When attempting to import an XER from a new version of P6 to the 8.4 version I have, I get an error stating, "The import file is invalid."I have already changed the version number in notepad. This trick only works sometimes when I import files from n...
Hi all,Im curious to know if someone could explain how to apply for the jobs advertised in the 'Jobs' section. Do I need to be a premium member or part of the Guild or Certified? As I cannot see a method of actually applying for the jobs or a link to...
Hi allI have a 30 week programme that has a 2 week shutdown over Christmas. The current week numbers in the date zone show it coming out as 32 weeks, is there any way to not show week numbers over the 2 week shutdown?ie. up to week 5, then nothing fo...
I know that this is a somewhat open ended quation but I am trying to understand how many shutdown planners should we have in our business.I am fully aware that it is dependant on many factors including:skill level of the plannerSystem health of the C...
Hi,Im having a weird issue whereby I am exporting an XER of a project that has been progressed, changing it to a .txt file then opening it in Excel to "bulk add" activity codes. I then save the file, change it back to an xer and import the project.Ev...
Greetings,fluid structure is one of the many organizational structures in project management, in this structure different tasks are assigned to staff. I do not see any project manager in this structure, how the control will be done?best,Muataz
This question is for the any project management professional. Kindly describe the three relevant challenges, but possible solutions as well. Good examples can include challenges you’ve had personal experience with, along with effective solutions that...
Good day Experts,While changing the timescale from Days to monthly or quarterly or yearly in MS project, I'm getting the error of "Invalid argument" because of that, I cant able to change the timescale in MS project and the same MPP file I can able t...
Dear Experts,I'm holding PMP certification, and currently I'm looking for some risk management certification that has global validation and helpful for risk management professional carriers in the construction sector. Thanks in Advance.
Dear everyone,I am creating my own turnaround scheduling, and I am also confusing to select which of the WBS percent complete to reflect and track the progress of my schedule? I have read that "Performance % Complete is the final field, used for actu...
I'm in the process of rebaselining my projects and our management decided to implement SPI with the new baseline. As the revised baseline should show SPI of 1.00 (earned = planned or whatever earned is planned), I made the SPI equal to 1.00 by using ...
Hi everyone, I have a probleme with a project in P6, the dates ( delta of 1 minute but the date change to the day after ) of about 30 activities (30/1600) changes when i close and re open the project. I think that the problem comes from the excel th...
Hi All, I am trying to come up with a research question and general areas of study within planning and scheduling. They are as follows:To examine criticism of planning tools (primavera, MS project, Astra, full Project Management tools), traditional ...
Hello, Is there a place to see all the different event codes in P6 and what they mean? We have moved onto a cloud based server and seem to be getting a lot more errors than previously. ThanksEmma
I am used to seeing a straight data date line. Lately I been seeing curves data date lines, ie curved out around certain activities. I assume this is from a setting, and after googling it with-out getting an easy answer I am asking you. What does i...
Hi all, Working on a concentrator build, greenfields next to brownfileds environment. Need to model the men and material flow to optimise bottlenecks, security turnstiles, change houses etc. as well as the way the laydown yard is set-out with require...
Hi,Other than directly through Oracle, can members advise where is the recommended place to purchase P6 from?Thanks
Hello Pplanners,I recently tried to import a XER file into P6 15.2, and I received the following warning/error message "This file contains resource data, import canceled"Does anybody know the reason of this message, that I saw for the first time?Than...
Hi. I would like to know when is the best time to rebaseline a schedule. Is there a standard variance value that should be considered or is it different with each schedule? If it is different for each schedule what is the best approach to deciding th...
Hi all.I got problems with. I've been installed1)Java JDK -OK2)Weblogik - Ok3)Oracle XE - OkBt when i'm installing EPPM Primaveraб Data base is'nt greating.I open a log and read such a problem: ORA-65096: invalid common user or role name Has anyone ...