Primavera P6 R9.0 - Here's What's In It
Forum TopicPrimavera P6 R9.0 - here's what we can expect to see in it http://ow.ly/nQUMR
Aug 12, 2013
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Statistics or Project Success studies
Forum TopicAll,I am looking for any studies or whitepapers that have been conducted on;1) Project Startups - The increased chance of project success if the planning and initial setup is done thoroughly2) Project Execution - The lowered risk of project failure t...
Aug 13, 2013
Preparing an EOT Claim
Forum TopicDear All,I am working for a contracting company which is undertaking a "Warehouse Building Project". There are 2 contractual milestones, Milestone-1 to finish one warehouse by the end of 10 months and Milestone-2 to finish the balance of the warehous...
Aug 13, 2013
Biggest challenges bridging the gap between IT department?
Forum TopicI'm a QA engineer and often find myself stuck between technology and business people who speak 2 speak totally different languages. I'd like to improve communication between groups, what are some of the biggest challenges you face as project manager...
Aug 14, 2013
calculating multiple float paths
Forum TopicI am having a problem with my schedule in calculating multiple float pathsThe contractors schedule submitted to me has over 6000 activities this is my first month on this project and I am not very familiar with this schedule. For some reason whenever...
Aug 14, 2013
Sr. Planners FPSO / Houston, Texas
Forum TopicSBM Offshore is currently looking for Sr. Planners with FPSO experience. Positions are direct hire and are in Houston, Texas, USA. Please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com and select the "Working with us" tab. Submit your CV for the Sr. Pl...
Aug 14, 2013
Importing/Exporting from/to CSV
Forum TopicHello Vladimir,I have created an Excell Macro that will generate an "oper" document and save it as a text tab delimited file, in order to import activities into Spider. I have set up the Macro to create for all activities all the "Standard" column va...
Aug 14, 2013
Why can't I just simply add a budgeted Total Cost to an existing schedule?
Forum TopicI have used P3 forever (20 years), just switching to P6...at least the cost part...Why can't I just simply add a budgeted Total Cost to an existing schedule? This schedule was made by somebody else...somehow the cost appear when you add resource uni...
Aug 14, 2013
Schedule Referencing / Numbering
Forum TopicI need to know where I can apply a schedule number and revision number to the schedule.I also need to know how this information can be generated in the border. I have tried this in the page set up but when I open up another project the information th...
Aug 15, 2013
About Consumable Resources / Materials and Spatial Resources
Forum TopicThe two most common categories of resources on CPM software are; renewable resources and consumable resources.Renewable resources are renewed as soon as a particular activity using the resource ends. Only the total resource use at every time instan...
Aug 16, 2013
Quantified benefits of using FEED/FEL in lieu of 'standard' engineering practice.
Forum TopicLooking for links to free references that have quantified the benefits of using the FEED/FEL project steps (stage gate) in lieu of not doing so. Is the extra time justified? If so, by how much? How much more time is expended in Basic Design with F...
Aug 16, 2013
S-Curve on P6
Forum TopicHi There,Please advise if we can generate an S-curve on P6 without any resources and cost on the activities. I've been trying to do this but it seems that the software cannot do it.Any suggestions?Thanks.
Aug 20, 2013
S-Curve on P6
Forum TopicHi There,Please advise if we can generate an S-curve on P6 without any resources and cost on the activities. I've been trying to do this but it seems that the software cannot do it.Any suggestions?Thanks.
Aug 20, 2013
Predecessor Bar Color?
Forum TopicHi, I was learning how to use Primavera back in college around 2007 and had not use it since. I just started using it again for Scheduling in my new office. In the previous version that I used when I was in school, when you linked two activities, the...
Aug 21, 2013
Schedule task based on resource availability
Forum TopicHi, I want to schedule a task based on the resource availability. As per plan:Project Start date is 02.06.2013Piling Work Starts on 02.06.2013 by default, duration is 90 days, end date of piling is say, 01.09.2013My resource , the piling rig will be...
Aug 21, 2013
How to display resource usage profile for filtered activities only
Forum TopicHi all,I am facing a problem.I have created a programme and filtered some activities using Activity codes.I want the resource usage profile for the filtered activities alone.How can this be done?-AJ
Aug 21, 2013
Statutory undertaker
Forum TopicHi, The contractor was handed over the land to build the road for the govt. agency. Some utilities need to be shifted in which statutory undertakers (SU) were involved. As per the contract, the contractor needs to pursue the matter with the SU for ob...
Aug 21, 2013
Level of effort
Forum TopicHi All. Can anyone please help? I am trying to creat a level of effort activity and have linked it as a SS with its predecessor and FF with its successor both with zero lag. When I schedule, the level of effort activity only shows the start date as s...
Aug 22, 2013
Baseline is not correct
Forum TopicI am new to P6 and I'm new to Planning Planet.So far I have;I am trying to compare 2 schedules; 'Pre-Impact' and 'Post-Impact'. I have progressed the two schedules to different dates (including actual dates and any re-sequencing).Both of the above s...
Aug 23, 2013
Filter for completed critical activities
Forum TopicI have a schedule that is progressed to a specific date. I want to filter it to show the critical path activities INCLUDING the completed critical path activities.It seems that once a critical path activity is complete, P6 no longer recognizes it as...
Aug 23, 2013