S-Curve
Forum TopicHai to all, 1) If interviewer asks " what is S-Curve? " What should be our answer. I answered as weekly or monthly cash flow and he replies "it is cashflow !". 2) What is cum activity? ...
Oct 23, 2010
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change for better or worst???
Forum TopicI have given good thought before writing this... Usually we change things for better... then why was the face & format of this beautiful site changed??This is my question to them who changed it.
Oct 23, 2010
Importing resource units for weekly updates
Forum TopicI have an issue when importing labour units to my schedule on a weekly basis via excel, I have collected the hours against activity IDs in the schedule and each week create a pivot table in excel. I then use the vlookup function in excel to populate ...
Oct 23, 2010
Cost Control using P6
Forum TopicHi Guys is it possible to carry out detailed cost control/monitoring on a project using P6 software alone? simply we need to know the budgeted cost (as per our estimate/bid) Vs Actual cost spent at any instant of time. Actually i tried it in the foll...
Oct 23, 2010
What are the advantages of using p6 in place of P3 to a Planner / Scheduler
Forum TopicHi This question is really quite primitive but i would like to know if there are any advantages to a professional planner / scheduler if he switches from P3 to P6.what are the additional features of P6 (other than having an enterprise Environment)?ho...
Oct 23, 2010
NEC Option B Contract
Forum TopicHi Everyone, I've just had job come up involving building some flats, the problem I have come accross is that during earthworks we found a underground bunkers, due to us not knowing this and the project manager not informing me. The client is now ref...
Oct 24, 2010
Predessor and sucessor Finishes and Start Same date
Forum TopicDear All,I have a problem, The predessor completion date and sucessor start date are the same. For Example if predessor finishes on 25th Aug - 10 , the sucessor start on 25th Aug-10 instead of 26th Aug-10 with 0 days lag.I know this problem is becaus...
Oct 24, 2010
Resource Leveling – Units
Forum TopicResource Leveling – UnitsI am facing a problem in Primavera 6.7, in resource usage profile. I create a resource called steel and gave its unit as tones. But when I click for resource usage profile , I am getting units in “days” , can u suggest any so...
Oct 24, 2010
Cost Control Thru P6
Forum TopicHi guys is it possible to have two unit rates for a resource in P6. So that one is budgeted as per our estimate/bid and the other one is actual unit rate as per actual purchase. This is just to run the report of Budgeted cost Vs actual spent cost at ...
Oct 24, 2010
Progress Measurement Gate
Forum TopicCan any one explain me what is "Progress Measurement Gate"... My Consultant sent me the comment as to "Provide Progress Measurement Gate for both Engineering & Construction".. Regards, G.Gokul
Oct 24, 2010
Vico Control
Forum TopicHi,I guess there is no forum for Vico Control, so I just posted this here.I am trying out Vico Control in demo mode and I am having this difficulty, I cannot modify/create a new dependency between locations within a task.I have created a new project ...
Oct 25, 2010
Steps for doing What if Analysis in P6
Forum TopicDear All,Pls do advice the various steps to do a what if analysis in P6.regards, Haresh Jayanth
Oct 25, 2010
Global Activity Code does not appear in Group/Sort
Forum TopicThe contractor exports (using P3e v.5) EPS level Activity Codes as Globals; We import, using P6.2.1, as .XER (code values to be updated) and although the Activity Code is in the dictionary and the assigned values are present (against each activity) t...
Oct 25, 2010
Actual Cost = Earned Value Cost
Forum TopicIn P6, i want actual cost to become equal to earned value cost, How to do it by global change.
Oct 26, 2010
TILOS Version 7 - now available
Forum TopicHi, I work for Asta and just wanted to say that version 7 of TILOS is now available. Click here to download a trial. To find what's new in version 7, visit the TILOS home page at www.astadev.com/tilos Regards Jo Kaptein
Oct 26, 2010
Redundant logic
Forum TopicJust saw a demonstration of Acumen wherein it was able to identify redundant logic ties (unnecessary). Was not able to find the same capability in either P6.7, Pertmaster 8.53, or Claim Digger. Has anyone seen this feature anywhere else? Could be ...
Oct 26, 2010
NEC Option C Contract
Forum TopicHi Guys, Think I may be stuck and will lose thousands of pounds, working on building a new carpark in Scotland, we agreed with the company to do this under NEC3 OPtion C Target Contract with a activity schedule. However during the earth works we came...
Oct 27, 2010
P6 direct API data exchange tool for Tilos
Forum TopicI am considering investing in the P6 direct API data exchange tool for Tilos 7, has anyone tried it out?
Oct 27, 2010
Importing from P3 to P6
Forum TopicHello, I tried importing from P3 to P6 but had the following problems the importing was terminated with a VTFRN error Actvity codes were not assigned to activities I suppose the later is a consequent of the termination. Please any help. Cheers
Oct 27, 2010
Chain of Predecessors
Forum TopicIs it possible to create a filter or something similar to see the chain of predecessors without having to use the trace logic function? I do a fair share of work in Pertmaster which has this set up as a filter already. I specify a filter to start at ...
Oct 27, 2010