deadline column
Forum Topici am able to put in a date value to deadline column but it does not seem to affect any floats or finsih dates. how does this deadline colmun work?
Jun 27, 2015
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baseline vs as built
Forum TopicA while back, I was working on a claim. Using P3, I superimposed the as built schedule onto the baseline schedule. Unfortunately, I can't remember how I did it. Any help? Also, does Suretrak have this function?Thanks!
Jun 28, 2015
what group to assign to submittals in schedule
Forum Topichow do you group your submittals in your schedule? by wbs?
Jun 28, 2015
Construction Program - Resource Planning in MS Project
Forum TopicHi All,I want to learn that how to put resources and its tracking in MS Project. I have just learnt to prepare and update the Project Schedule and its activities in MS Project. But i am not confident in Resource Planning.Can anyone help me for that ?...
Jun 29, 2015
Microsoft Project – Power Untapped
Forum TopicIs Microsoft Project's power untapped by the user community? http://ow.ly/OVS6J
Jun 29, 2015
Compare Calanders
Forum TopicHey,I want to comapare the Calanders used in to different Baseline. How can i do this?
Jun 30, 2015
Collaboration Across Time: All in All, Just Some New Bricks in PM Innovation
Forum TopicI just posted a new blog article about collaboration and innovation in PM. It was inspired by two things: #1. I've been reading Walter Isaacson's book "The Innovators" (which I strongly recommend). In it, he talks about how collaboration is often "ac...
Jun 30, 2015
Primavera P6 - Switching Out Labor Resources On An Active Project
Forum TopicHere's a guide on how to switch out Labor Resources on an active project in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/P2am2
Jul 1, 2015
Resource Assignment summary
Forum TopicDear All,After assigning a resource when I open Project - Resource assignment it is showing blank . Is there any settings that has to be changed inorder to show the resource summary ( Budgeted units) by month. Any thing related to report settings to ...
Jul 2, 2015
Project Structure in P6
Forum TopicHi AllI have a very unique scenario where we have introduced P6 in a simple form into a PMO that manages the repair and rebuild of earthquake damaged homes.Currently I have set up each address as a separate project in the EPS. I ahve done this for se...
Jul 3, 2015
fastest way of linking and search box when linking
Forum Topici have two questions about linking.. assume you have a very large schedule. 1) what is the fastest way of finding related activities and link them? lets say you have a schedule of thousands of activities and you wanted to link two activities that are...
Jul 3, 2015
How to Determine the Expected Value of Those Crucial Enabler Projects!
Forum TopicI just posted a new blog article: "How to Determine the Expected Value of Those Crucial Enabler Projects!" In it, I explore the uniquely valuable nature of such projects and the potentially huge value/cost of the impact of time on the value they retu...
Jul 3, 2015
P6 &SAP Integrated
Forum TopicWe have P6 &SAP as our integrated planning suite of systems however when we implemented the current solution we obviously did not exploit each products fundamental processes and have created our bespoke interfaces which are not as efficient as was fi...
Jul 3, 2015
Default Layout Setting for projects
Forum TopicHi, I am working in different projects at different times. And I work with different layouts for different projects. But when I close one project and open new project in Primavera P6, the new project opens in the old layout in which I was working ear...
Jul 5, 2015
Copying summary tasks
Forum TopicHi Mike, I have a schedule with a summary task with sub tasks which have been color coded .If I copy this summary task to another schedule the color coding on the individual subtask bars disappears.can you advice pleaseAlso you did mention that when ...
Jul 5, 2015
Delay by total float vs. delay by variance
Forum TopicHi All! We are using P6 in our project, one of our consultant is calculating activity delays using the variance dates (BL FInish - Finish), my point of view as a planner is the actual delays in the activity can be viewed once we run the schedule as P...
Jul 6, 2015
POLITICAL BEHAVIOURS IN OIL AND GAS PROJECTS
Forum TopicHello everyone,Please participate in my survey. Here is an anonymous link to the survey: https://warwickwmg.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8dIAkfJIh3M1QUtI am an M.Sc. Programme and Project Management student at the University of Warwick. I am conductin...
Jul 6, 2015
Login Error PRMDB-3346-2
Forum TopicHi, I received this error message from P6 8.1 today. I had a failed import, deleted it and tried to delete some other old files to make room for new one. everything was looking good but suddenly it was crushed and then I couldn't even login to the pr...
Jul 6, 2015
Logic Tracing in MSP
Forum TopicI’m looking for some advanced users to be beta testers for a logic visualization tool that my firm developed for internal use but has now converted into an Add-In for MSP. It’s called BPC Logic Filter for Microsoft Project. An unregistered (freewar...
Jul 7, 2015
Enabler Projects: Exploring More about Their Value and Opportunities
Forum TopicMy previous blog article “How to Determine the Expected Value of Those Crucial Enabler Projects!” generated quite a lot of interest and discussion in some LinkedIn Discussion groups. I joined in those discussions, but felt that some of it was importa...
Jul 7, 2015