Project Scope Statement
Forum TopicHiwhat is the difference between project scope statement, project statement of work and deliverables?Best,Muataz
Mar 30, 2017
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Formula to calculate percent of unit to assing resources
Forum TopicHi Everyone.Although I have used project for a long time, I have always been difficult to allocate resources. In spring I use man hours and assign them in numbers and not in percentages. This has been my lesson with Project, when assigning by perce...
Mar 31, 2017
Assignment Dialogs MIA in Primavera P6 Professional
Forum TopicAssignment Dialogs will not appear in Primavera P6 Professional I recently encountered the strangest situation with Primavera P6 professional. When I clicked on the assignment button for resources, predecessors, or successors, the dialogs were failin...
Mar 31, 2017
START AND FINISH MILESTONES ARE NOT SHOWING IN MY ACTIVITY TABLE
Forum TopicHello Everyone,Please i need an urgent assitance, in my activites table My Start are finish milestones are not showing, Including my Project start and finish date, Has anyone come across this before? Please i need an assistance on how to fix it Thank...
Apr 2, 2017
Planner Required
Forum TopicHello,Iam on the lookout for a planner based in UAE(min 3 to 4 years experience in GCC).Required Qualification: Mechanical Engineer with hands on experience in P6 in industrial projects. Regards,SAN
Apr 2, 2017
Gantt Bar duration discrepancy
Forum TopicDear All,Can anyone advise how I get the Gantt to display equal duration bars the same length ? I have equal duration activities (12 hours) but the Gantt bar for the activity spanning 20:00 to 08:00 is half the size of the activity spanning 08:00 to ...
Apr 3, 2017
Understanding the Primavera P6 – USACE Mandatory Requirements
Forum TopicThe United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has mandatory requirements for the submission of all Oracle Primavera P6 Professional schedules. Here we take a look that these requirements and better understand their purpose and benefits http://ow....
Apr 3, 2017
Primavera P6 Calculations User Preference
Forum TopicFrom time to time we get asked about the Primavera P6 Calculations User Preference settings in Primavera P6 Professional and what impact it’s having on a schedule. Here we take a look at the options, and then explain what it all means http://ow.ly/Wq...
Jan 3, 2017
Calendar for scheduling Relationships Lag
Forum TopicHi,I have the following issue regarding how Primavera calculates lag between activities depending on the "Calendar for scheduling Relationships Lag": I have inherited a programme that has been set to calculate lag with the 24 Hours Calendar. That pro...
Jan 3, 2017
Aegis Project Controls Officially Launch Rubix 5.5 in 2017!
Forum TopicWhat is Rubix?Rubix is an analytical tool that improves project controls professionals’ scheduling efficiency and accuracy. What scheduling software does Rubix work with? Rubix works with Primavera P6™. (You can connect directly to a P6™ database or ...
Jan 4, 2017
Matching the resource loaded MSP Schedule with Resource loaded P6
Forum TopicHi friends, My MSP Schedule is matched with P6 schedule in terms of duration, Pre & Suc, leads & Lags, resources, calendar. Without leveling the resource, the both MSP and P6 is matched 100%. When enabling the level resource option in Both, P6 dates ...
Jan 5, 2017
Visualizer Help
Forum TopicHello,I have been using Primavera for a while, but never used the visualizer before. I wanted to give it a try. Either I start inside from P6 or from Windows. Available projects list is always empty. Do you know any specific reason or any solution f...
Jan 5, 2017
Investigating and Addressing Resource Over-Allocation in Microsoft Project
Forum TopicThere are numerous ways to handle resource over allocation. The key is knowing how to investigate resource over allocations in Microsoft Project. Here we investigate a few http://ow.ly/AelN307IpS3
Jan 5, 2017
Defining Job Site Headcount
Forum TopicAny suggestions out there on a way to extract the amount of actual bodies I will have on a jobsite after I have all my resource loaded.I suppose I could export the units out to an excel spreadsheet and get it from there based on my units max per day,...
Jan 5, 2017
User defined field name changed
Forum TopicI'm working for a chemical company in Germany with different site locations. We all use Primavera P6 to plan our turnarounds.A strange thing happened yesterday. Suddenly we noticed after logging in that a user defined field which we have created at t...
Jan 6, 2017
Crew Size and composition
Forum TopicFirst of all, thanks to all the contributors who have provided their invaulable ideas and experience. My one main concern while deleoping the schedule is the resource loadng. The one piece of information I am falling short is the crew si...
Jan 7, 2017
Adrega PI – P6 Project Compare Reporting Feature
Forum TopicHere we check out Adrega PI's Primavera P6 project Compare reporting feature http://ow.ly/lmA0307OU30
Jan 9, 2017
Time distributed costs to Excel
Forum TopicHiI want to export time distributed costs to Excel to include resource and expenses (which are loaded to milestones). There are reports in P6 that will do the resource costs but not the expenses. I want to the costs to be time distributed by financia...
Jan 9, 2017
Total Manpower
Forum TopicDear All,, I got a project that will complete within 2-1/2 yrs with estimted manhour of 175,000 Hours, I drafted a schedule that loaded with manpower. Expert advise how much direct workers required to complete the work activity. Thanks a lot.RegardsR...
Jan 9, 2017
How do you create a schedule for a project with a gap period in the project contract
Forum TopicHi All, please can anyone help. I am trying to build a schedule for a 3year contract that has a lump sum limited liability contract for the first 6months. The plan is to use these first 6months to finalise and approve the design which will then be us...
Jan 11, 2017