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Sep 22, 2014

construction civil works productivity rates

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Hi Everyone, I would like to share with you construction civil works productivity rates, I found this file very useful, what you think?Productivity Rates for Tilling          Size. (Cms)LocationAreaManpowerProduction RateRemarks    (Sqm. Per day)    ...

Sep 22, 2014

Junior, Master, and Senior Scheduler?

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 I've seen the titles Junior, Master, and Senior Schedulers but i've never seen any specific criteria for those titles?  Is it just years or is there some other criteria for those titles?

Sep 22, 2014

Early Remaining Units showing on Data Date...why ?

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hi to all experts, i have a query to ask about the Remaining Early Units because right now i have prepared my recovery schedule & my Data Date is 12 Sep 2014, furthermore my 1st day of Week is Friday. The Problem that my Remaining Early Units shows o...

Sep 23, 2014

% complete at summary tasks

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While tracking the project schedule i am finding problem. Some activities taking more duration then it was planned, so while updating the schedule i have entered actual start, remaining duration. Then the % completion is taking automaticallty. But th...

Sep 23, 2014

integrating sub contractor schedule and Contractor schedule

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Hi All,In our project we have different sub contractors, providng their schedules to update the master schedule. In the beginning, the sub contractor schedule(without resources) was added to the our master schedule. Then I added the resources in our ...

Sep 23, 2014

Critical Path Method: A Tale of Two Methods

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There are two competing methods to the calculation of the critical path. One method boasts the adoption by Oracle Primavera P6 while the other is considered the appropriate approach on the Project Management Institutes (PMI) http://ow.ly/BOwJ0

Sep 23, 2014

Planning, Scheduling and Managment courses for STOs

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InterPlan Systems is now offering a series of classes, seminars and workshops as part of their new STO Academy, including:Planner/Scheduler courses, with CertificationTurnaround Management BootcampATC Professional WorkshopeTaskMaker Wizard WorkshopeT...

Sep 23, 2014

Incomplete importing from Excel

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I am using Primavera P6 v 8.2. I tried to import the costs from spreadheet file after editing the values (converting the format to text), but all values are not imported correctly. There are around 1250 activities which should be updated after import...

Sep 24, 2014

Actual Finish Date vs Percent Complete

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Hello All,    Is there a way to to claim the completion date for an activity without declaring it 100% complete. Everytime I check the finish date box Primavera automatically declare it 100%. 

Sep 24, 2014

Duration changing with resource changes

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Hello All,     I am having trouble with my project duration changing everytime I change the max units/time of a rersource. What am  I doing wrong. I dont not want a resource to recalculate any of my durations.Thanks

Sep 25, 2014

Non-Linear Actual Resource Units Spend

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Hi all,New to the forum, signed up specifically to ask this question.I'm trying to add actuals to a plan of mine and I'm zoomed in so I can see the days within the week. When I assign, say, 40 units over 5 days, it will split it:Mon: 8 Tue: 8 Wed: 8 ...

Sep 26, 2014

Primavera 6 - Autofilter Value

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Hi all, I will like to know, when you open filter dialogue box and create a new filter, there are "value" "highvalue fields"Like in these fields, one can enter "specific date","DD+2W", CD+2M". I would like to know any database or literature that can ...

Sep 26, 2014

Looking for feedback - Project Scheduling Software

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Hello PMs.I am doing this work for a class where I need to get feedback from Project Managers about the software they use to manage their projects, and I need you help:(a)   could you please fill in this survey (it takes 5 min)(b)   please also forwa...

Sep 27, 2014

Updating Schedule

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 Dear Members,How can I update my Master Schedule from 3 differents sub contractors on a two weeks basis. Thanks

Sep 28, 2014

Exporting Relationships to Excel

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When exporting activity relationships to Excel, only get 10 characters in the predecessor & successor activity names, but when I export activities, get the entire name.   How do I expand the number of characters in the relationships export?Thanks

Sep 28, 2014

Beta-reader

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Need 2-3 beta readers of a narrative non-fiction presentation of project management tools and techniques. Book is ~100K words (21 Chapters) 62 exhibits/figures. Format is .docx, but could easily be any eBook format (ePub, mobi, etc.). Reader would be...

Sep 29, 2014