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Hi all, I have been in planning for about 15 years. I had bad experience in my previous company where the project had 2 to 3 planners all reporting to the project director. my current company, my new project also in a situation we have 2 planners. me...
If a contractor asks for an interpretation of this, what do you say? (other than - just do it) Contractor must calculate the number of weather days using NOAA data set for the most recent 10 year period. Put on your lawyer hat and answer them when ...
I have observed that many new project managers fail to handle scope change, leading to the project's halt or failure. Is there any way possible to manage significant change requests by clients effectively without hampering the project?
Hi,When I add a new activity, duration is not 5 but 4.4days. This issue is obviously coming from the calendar because it has been modify to 8h/day instead of 7h.This is not a global but a project Calendar. I checked my Project settings calendar for n...
I like my term for this "Resource Referencing" - I think it is better because there is never enough time, what do you think of this method?This method consists of using P6 data columns for quantity and rate and unit. That basically turns the schedul...
Anyone knowing how to deal with this warning (i.e. risk data is out of date) in Pertmaster?Thank you so much.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8046:]]
Hi,I am operating in the following corporate environment:P6 Professional v20.12; Citrix hosted; SQL database; don't know database size but projects add up to 4.5 million activities.The issue I have is that when I select certain menu items in the Acti...
What does this mean? "explain the exposed and hidden (patent and latent) contingency in the schedule. A related odd question is "Does the Basis of Schedule indicate what percent of each activity's duration contains build-in "patent contingency?" - I...
Primavera version 20.12Is there a method to make a copy from Oracle Database (Schema) and reconfigure it in case of any issues in the original database (Schema) ?
Hello Great Minds,Thank you in advance for your assistance.I observed that after every new progress update in P6, the [[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]actual units of past progress update changes. Please find below an example. In January update, the actual u...
There are a number of project constraints that project managers talk about. However, are there any significant constraints that can't be overlooked? If yes, what are they and how to manage them?
Project managers often fail to upkeep their team's productivity and notice a gradual decline in its performance. What should be the right optimization techniques to enhance the workforce's productivity and ensure the project's success?
Hello everyone, I am facing a problem in resource leveling. After completion the scheduling, I faced with overallocation. As a result, i defined priority and used leveling, but unfortunately no change is happened. anybody has idea what could be the r...
Does the following have any legal relevance? Can an owner force a contractor not to include such language? If not what can an owner do? Can you enforce time limitations on something so broad or is below "Reserving your right" for later claims? "We...
Easy CPMis a self-paced course-in-a-book, supported by Mosaic Project Services Pty Ltd, focused on developing and using an effective schedule in almost any software tool. For projects using EVM, Easy CPM acts as a companion to our Easy EVM focusing o...
Basic Principles of Delay AnalysisThere are a considerable number of my contacts who are skilled planners and who know about construction methods but want to know how to become delay analysts.Of course there are any number of textbooks that will tell...
Hi PP members, I thought I'd ask a general question, and one that no doubt we'll all have to deal with in the near future one way or another. We are seeing an increasing number of AI/Machine Learning applications for project scheduling, I'm keen to h...
By default in Primavera P6 8.2 -The color of the relationship represents:Ø Red – Critical and therefore a Driving relationship,Ø Solid Black – Non-Critical Driving relationship and therefore has Free Float,Ø Dotted Black – Non-Critical Non-Driving...
Do you think that a pull planning forum would be of value here at PP ?