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P6 Global Change Question

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I am trying to match "plan" dates in P6 to "start" or "actual Start" dates depending on the case using global change. For some reason "plan" dates do not change to "actual" dates despite committing to the global change. Was wondering if someone else ...

Sep 21, 2017

Delete Posts

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I acciedently created multiple posts - how do i delete it - My apologies in advance.

Sep 21, 2017

Primavera P6 Professional File Transfer Requirements

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Are you transferring a Primavera P6 schedule file from one counterpart P6 database to another, most likely from subcontractor to customer? If so, then you and your counterparts will want to establish agreed upon file transfer requirements to control ...

Sep 21, 2017

Acadamic background for Planning engineers and project managers

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hello everyone !i am a civil planning engineer, i have two years of experience in the oil and gas construction industry , i have been searching recently for the best masters degree for planning engineers and project managers to enhance my academic re...

Sep 21, 2017

Activities with Incorrect Start / Finish Times

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In my current project that got handed over to me, I have 2 calendars. 95% of those are on Calendar 1 and 5% Calendar 2.About 20% of activities have incorrect start and finish times (not starting at 8a or finishing at 5p) (although the dates are most ...

Sep 21, 2017

early start and finish

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once an activity is completed and remains in the past and we update the data date, why do early start and early finish columns still show something? they show the data date. why? arent those supposed to show the remaining work? so for a finished acti...

Sep 23, 2017

Project progress against baseline

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Hello,I am doing Certificate IV in project management. I have a question to ask.What needs to be updated in the project plan in response to - project progress against baseline?Can anybody help in answering this question?Thanks in advance!

Sep 26, 2017

Prime Contract

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How to choose specialists for your prime contract?

Sep 28, 2017

Adding Resources & zeroing values

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HI, I having an issue when i add a new resource on to a activity, Primavera  zeroes all costs added on all previously added resource.and re calculate the units. I hacve unticked the auto compute and calc costs from units for the resouce but still hap...

Sep 28, 2017

Negative Float for a Project

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Currently I have a project which I am working on with Starting Date 1/jun/17 and Finishing Date 1/jun/19. As a result of some delayments during cinstruction its showing - ve Float value. I know I cant just edit the date or change the baseline date as...

Oct 1, 2017

Resource levelling

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I'm trying to understand why P6 resource levels over non-working time hours.  For example, I have a resource that only works Monday - Friday but when I resource level, it shows as an over-allocation at the weekends where I would have thought it would...

Oct 3, 2017

Can you any body let me know any updated from PMBOK 5th Edition

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Hi i want to do PMP from PMI i want to know any update from PMBOK 5th Edition syllabus and which Training Certification Organization is good to learn.  I am Looking For Below  4 full days Intensive Classroom Training High Quality e-Learning with 180 ...

Oct 3, 2017

Scheduling Practice Standard Conundrums

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Here's a look at activities that have no logical successor. These come up from time to time and are always problematic: particularly if they are in the earlier months of a project’s lifecycle http://ed.gr/fhh7

Oct 3, 2017

SPI Help

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Hello,I have a Change Order on my project ( 100 hrs). How are these hours captured in SPI? Or are Changes not factored in to SPI calculations? Thanks!V

Oct 4, 2017

Asta Power Projects BIM module, model disappears in 3D pane

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Good morning allI am Dave from Interserve Construction in Swansea, quite new to Asta but have been using 3D software for 14 years now.I have linked in an IFC file to my programme, all good, however, when I place a site componant such as a piece of ho...

Oct 5, 2017

Primavera P6 and User Defined Date Bars

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Here's a demonstration to explain the purpose of the user start date and user finish date columns in the bars dialog http://ed.gr/fln7

Oct 5, 2017