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Performance Percentage Completion ?

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Hi, Performance percentage completion: On updating the P6 Program of works monthly (Jan 2017 to Feb 2017)overall percentage completion (Performance Pct Complete ) found to be decreased ,is there any reason behind it?Regards,Jossef

Feb 18, 2017

Productivitu analysis

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Hello... Dear experts, Can you please help me for productivity analysis of construction manpower. Anybody has excel sheet will really help.

Feb 18, 2017

Time Impact Analysis in Complex and Mega-Scale Project Programmes

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Hi All,In a detailed contractual programme where we have around 40,000 No. of activities with proper weekly updates and around 600 Engineer's Instructions / Site Instructions; If the programme logic is not altered after a point and it is not reflecti...

Feb 19, 2017

Assign Budgeted Cost Automatically

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HI,I have activities with resources, each Labour resource has its own Price/Unit, Max Units /Time is 100%, I have set Duration Type to Fixed Unit per Time because if I have to change the duration of the Activity I want to change as well the budgeted ...

Feb 21, 2017

Setting Up a Four-Day Work Week in Microsoft Project 2013

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We've recently had a few questions on how to set up a four day work week in Microsoft Project. So here are step-by-step instructions, complete with screen shots, on how to do this in Microsoft Project 2013 http://ow.ly/Di1uX

Oct 24, 2014

Global Change or filter based on Min and Max dates

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Hi Guys,Hopefully there is a genius out there that is an expert with filters and or global changes, I am after a solution and can’t work out if it is possible to do in P6. Based on a filter (using codes to select a group of activities) I want to writ...

Oct 25, 2014

Pluses and Minuses for upgrading from 7.0 sp4 to 8.?

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I've been happy with what I can do in P6 stand-alone version 7 professional.... What am I missing?  Can I upgrade and stay stand-alone?Why should I abandon what I've got now?I'm just trying to get a user's view of where I go next.... or don't go next...

Oct 25, 2014

SChedule Behavior

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In my (construction) programme (P6 v7) three Level of Effort activities in the second level of WBS are linked with the first activity “Commencement of the Project” with “SS” relationship and the last activity of the project “Project Completion Date” ...

Oct 26, 2014

Report Wizard

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Hi thereSome report wizard are protected against modifications.Is there  a way to open it in aim to customize it , I have already export it and an rename it ,  but  when I  import it again it is still not possible to open it.RegardsKamel

Oct 27, 2014

How to schedule for remote project with a roster?

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Hello all,I'm trying to put a preliminary programme for a project, which:Is at a remote location, therefore the work crew will require accommodation on site, which is provided by the client. The crew will be working a 3:1 roster, i.e. 3 weeks on, 1 w...

Oct 28, 2014

What’s Next For Your PMO?

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Every company’s Project Management Office is slightly different. The functions that your PMO provides depends on where the unit sits within the business, what resources it controls and how much responsibility it has. PMOs can range from small one-per...

Oct 28, 2014

When to Move the Data Date

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Dears, During the schedule update, what's the standard process, a: Input the actual, etc. information then move he data date, then calculate. b: move the data date, then Input the actual, etc. information , then calculate   Thanks for your reply. Jas...

Oct 29, 2014

WBS for decommissioning of mines

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Does any one has an idea/ referenece about what should be our WBS for decommissioning of mines ? RegardsMukesh Gupta

Oct 29, 2014

Recommended Hours per Time Periods

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Hi Colleagues! Good day.  May I know what are the average/recommended Hours/Month and Hours/Year if I have the following parameters: a.  8hrs x 7days workweek         Hours/Day       -  8 hours         Hours/Week    -  56 hours         Hours/Month   ...

Oct 29, 2014

Change tasks in to subtasks and vice versa without retyping it

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Hello.Is it possible to change tasks in to subtasks without rewriting all the information. For example area in to desciline in vice versa. It is not so easy, as I understand. All subtasks become tasks and all tasks (milestones) becomes subtasks.I app...

Oct 31, 2014

Turning Iron into Gold!

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"Turning Iron into Gold!" How to unite and monetize the three sides of the Triple Constraint Model. Blog #2 at the TPC site shows how to update an old project management cliche into an integrated metric that helps plan and manage a project as an inve...

Oct 31, 2014