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Longest Path and TF

Dear Planners,In defining critical activities, is there a difference between longest path and Total Float less than specific value (let's say 0)?Regards,Moutaz

Interpretation of The Difference between The Impacted and The Updated Schedule

A delay event was modeled/inserted into an agreed upon schedule which was updated just before the delay event’s start date; this exercise has resulted in giving a new project completion date (say 10 days later). However, the subsequent (regular) sche...

CCE or RMP ?

Dear AllI'm PMP certified,also have about 8 years experience in field of oil and gas poject planning and control.Now, I want to  find the work abroad (I am in Iran), But I did not recognize my experience (+) PMP are enough to find a job? Or Not, I ha...

Exporting to Ver. 6.0 version Problem

I an using Oracle P6 ver. 7.2 and exporting it PM ver. 6.0 since my laptop has the lower version. With all the setting the same, the Resource Budgeted Units differs when import and opened it to PM ver. 6.The difference is more than 30,000 units. Can ...

USACE Scheduling Requirement in RFP

Hello all! I have a question about what planning unit (Calendar Days vs. Working Days) we should use in responding to a US Army Corps of Engineers RFP on a large capital project. In the technical rating factors, it states "...The summary schedule sho...

difference between TIA and SIA

hi, are Time Impact analysis and Schedule Impact Analysis refereing to the same or differnent concepts ? thnaks 

How to make activity % complete and Schedule % complete

How to cast a column in top down construction?

Hi, Anybody can tell me how to cast a column in top down construction after the higher floor slab casted? Thanks.

P330XER Converter Tool

Hello, I am having an issue converting P3 to Xer. The conversion tool provided "P330XERConverter" when ran has the "P3" option greyed out. THe only thing left to choose is SDEF. Any reason this would be happening? The file is located on the same mach...

Project Suspend Activity

Hi to All,I need help, Im using P6 ver 8.2.  Ive read some of the forums regarding using the calendar, its advantages and disadvatanges on this problem.Heres the situation, Project operation was suspended for 60 days due to a Tower Crane Collapse.Que...

Project Finish becomes Early Finish After Scheduling.

Ok, this is baffling me. The schedule is a month behind where we should be, so i try to reflect this accurately within the programme, and this doesnt want to play ball, the Logic within these activities is sound. Activity X - Submit Document A, Finis...

Create an Indicator column in MS Project which measures the % complete vs % planned of each activity

Hi,I have developed a project plan (which includes a % complete and a % planned column) and I wish to insert 3 types of indicators to show me how I am advancing with the progress of each activity: Green: Shows the activity is on targetYellow: Shows t...

Introduction info could be better

I have just went through an unplanned shutdown where we did complete a lot of work for an upcoming planned shutdown but more could have been done. I just joined but there is no guidance for newcomers for either searching forums or posting questions (...

Resources

Dear all, Currently been tasked with detailing the resources we require as the isolating department. Upcoming shutdown is a fairly varied work scope involving several different plant systems. We only have 3 technicians per shift. Our onshore focal po...

Spider Project Wikipedia article is created

Dear all,I wanted to try to write a Wikipedia article for quite a while, and I decided to start with Spider Project.It took me 2 months to have it reviewed and approved, but now it is finally formally published.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Pr...

New, New, New

It has been suggested that we create a new section for discussion on this huge sector / topic.We hope it helps.Keep on Planning...

PLEASE HELP...WBS activities won't show !!!

I have created a new WBS with actives. But when I close up the entire project (log of from P6) and then re-open up the project id, the WBS i showing without it's actives on. Have gone to Group and Sort to un tick Hide if empty, but still didn't help ...

The right way to update as a sub contractor

Dear AllI have one question here. we as a sub contrauctor, using a whole program along with main contractor and other sub contractors (Baseline issued to us is the program issued by Engineer for the whole project including main contractor and all sub...

Activity % Complete in Totals and Sub-totals do not appear

Hi Planning Experts,Currently I am updating my programme in P6. My programme is resource loaded with manpower and material. In updating I am using Activity % complete in the column and physical % as the percent type. But after updating there I cannot...

Tabular Data from S-curve generated in P6

Hi Planning Experts,How can I generate a tabular data from an S-curve generated in P6?Thanks.Arvin