Microsoft Project and Shading Gantt Chart Time Periods
Forum TopicHere's how to create and assign a calendar for highlighting a respective time period on the Gantt chart http://ed.gr/ev3n
Sep 19, 2017
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What is the easy way to move an activity from lower level of WBS
Forum TopicI have received a Pre-Comm/Comm schedule from our contractor , now my management wants me to add remaining construction activities to this schedule to drive mechanical completion , So I added Sub WBS to the existing WBS. There are more than 1000 acti...
Sep 20, 2017
P6 Global Change Question
Forum TopicI am trying to match "plan" dates in P6 to "start" or "actual Start" dates depending on the case using global change. For some reason "plan" dates do not change to "actual" dates despite committing to the global change. Was wondering if someone else ...
Sep 21, 2017
Delete Posts
Forum TopicI acciedently created multiple posts - how do i delete it - My apologies in advance.
Sep 21, 2017
Primavera P6 Professional File Transfer Requirements
Forum TopicAre you transferring a Primavera P6 schedule file from one counterpart P6 database to another, most likely from subcontractor to customer? If so, then you and your counterparts will want to establish agreed upon file transfer requirements to control ...
Sep 21, 2017
Acadamic background for Planning engineers and project managers
Forum Topichello everyone !i am a civil planning engineer, i have two years of experience in the oil and gas construction industry , i have been searching recently for the best masters degree for planning engineers and project managers to enhance my academic re...
Sep 21, 2017
Activities with Incorrect Start / Finish Times
Forum TopicIn my current project that got handed over to me, I have 2 calendars. 95% of those are on Calendar 1 and 5% Calendar 2.About 20% of activities have incorrect start and finish times (not starting at 8a or finishing at 5p) (although the dates are most ...
Sep 21, 2017
early start and finish
Forum Topiconce an activity is completed and remains in the past and we update the data date, why do early start and early finish columns still show something? they show the data date. why? arent those supposed to show the remaining work? so for a finished acti...
Sep 23, 2017
How to show multiple baselines on bar chart area
Forum TopicHow can we show multiple basines on barchart area? and up to how many baselines can we show, in addition (under) each actual bar?
Sep 25, 2017
Monitoring Schedule Slippage in Microsoft Project
Forum TopicHere's a quick tip on how to monitor schedule slippage in Microsoft Project http://ed.gr/e4go
Sep 25, 2017
Project progress against baseline
Forum TopicHello,I am doing Certificate IV in project management. I have a question to ask.What needs to be updated in the project plan in response to - project progress against baseline?Can anybody help in answering this question?Thanks in advance!
Sep 26, 2017
Disadvantages of Constraints
Forum TopicHere's a look at the disadvantages of constraints in scheduling http://ed.gr/e541
Sep 26, 2017
Prime Contract
Forum TopicHow to choose specialists for your prime contract?
Sep 28, 2017
Adding Resources & zeroing values
Forum TopicHI, I having an issue when i add a new resource on to a activity, Primavera zeroes all costs added on all previously added resource.and re calculate the units. I hacve unticked the auto compute and calc costs from units for the resouce but still hap...
Sep 28, 2017
Looking to interview PM professionals to tap into their experiences and insights on project management
Forum TopicHi All,I am looking to interview project management professionals who can spare a few minutes to share their experiences and insights on project management as part of a research project that I am undertaking. I am running a academic research program ...
Sep 28, 2017
Negative Float for a Project
Forum TopicCurrently I have a project which I am working on with Starting Date 1/jun/17 and Finishing Date 1/jun/19. As a result of some delayments during cinstruction its showing - ve Float value. I know I cant just edit the date or change the baseline date as...
Oct 1, 2017
Resource levelling
Forum TopicI'm trying to understand why P6 resource levels over non-working time hours. For example, I have a resource that only works Monday - Friday but when I resource level, it shows as an over-allocation at the weekends where I would have thought it would...
Oct 3, 2017
Can you any body let me know any updated from PMBOK 5th Edition
Forum TopicHi i want to do PMP from PMI i want to know any update from PMBOK 5th Edition syllabus and which Training Certification Organization is good to learn. I am Looking For Below 4 full days Intensive Classroom Training High Quality e-Learning with 180 ...
Oct 3, 2017
Scheduling Practice Standard Conundrums
Forum TopicHere's a look at activities that have no logical successor. These come up from time to time and are always problematic: particularly if they are in the earlier months of a project’s lifecycle http://ed.gr/fhh7
Oct 3, 2017
SPI Help
Forum TopicHello,I have a Change Order on my project ( 100 hrs). How are these hours captured in SPI? Or are Changes not factored in to SPI calculations? Thanks!V
Oct 4, 2017