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specifications for a contractor to install the latest P6

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I work in a large corporate environment.  We have held off installing the latest p6 version because IT guys are generally not familiar with the software and i am not knowledge on the MS/SQL etc environment.  We currently have the Enterprise/Web versi...

Jan 19, 2018

4D Planning for Turnarounds and Shutdowns

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Hi there,I am looking for details on 4D planning/BIM and progress control used for turnarounds (e.g. for refineries or processing plants). Those schedules are very detailed and big, often with many hundred pieces of equipement, piping etc. and thousa...

Jan 23, 2018

Material Cost showing Beyond Finish Date

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Dear Sir, When i revised my baseline updated program, now the Material cost showing beyond the finish date.How can i solve it. please help me

Jan 23, 2018

ERP Systems compatible with Primavera Programme

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All,Apart from the Oracle EPPM complete solution, can anyone recommend any other ERP systems which are compatible with Primavera PPM schedules?Im looking specifically for the ERP system to be able to cover Document management, timesheet management, f...

Jan 23, 2018

Design Deliverables & Dependency Matrix

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Hi All,I'm trying to put together a matrix that I can then mirror the logic for in P6, regarding design documentation and deliverables in the water industry, for example:Telemetry schedule to FDS, FDS included EICA Spec allows enquiries to go out to ...

Jan 23, 2018

SDEF

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I just switched over to P6 after some 25 years on P3.Using the stand alone P6 SQLite I cannot use the SDEF converter for COE projects.   The P6  P330XER files not deploy in SQLite.Does anyone know of an xer to SDEF converter that will work outside th...

Jan 23, 2018

Primavera P6 - Reader

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Hi everyone,I have one quick question to see your opinion with Primavera P6 reader. I am working for a small size company and we don't have lot of P6 users/licences. Some of our project engineers are using MS Project for planning but with our new pro...

Jan 24, 2018

Copying Custom Calendar between projects

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I created a custom calendar for one project and want to use the same calendar for another project.  How do I copy it from one project to another?Jeff

Jan 24, 2018

Total Floats

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Hello Experts,I have two Questions1. What factors contribute to the high total float and What steps one may take to reduce total floats in a project?2. How to derive a credible longest path.Practical solutions are highly appreciated. Many thanks,Indr...

Jan 26, 2018

Acumen Fuse DCMA 14

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Using Acumen Fuse DCMA 14. Test 12 Critical Path test returns "N" on single project. But when performed with other projects same project returns "N/A". I can't find anywhere that explains why this is "N/A". Has anyone any idea as to why and what I ca...

Jan 26, 2018

Critical Path

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Hello Experts, What % of total number of activities in a baseline schedule should ideally be lying on the critical path (TF=0), a number from your extensive experience / best practice would suffice. thank you indra

Jan 26, 2018

Delay Analysis

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Dears,I am very pleased to type my first post here, I would like to express my thankful to all who support this websitemy question is related to EOT, I have submitted an EOT using TIA method regarding delay of handing over roads from third party who ...

Jan 27, 2018

Earned Value

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Dear all. I have a question in regards with the earned value. I have added cost resources to my project schedule, and assigned them to my activities. However, when I wanted to calculate the eaned value in MS project, all values remains zero, no matte...

Jan 28, 2018

Rules of Credit - Engineering

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Hello,Can some one tell me if you can earn on partial milestones? For example if I'm using the rules of credit below, can I earn 20%? ( in this case inital engineering is almost complete) Start 10%Initial Engineering 30%Engineering Review/Check 60%Fi...

Jan 29, 2018

Setting a start date

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Good morning,Might be a noobie question but I am fairly new to Asta.I am wondering how to set a line to start on a certain date and not follow the logic.To put it in context, we can have the gas connection completed after we have removed scaffold but...

Jan 30, 2018