data from our P6 SQL database. In my application I want to display WBS and Task items hierarchically and beside each item display the start/finish dates.In SQL I can write a Common Table Expression whic...
Hi... i am working on laboratory schedule... i need some sample schedule to refere the same and complete my Project schedule,... if anyone can help.. please do the needful...
Hi, Anyone who is using P6 SDK successfully should be able to help with my error. I am using 32-bit P6 v7 with 32-bit ODBC data source and 32-bit excel. For some reason I can't get SDK to work. My error: Row 0: RDA error: Resource not available - Co...
Good morning everyone,I am a Civil Engineering student currently writing my MSc. Thesis "BIM based progress monitoring" I am trying to develop a method to improve progress monitoring techniques through the use of BIM tools and to get a better underst...
Gents, The following links are for a PhD and a scientific paper in the construction risks in the Middle East. The Thesis shows the methodology of how to overcome the risks and delays on construction projects and how estimate the duration...