IntroductionI want to share a methodology I have spent the last eight months developing, validating, and writing up — and I would genuinely value the technical scrutiny of this community before I take it further into academic submission.The problem i...
Hi P6 experts, I am looking at Duration % Complete column and noticed that the activity with lowest Duration % Complete, its Duration % shows at the WBS level. It seems that at WBS level, the software isn't calculating the correct Duration % Comple...
Hi All, I have a schdule which is resource and cost loaded (By unit rate of Resouce), which is the baseline.After a week I scheduled it. So in the WBS how can I see what was the Baseline Planned % til date for Progress and Cost And what is the actual...
Hi PP,I have a query.I am not sure if this issue has been asked before and satisfactorily replied by members of PP.Have you ever encountered an issue where all the activity bars turned (red) critical after converting it from mpp to mpx?Seldom use MPP...
Disrupting calculation.I have developed a new method by calculating the value of disruption in construction projects.The technique has nothing to do with a “measured mile” nor does it deduct the tender cost from the actual cost. Cost.Instead it compa...
I would like to make resource teams (groups) for material, labour & non-labour resources so that these teams can be assing to an individual activity. For example.I have team for clearing existing roadsigns prior to the new roadconstruction. This is ...
Hello,Are general conditions (setup jobste trailer etc...) and contingency included in EVA calculations? I know it is not deliverable but how about the total project budget? I mean I look at the famous S-Curve for EVA , see no GC or continegncy anywh...
The fundamental formula for work is:Work = duration x number of assigned units to the taskSo, for example:Work = 5 days x 3 men = 15 man hoursSo work is expressed as man hours (or equipment hours).... is that correct ? Or not?I ask because in ...
I am looking for a relationship diagram that shows how each table within an XER is linked.I have seen this info is available in the schema however it'd be much more useful to see this data "visually"If anyone can help out rather than me recreating th...
The Department of Defence, and particularly CASG have been involved in the development of PGCS since its inception in 2013. This year is no different with a powerful line up of speakers in the Defence Stream, and special access to the Symposium detai...
Post ID/comment number is not fixed but every time a new post is creater the number 1 is re-assigned to last entry.This makes it hard/impossible to make reference to a prior post using a simple ID number.It wold be better if the post number at the to...
There was a rate change on my schedule. All ended activities accepted the changes without any issue same with all future activities without actual. My problem is that all Activities that are in progress and exceeded the current data date are still re...
Hello All, I have recieved an excel spreadsheet that contains about 500 rows and 8 columns.The columns are:Project IdProject Nameand 6 other columns that match our Project Code directory. My question is, do you know of a way that this spreadsheet can...
GuysIm looking to saw cut some drainage in an existing basement. The slab is 400mm & im putting in around 120 LM of drainage in various runs & 3 pcc manholes. What I need is a rate to cut the slab using a saw cutter. Any help appreciated Andrew
If a contract uses NTP and Substantial Completion dates in the bid documents, and the NTP starts significantly after, such as 50 days. What would you call simply sliding the timeframe. It should not require a change order because the odds of starti...
See this Video to learn about how you can use the SDK Magic Tool to draw tens of S-Curves for your Primavera Projects in just few minutes.1- Main Curves BCWP, BCWS and ACWP are included in one step.2- You can draw 40 S-Curves for costs.3- You can dra...
Whilst I have imported MSP files many times I have only ever exported P6 to MSP once several years ago. Running 17.12.8, the PM has asked for an MSP export file but he can't open an mpx which I gather is for old versions of MSP. Everytime I try to ex...
Hello,My project management level of effort (LOE) activity has progressed Duration % Complete 7.89%, but the actual labor units of the assigned labor resource is not populating. I tried the below:1) Actions | Recalculate assignment costs.2) Schedule ...
Tensix has a good article on a feature in P6 that is oftentimes taken for granted but is actually an important aspect of using the software whether for record-keeping, forensics, analysis, or facilitating project teams for schedule development and up...
Hi All, I am running P6 20. Standalone. How do I set the Fiscal Period to Start in July 1st? Thanks, Rod