Hi PlannersI am updating a schedule and the first activity is start milestone, when I enter the actual start date, the percentage complete does not change to 100% and I tried to fill it manually but it does not work. It works for other activities. Re...
Sir/s: I am new in Scheduling.I started to learn Primavera but I stumble with the Primavera own sample scheduling the "City Center Office Building"How could it be that thte predecessor of Activity EC1090 is also EC1090 (below window) predecessor. Tha...
Dear all, I am just wondering whether there are any accepted metrics for tracking a schedule-related performance of a group of projects, rather than an individual project. E.g. for example for an individual project there is a Schedule Performance Ind...
Data date: you can use the 1st of month every month, does not matter if falls on Sundays etc correct?
Price escalation claims, for example from starting NTP 6 months later... - what does the contractor have to provide? Do they have to provide both subcontractor's original quotes and revised quotes - or do they have to provide just the current quote ...
Having recently retired from the industry after 50 years service I put together a "book" on the ROLE of planning within the UK Engineering & Construction Industry. I thought one or two other people might want to enjoy and pass comment so if you want ...
Hello,I am trying to model the following scenario, but with little luck. Maybe Rafael or Vladimir cand help me a bit.Scenario:01. Formwork for columns is rented, 1 set (column) = 1000 currency/30 days, 1 set = 25 currency/day.02. Formwork for columns...
Hi When I open new project I get this screenAccess mode dissapeeared How to solve this issue [[wysiwyg_imageupload:8097:]][[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]
Morning all, This may be normal but it strikes me as odd. The first time I update my resources using the Units% complete column (resources tab) it updates as I'd expect. So someone with 100 units I update 10% actual becomes 10 units. However as th...
Having been a Planner for 12 years on P6, MSP and Pertmaster I feel that the future of Planning is the move towards 4D Planning and its incorporation into Gantt and Site Planning. Having no prior experience of 4D Planning as within the UK from trying...
Having been a Planner for 12 years on P6, MSP and Pertmaster I have an interest in and feel that the future of Planning is the move towards 4D Planning and its incorporation into Gantt and Site Planning.Having no prior experience of 4D Planning as wi...
Hi, has anybody got a pretty schematic showing the D&E interfaces between the 3D BIM Model LOD's as BS 19650, the Vendor information requirements (as set out in the PO's, we used to have Stages A - G designations) and the 30% / 60% / 95% Design Revi...
Anyone knows why the move arrows are greyed out and I cannot use the P6 WBS functionalilty.
Dear ExpertsI have a question on Primavera P6. As far as i know, duration is not an appropriate unit to determine the plan or actual percentage of a project at a particular time given. The more accurate is manhours. Now, the schedule % complete ...
Dear Members, I am updating my project,on a specific activity i have non labor unit assigned 30h when i am progressing the activity to 80% i am updating my actual units to 24h and remaining to 6h but when i run the schedule after updating the units i...
The latest paper in our series on the origins of project controls has been published in the March edition of Project Management World Journal.This paper traces the origins of accounting, through cost accounting, to cost engineering. Download the full...
Are material and equipment costs included in PV, SV, CV or we include just the labor?
Hello,For example if I enter a link such as 4SS+2, the successor colun shows it as 4SS+2 days. I do not want it to write "days" there. Because I have limited print space and just because of word "days" I am losing horizontal print area. Is there a wa...
I would like to have Activity Code Description values rather than Code Value when I export data to Excel. For Example for an Activity Code: Code Value is Ph1 : Code Description is Phase 1I would like to get the description Phase 1, rath...
Managing capacity planning bottlenecks has been a challenge sometimes for even experienced managers. What are the effective ways to deal with these bottlenecks and streamline capacity planning?