Hello, I am trying to buy a copy of this book(About time: delay analysis in Construction/Stephen Lowsley and Christopher Linnett) but they do not sell it any more? does anyone knows where I can get an pdf or when I can buy it at a reasonable price?.R...
Hi,good morning , i have one doubt regarding the Calender exporting in Primamera P6, is it possible to export Calender from Program ??
Ideal for folks new to Primavera P6 EPPM (web), this free step-by-step guide shows how to apply relationships to activities in P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/MAvAM
HelloI am developing an application which pulls data from a P6 SQL database. I want to select all Critical Tasks. Can someone advise me which SQL database Tables/Fields signify a Task as being Critical please.I thought there was a 'critical_flag' fie...
Hi guys,My project is in the middle and i have some activities completed, mostly activities status is in progress. Some body help me on:1) I want number of in progress activities that are ahead of the schedule.2) Number of in progress activities that...
I’m collecting vignettes, anecdotes, stories about lessons learned on your first project. What advice were you given? What advice would you give to a PM starting his first project? What mistakes did you make? Anything from your first project that you...
A good discussion on the negatives of Negative Lag ow.ly/MGQeX
Hey all, I am concerned about pausing an activity and how? Currently my problem is ,I had scheduled an activity B to start after A , but due to certain site conditions A won't start and B will start as planned. But since A is having FS relationship w...
Here's a good guide on how to use the Activity Steps feature in Primavera P6 EPPM http://ow.ly/MNqyS
My Forecast Finish Date matches my Baseline 1 finish date, but I'm seeing a varience of -1 days. Can anyone tell me why this may be happening? Thank you in advance.
A simple but confusing question for me:The last activity in a chain has no successor (there is only the project end date) and this activity has some positive number as a Total Float value.What should be the Free Float value for this activity ?What yo...
Here's a great guide on how to track Labor Units on multiple resourced activities In Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/MTr0E
I just posted a new article “Multiproject Resource Leveling – Some Advanced Considerations” on my blog. In keeping with the blog’s attempt to cover more complex topics, this article goes beyond the simpler issues usually identified with resource leve...
Hi All I Would like to include a narrative of my schedule with the tender schedule. I am wondering if any of you would be able to point me to a sample tender schedule. Also it would be great to hear tips and best practise you follow whilst preparing ...
Hi, I explored the relationship between schedule performance index and total float and found, CASE NO 1. SPI < 1 then, i) TF = 0 (It means on schedule but delay in non-critical activities) ii) TF > 0 (It means ahead of schedule but delay in non-criti...
A client supplied us with an xer file and from a clean install of Primavera and SQL we performed an initial import of their data. All went well. The client has adjusted their plan and exported another xer file. We imported the new xer file and upon r...
This is very cool...here are our first tests successfully running Primavera P6 Professional on a tablet http://ow.ly/MZi15
Is there a better risk register than the Primavera Risk Analysis register? Thanks.
I know that this site is mainly construction industry oriented. However, I believe there are a few people involved in manufaturing projects who might find this ineresting. And under any circumstances, it has great significance for scheduling in gener...
Enclosed please find a link to a resource leveling test schedule as to compare how different software handle the resource allocation. http://www.mediafire.com/view/u9s6qk45pjn9q6t/j3013_8_1.xmlI want to know the resulting duration but equally importa...