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I have 2 projects open with 2 different data dates.

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I have 2 projects open with 2 different data dates.  I am sliding a bar in the 2nd one but my Duration at completion is not coming out right - or to fix that the dates are not correct.  I have checked the calendars - could it be because of the data d...

Jun 22, 2022

Who is the delay on for "Supply Chain" problems?

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Everybody is claiming "supply chain problems"  -  for structural steel - that has always seems to take longer than planned - shouldn't that always be on the contractor?  The pandemic is effectively over, shouldn't the associated claims be also? what ...

Jun 22, 2022

P6's crazy calendar

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I date vs duration complications I cannot figure out.  I assume it is from the contractors's calendar.  I am going to import others to see.  But also, will all time be calculated correctly if I put the hours per time period at 8dy 40 wk 172 mo, 2000 ...

Jun 22, 2022

Complex Negative Float Query

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Hi all,I am looking to resolve some negative float on a P6 schedule handed over to me.Please note:1. There are no hard Constraints2. No 'Must Finish By' on the project date3. No external relationships  As you can see below, the on the 'Project Start'...

Jun 23, 2022

Complex Negative Float Query

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Hi all,I am looking to resolve some negative float on a P6 schedule handed over to me.Please note:1. There are no hard Constraints2. No 'Must Finish By' on the project date3. No external relationships  As you can see below, the on the 'Project Start'...

Jun 23, 2022

Contractual Dates, in the past

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Could someone please give me a suggestion on how to deal with contractual milestones that are in the past as far as the Data Date is concerned?I have a number of projects where the contract completion milestone date is now in the past, yet is not com...

Jun 23, 2022

Contractual Dates, in the past

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Could someone please give me a suggestion on how to deal with contractual milestones that are in the past as far as the Data Date is concerned?I have a number of projects where the contract completion milestone date is now in the past, yet is not com...

Jun 23, 2022

CPI Stability Myth

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As part of an on-going project to publish a history of EVM (target August 2022) I’m reviewing a lot of resources accumulated over a number of years. One of the first outputs is an update to our paper ‘The CPI Stability Myth’ – this review and update ...

Jun 25, 2022

Owner caused delay - most basic cost %?

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Ok, so there is an owner caused delay, say it is 30 days.  So the Contractor gets a 30 day time extension and what % of Gen. OH costs = 4%, 6% of contract value - what is the general rule of thumb?  I know there are 10 ways to calc it, what is most s...

Jun 27, 2022

Owner caused delay - most basic cost %?

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Ok, so there is an owner caused delay, say it is 30 days.  So the Contractor gets a 30 day time extension and what % of Gen. OH costs = 4%, 6% of contract value - what is the general rule of thumb?  I know there are 10 ways to calc it, what is most s...

Jun 27, 2022

Broken Team Lag

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In the following example tem 2 lag is broken after resource leveling. Is there a field to identify broken team lag?In adittion to a field good for filtering out a warning on the schedule report would help.Best Regards, Rafael

Jun 29, 2022

Do project plans predict or create the future?

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While schedules on occasion may become ‘self-fulfilling prophecies’, is this because the schedule was an accurate predictor of the future, or did using the schedule change behaviours?  My latest article, Is Planning Predictive or Persuasive suggests ...

Jun 30, 2022

Weightage Split

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Hi All, Need a your view. I have a made a excel progress measuring sheet in weightage is split by acivity like below table,Baseline ActivityBaseline WeightageA5%B25%C35%D20%E15%Total100%But now I need to add one more acvitiy as it was missed when dev...

Jul 1, 2022

Resources and Financial Leveling

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I have the following scenario to model:The owner (Client) has a limited amount of funding per time period (month/quarter). I would like to be able to schedule de project with resource (labour, machine) constraints then run a financial constraint sche...

Jul 5, 2022

Performance % Complete

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I've created a new project in P6 Version 20, and the performance % complete doesn't match the activity % complete. Is there a setting I need to change to make sure these two columns show the same data? thanks

Jul 6, 2022