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Interview Question for the Planning Engineer

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Hi guys, Given below are list of interview questions faced by Planning Engineer , other than their personal and Experience. if anyone like to add more u are welcome pls .............I would appericiate if some has brief answer of the questions listed...

Sep 4, 2013

Custom field to show only PM name

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Hi there, I am using MSP 2010 prof. I have a file with over 90 projects. In the Gantt view I want to create a custom field named PM that only shows the assigned PM and not all the other assigned resources. Not all projects have a PM assigned. Any ide...

Sep 5, 2013

Activity Relationship - Predicament

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 Hi all,I have recently been made aware that the schedule should have most of the activities with FS links to make out a sensible (delay) analysis.So, I have tried to prepare a schedule in line with the above philosophy.I have observed the following ...

Sep 5, 2013

Project Management in Emergency Response Projects

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CRC Press’s Handbook of Emergency Response: A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach was released last week. Edited by Adedeji Badiru and Major Leeann Racz, both of the faculty of the US Air Force Institute of Technology, it is a most interes...

Sep 5, 2013

Is Primavera R8.3 a stable release like R8.1 & 8.2?

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Hi, Please share your experience and thoughts about the Primavera R8.3 release. Is R8.3 a stable release like R8.1 or 8.2?. Is there any major technology or UI changes or  mainly talking about additional capabilities within the same framework as R8.2...

Sep 6, 2013

updating of tasks

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Hi people Hope you can help, something that has just started happening in my version of P6 ver 7I create a schedule, with logic links in etc when I hit F9 to schedlue all the tasks come backto start on the data date therefore destroying the schedule ...

Sep 7, 2013

Tracking the projects

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I hope every one will be fine. I need some help form u guys , I am planning engineer in a plant services department which deals with oil and gas , petrochemical plant turnarounds. We do turnarounds which merely have 15 to 20 days. My organization is ...

Sep 7, 2013

Import from MSP2010 to Primavera

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Hello Every one,    I tried to import from MSP 2010 ( I save .Mpp file to .XML.)to Primavera v6.8.2 I got following Error. import aborted and following message appeared. Event code:CNFFC-3955-A Could not find file C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java....

Sep 9, 2013

Is it possible to automatically distribute the work to date I want?

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Is it possible to automatically distribute the work to date I want?Example: We have a deviation from the target plane. We are solely responsible for all the work to finish on 30 December (approximately 4% per week). But it do not really. Now I need t...

Sep 9, 2013

Career Advice needed

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Hi,I am a planning engineer for a small-medium size contractor in England. I started as a "Junior Planner" a year ago which I thought involved having guidance from a Planner or someone more senior than me. However when joined I was the only one in th...

Sep 9, 2013

Delay Analysis in P6

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HI Everyone, How do you anylyze the delay and what mitigation should be done by the planner. 

Sep 10, 2013

Update Baseline in P6 - PLEASE HELP!!!

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Hi,   I am having problems updating a baseline in P6 and I need it completed urgently!! I have a project, which has links to other projects and it is currently baselined. It has been recognised that some Engineering activities within the project were...

Sep 10, 2013

Colour Coding Bars

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Hi, Hopefully someone out there can help me out. Within a P6 programme I have colour coded procurement bars so they can be rolled up but the different phases can still be veiwed.  To do this I have created new bars and apply filters to them (one for ...

Sep 11, 2013

Importing xls into P6

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Hi, Recently I have been experimenting with importing xls into P6.  I have managed to work out how to use this to update already created activities within the programme, however when I try to introduce new milestones within the xls and import back in...

Sep 11, 2013

how I can change the text font size?

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    Dear All Planners,   I need your help if you know how I can change the text font size for my P6 window as shown below? [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1792:]]   tHANK YOUtHAN Thank you all,   Hanson

Sep 11, 2013

Choosing a methodology

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Dear All who can help;I am a student studying delay analysis and i have a hypothetical project whereby a project has been partially completed and the two parties are in dispute over contract continuation.  I do not wish to discuss the legalities of t...

Sep 11, 2013