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Entering durations

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Do you enter durations, or enter resources and work and come up with durations? Which one do you prefer and why? Is there an official correct way or just matter of preference?

Mar 22, 2017

How to convert MPP file to XER or MPX

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hello house,please does anyone know how to convert mpp to xer or mpp to mpx,as whenever i import mpp to xer on primavera, i get error message as such he does not import. am using P6,8.2is there a software or any way around this thankstony

Mar 23, 2017

activity complete and Schedule % complete not maching

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Hi Friends,I have an LOE activity with SS and FF relationship to a set of activities.There were delays in the activities and the orignal and at completion is now different for the activities as well as the LOE activity now.The activity % complete is ...

Mar 24, 2017

Mothering Sunday

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Mothering Sunday coming soonQuickly followed by Smothering Monday when the noisy brats just get on her wick once too often.Sometimes she thinks Herod wasn't all wrong.

Mar 24, 2017

Translating delay % into days

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Dear all, May i know how do you calculate how many days that have been delayed for a project from % variance?For example:Planned 50% vs Actual 45% = Delayed by 5%Currently, I calculated the delayed days, Forecast Finish Date - Baseline Finish Date an...

Mar 26, 2017

SCHEDULE NARRATIVE AND RESOURCE LOADING

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Please i need an assistance on how to make a schedule narrative and how to resource load a schedule, Please its very urgent im just getting used to P6 software ... Thanks everyone

Mar 27, 2017

Resource Budgeted Units change?

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This is more than likely a simple answer....Example:10 day activity for an electrical resource. 4 guys needed on the job for days 1-6, then drop to 2 guys for days 7 & 8 and back up to 4 for days 9 & 10.Can this be achieved in a single activity, or d...

Mar 27, 2017

Resource Budgeted Units change?

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This is more than likely a simple answer....Example:10 day activity for an electrical resource. 4 guys needed on the job for days 1-6, then drop to 2 guys for days 7 & 8 and back up to 4 for days 9 & 10.Can this be achieved in a single activity, or d...

Mar 27, 2017

Resource Budgeted Units change?

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This is more than likely a simple answer....Example:10 day activity for an electrical resource. 4 guys needed on the job for days 1-6, then drop to 2 guys for days 7 & 8 and back up to 4 for days 9 & 10.Can this be achieved in a single activity, or d...

Mar 27, 2017

Polish free Webinars of Primavera P6

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Serdecznie zapraszam na bezpłatny webinar "Poznaj lepiej Primaverę P6". Termin: 5 kwietnia o godzinie 10:00. Tomasz Obrębski – ekspert planista z 19 letnim stażem w użyciu Primavery P6 w projektach inżynieryjno-konstrukcyjnych pokaże:Jak ułożyć plan ...

Mar 29, 2017

Project Scope Statement

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Hiwhat is the difference between project scope statement, project statement of work and deliverables?Best,Muataz

Mar 30, 2017

Formula to calculate percent of unit to assing resources

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  Hi Everyone.Although I have used project for a long time, I have always been difficult to allocate resources. In spring I use man hours and assign them in numbers and not in percentages. This has been my lesson with Project, when assigning by perce...

Mar 31, 2017

Assignment Dialogs MIA in Primavera P6 Professional

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Assignment Dialogs will not appear in Primavera P6 Professional I recently encountered the strangest situation with Primavera P6 professional. When I clicked on the assignment button for resources, predecessors, or successors, the dialogs were failin...

Mar 31, 2017

START AND FINISH MILESTONES ARE NOT SHOWING IN MY ACTIVITY TABLE

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Hello Everyone,Please i need an urgent assitance, in my activites table My Start are finish milestones are not showing, Including my Project start and finish date, Has anyone come across this before? Please i need an assistance on how to fix it Thank...

Apr 2, 2017

Planner Required

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Hello,Iam on the lookout for a planner based in UAE(min 3 to 4 years experience in GCC).Required Qualification: Mechanical Engineer with hands on experience in P6 in industrial projects. Regards,SAN

Apr 2, 2017

Gantt Bar duration discrepancy

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Dear All,Can anyone advise how I get the Gantt to display equal duration bars the same length ? I have equal duration activities (12 hours) but the Gantt bar for the activity spanning 20:00 to 08:00 is half the size of the activity spanning 08:00 to ...

Apr 3, 2017

Understanding the Primavera P6 – USACE Mandatory Requirements

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has mandatory requirements for the submission of all Oracle Primavera P6 Professional schedules. Here we take a look that these requirements and better understand their purpose and benefits http://ow....

Apr 3, 2017