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...
Misc question: - I once saw an ad for a super simple language database, I cannot find it now. Most of us use excel, even though databases are better for some things. I once saw a supersimple database taht used natural language program like "multipl...
creative ways to keep "level of effort" (ie overhead) items that take a long time but not critical away from your critical paths. Ok, here is an example, you have a cost loaded schedule and you have an "overhead item" - one way keeping it from being...
Dear ExpertsI am not sure if this is the correct forum topic that i chose to ask this question. but i hope somebody can understand and could answer my question. MY QUESTION: Can we use p6 for other than project scheduling? For eg. for financial mon...
Hi All, I would like to show the Project Calnedar of P6 in a word file so as to show the off days considered and what cut off dates are considered.Is there a Way to do that. ThanksJithin
Federal Money projects all have a change clause that uses Part 31 Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR") 48 C.F.R. Part 31. Do those projects have a standard or required % for Mark-ups for change orders? - I have been looking at a contract that refe...
processing Time Extensions in "workflow systems" is different than our previous methods at various agencies. The problem of having to quantify and say y/n and how much for a delay when approving the money and change. In less rigid systems the contra...
Hi All, Not sure if I can post it here, if not please dont respond.I need to calculate Overall Planned using if function or any other excel function. As and example I have plotted this belowOn 3rd Nov I want to see the Planned % (A) = 15%Date3-Nov-21...
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:7983:]]Economics and project controls rely on being able to accurately predict the future. The concept of radical uncertainty suggests this is not possible and the ability of humans to make decisions in the face of uncertainty ...
I group the projects for a specific project code in Reports. But my Boss asks me to give serial numbers as i given below. I am unable to find any command to create this auto numbering serial for the grouped project code. Can anyone help me in this re...
Why is my top float path not the critical path? I have a float path that read -164 Total Float with a fnl constraint and completion date of Apr. 6, 2021. That is a lower Float path than the next path that is -177 with and a fnl constraint of Apr. 2...
Primavera Visualizer Scheduler Compare - can you export it to excel? It has gotten better, it is still weird and clunky though - I can only seem to print of the screen. Can you export to excel, I tried to copy and paste to excel - that did not work...
Hi All, Using P6 V20 Server based system. Can someone suggest how I can print a Calendar? As an example, I have a calendar that is 6 days per week, running for two years, how do I print the calendar for each month for that 2 year period? Rod
There is the original Project approved baseline. The project evolves, the project gets behind, so there is a major change in phasing to bring it back a bit. Can you approve a re-phasing project as a Re-baseline if it is negative? Can you have a de...