Hello, I'm managing a program and I'm struggling on finding the right tool for planning. I tried Smartsheet and multiple online tools, I can't give multiple resources with diverse work allocation to a same task. I tried MS project, visualization is p...
Gents,Greetings to everyone.Hope You all are safe and doing good.facing a small problem. Hope , will get some help.I Have a 30 days project that is to be done in two shiftts (7:00-19:00 & 19:00 to 7:00) Calendar 24X7I am required to note all the two ...
Hello All, A Native Primavera file need to be issued to Client but in that there are many activity which I do not want to show and the same havent been shown in the PDF file. But can the Client see the hidden activity if it is unfiltered or by lookin...
Why do we use weights to calculate procurement progress?Say, the tender assigns percentages to each stage. E.g., inquiries, 10%; TBE, 20%; PO, 30%; approvals, 20%; inspection, 20%; dispatch, 10%.I take a simple exampleSuppose there are three items to...
Cordial saludo.Soy un usuario mas asiduo de MS Project que de Primavera P6, por ello acudo a todos aquellos mas conocedores de P6 para la siguiente consulta:[[wysiwyg_imageupload:7944:]]MS PROJECT COLUMNA EDT , MS PROJECT COLUMNA NIVEL DE ESQUEMA (SC...
"Cannot accept a negative schedule" - "must submit a recovery schedule" - are often in Specs, but why can't you accept it - if the job is indeed negative, it is not like you are saying the you get the later date for Substantial Completion - you are a...
Do you have to notify an officer of the company? Provide written notice just once? Can you take the money off Monthly Invoices or do you have to do it on the last ones? What do you have to do that wouldn't be obvious?
I found that it is not easy find out realiable comparison Analysis of scheduling tools. All of them were written in favour to one of tool (usually P6) and do not show all props and cons. So, I have decided to write a number of posts that compare 4 to...
We have had a situation arise where we need to evaluate EOTs on three potential CEs. However we have a prior accepted CE, which has been detailed in an accepted CL32, that has grown considerably now we have learned further the seriousness of the dela...
If a contract states something like “Within 154 days after proceed date in LNTP” - in this case would use the day after NTP as Day 1. How ofter do you count NTP as day 1 vs the day after. I know using NTP as day is less hassle, if using the next da...
How do tie together the P6 Schedule, Submittal Schedule Log, & the SOV? they have redundant info - a code? A code could tie them together but how? Sometimes multiple schedule items belong to only one SOV and vice versa - you could put the sched id...
HiWe work on Primavera on citrix environment in my company.Recently I was surprised that one of my second level node I created under a Specific parent EPS was not available anymore. Upon searching thoroughly, I found out that this was moved to anothe...
Links to online pdf's showing connection between estimating software and P6 - I need to show it is not that hard...I commonly find contractors telling owners that can't do cost and resource loading because it is too hard. I need some pdf materials s...
Dear Sir,I have un-assigned the baseline & then deleted the baseline for a Project using the Assign Baselines & Maintain Baselines functions respectively. There are no baselines now in the current Project. But still the BL fields are populated, the G...
EIA 748 defines the way Esarned Value Management (EVM) is done in the USA Defense/Industry complex. The rest of the world use ISO 21508 and aligned standards from PMI and other authorities. There are many excellent books focused on EIA 748, far les...
Scannable construction form for OCR like for T&M and Unit Price Tracking or just best form source? Do you know of anything like this or cool forms heading that way, or tried and true? I think we are at the edge of this but I have not seen it yet.
Hi All,Are any of you using the BIM feature in PowerProject? I'm trying to, but for some reason, when it opens the IFC4 file, everything is gray? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated :)Thanks,Martin
If "days count milestones" are phrased differently, how do you interpret: Submit within five (5) calendar days after NTP0" vs these others. = Start count day "After" ntp? Submit within 5 calendar days of the NTP0 date. = Start count the day of NTP? W...
Hi Cost Controllers,I am using an earned value to track the progress and control costs, I am facing an issue which I do not understand how to manage it:In the BOQ, I have hollow block and solid block with quantities and amount, I put the amount as PV...
Wouldn't it be better if Engineering &/or Program Managers JUST GAVE THEIR P6 Schedule to the contractors? It is a huge waste of time to make the contractor "re-invent" the wheel. There is usually only 1 way to build these jobs and the contractor i...