I asked the question in Linkedin of schedulers - do you really understand what the software is doing wrt to date fields when you press F9? No response, so i thought i'd asked it here as well. Lets start with explaing es, ls, ps and ef lf and pf calcu...
Hello,I have a project with many resources that work independently. One activity may have 5-6 resources (Subcontractors), each subcontractor works on a different team since they can work independently.What are the minimum fields that team reference-b...
Hi I am looking for a MSP standalone software licence rather than paying for monthly subscription. I don't mind using older version such as 2007 2013 etc. Anyone know where I can purchase one? I did try Amazon but they won't ship to UK.
This webinar presented as part of the free PGCS 2023 Webinar Series looked at two processes that are 'baked into' standard project management estimating and control to show how recommended good practices are still optimistically biased.When preparing...
Hi All, I am trying to make a global change where I would like to increase the duration on a certain WBS withing the project. I have applied the condition and parameters however it applies on all activities from the project, which I do no want.Any id...
Hi everyou I am serching for a Data transfer tool between SAP and MS Project or Primavera The case is as following:Company using SAP as maintains tools with Work orders, and operations records describe scope, ressours material, spare parts ect. Under...
Hello, It's a bit a basic importing question. I want to create a bulk duplicate activities in P6. The original activities contain two resources that I want to split for the sake of reporting and leveling. Will creating new lines in excel import suffi...
What is your preferred method to link a task that starts after the first occurrence of a series of events?Example - you have a schedule to deliver six widgets A1-A6. After the first widget is delivered a widget support period A7 starts. But you don...
Greetings everyone,May i ask your expertice about AstaPP?WH is 8:00am - 5:00pm, Building Construction, Creation of BL Sched.I want to use the Task Work feature in AstaPP, while doing it, i noticed that it makes my activies to finish in-between the da...
This event is titled "ROI Should Be King (Because All Projects are Investments!)”, a FREE webinar presented in collaboration with Northeastern University and the PMI Mass Bay Chapter. It's a two-part series that offers new insights into the intricate...
Does anybody know the following.1) Way to convert XER to XML without Client.2) How does teh FTE calculation work in OPC and can it be adjusted like P63) Does OPC have it's ?
Work Performance Management (WPM) is a new project controls tool that is being developed by Mosaic Project Services. WPM is designed to calculate the current status, and predicted completion date for any project in a consistent, repeatable, and defen...
I have noticed that planners often mix up ‘Best scheduling practice’ with ‘Best workarounds’ in a particular scheduling tool. When they heavily apply one of the scheduling tools, they start to believe that the necessary workarounds are the best plann...
WBS view is configured with Horizontal and Vertical arrangments for each WBS element. Is it a way to save arrangments? Or when WBS layout is changed the P6 user need manaully arrange all WBS elements again? Regards, Alex Lyaschenko
Hi, I'm new withing planning, and I can't seem to figure out what the differences between planning qty, earned qty and actual qty is. Example:Current Budget for welding is 20 760 hoursPlan Qty = 1 810Earn Qty = 504Exp Qty = 1696 And planned man power...
Is anyone updating Primavera to the latest release?Organisations I am working with typically use a 3-5-year-old Primavera version. Even when an upgrade is considered usually organisations don't feel comfortable upgrade P6 to the latest release. Is ...
what is the aacei or other official definition of "material change"? as in important not a material like wood...
should likely error in APPROVED baseline be allowed to stand? In a sequence of work on the critical path is a 5 day "sub-contractor mobilization" activity. Seems like an obvious error - they could likely mob anytime - such as - as the predecessor w...
Based on the information gathered at PC Expo Melbourne, Mosaic’s comprehensive project management software listing has been groomed and updated. A brief description and links to the developers’ web sites are provided for each entry. Our mission is t...
Hi everyone, I know that it is not best practice to have a mandatory finish constraint and negative float on your programme, but contractually we have to have those two in our programmes. Now the question is P6 shows all the negative activities as cr...