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Gannt chart showing logic between baseline activities

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I am using P6.7 and have copied and pasted with a base line a very simple schedule, which seemed to work ok When I view the current schedule with baseline and also the logic links the logic is between the baseline activities. Has anyone seen it befor...

May 22, 2014

Float-suppression techniques

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Good morningI'm new in this forum so, first of all, I want to thank you anyone who will loose a little bit of its time to reply.I'm actually working for a structural steel company and I'm experincing trouble in reaching an Approved baseline programme...

May 23, 2014

Why Schedule Risk results for P50 and P80 are very close?

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I am reaching out here because our client had a question and I had no answer for it. Here is our case: We have a fairly large schedule (7000 activities) in P6 and we did duration uncertainty ranging for 454 activities near to critical path (TF

May 24, 2014

start date is not critical

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Dear Planners,I am establishing a schedule on MS Project 2010, after finishing the schedule I detected that the start date of the project is not critical, it has 35 days float. Eventhough no constraints applied and no open ends exist.Regards,Moutaz

May 25, 2014

need your help urgently in risk analysis for my graduation project

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hey, i'm a construction project management student and i don't know much about risk management, and i have to apply risk analysis to my graduation project and i'm in rush and no time for deep learning, so i need your help please. i got pertmaster but...

May 25, 2014

distributing staff on the schedule

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Dear Planners,I have a schedule on MS Project 2010, and I would like to assign the resources, one of the problems I am facing is that:I have 6 engineers with their salaries and WF on that project, how to distribute them on the schedule?Regards,Moutaz

May 26, 2014

Resource limit problem in resource usage profile

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hey, i'm using P6 Professional R8.1, when i check the resource usage profile i find drops in the limit line - limit=Zero - in some working days! my calender has only a weekly vacation on Friday so the limit is dropped to zero in Fridays and that's lo...

May 27, 2014

Resource Usage and Shift Patterns

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All, Is it possible to apply shift patterns to a resource? You can apply a calendar to a particular resource, for any given activity, but is there the ability to then also apply a shift. We are using 24 hour working calendars along with Shift calenda...

May 28, 2014

Resource late dates before activity late dates without negative float

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Hi All,how can I make sure, that my remaining early start and finish always match my activity early finish?Most of the time my remaining early finish wanders off, causing the late start to come before early start in the resource assignments tab. This...

May 28, 2014

When Resource Leveling in Primavera P6 Won’t Work

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A feature in Oracle Primavera P6 that generates a lot of interest is the ability to adjust a project schedule based upon resource availability. However, there are caveats to this that you should be aware of before attempting to level resources. Read ...

May 29, 2014

1 Baseline 6 Revisions - TIA

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Hi Everyone,I am working for a contractor who is 2 years over a 2 year duration project. Only one programme has been approved by the Owner, however none other of the 6 further subsequent revisions which reflect the alterations site have been approved...

May 30, 2014

Resource and activity date misalignments

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Hi Running a schedule of 30 projects, circa 50k activities with a large numver of interproject links. At random times and on random activities I am seeing the resource dates either inside or outside of the activity Start and Finish dates. Has anyone ...

May 30, 2014

Resource Duration Equal to Activity Duration

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I created a cost loaded schedule. I did not do anything with the resource durations; when creating the schedule I just entered the duration in the activity duration column. I now need these activity durations to be copied into the resource durations ...

May 30, 2014

Critical elements in planning

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Dear members, I am seeking some advice from experts on project management/project planning. Although I am not working in this area, I am currently conducting a scientific study related to project planning. It aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the...

Jun 2, 2014

PMI-SP Credential

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Hi - am looking to do the PMI-SP, just wondering if anyone has prior experience of doing the exam? Trying to avoid doing any prep classes - pretty happy to study on my own. Have the PMBOK and the Practice Standard for Scheduling - would studying thes...

Jun 3, 2014

Changes to Late Dates after Progress Only Update

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Dear Gents,Could anyone assist me in understanding way late start/finish dates would change in a progress-only update.I assumed that they would remain constant so long as the logic remained intact. However there seems to be some impact from progress/...

Jun 3, 2014