Some time ago I was involved in the beginnings of a discussion here about “Full Time Equivalent” (FTE) with Vladimir and Rafael. I thought I would “complete” my thinking about this.P6 is basically unequipped for this, and we have to fudge it.I live i...
Dear Sirs,I am undertaking an online questionnaire for research entitled, “Study and analysis of barriers in BIM scheduling adoption for High-rise Buildings." It will not take more than 05 minutes of your time to fill this questionnaire. Your answer...
A topic that has never been explored in past with such details.Sharing with you a philosophy of life, project Management.How project management concepts are linked with various processes of life?How important are stakeholders and what part they play ...
Dear all,I just noticed, that there is no such activity field as activity status in Spider. Such field is normally available in other tools.E.g: In MS Project:· Complete· Future Task· On schedule· Late In Primavera· ...
I have a task with a milestones at the end of it in an existing MS Project. The successor is linked to the milestones itself and has a lead time. It is a finish to finish link. But the lead time should still be on the predecessor task? or on the mile...
Hi all,I would like to have your opinion on which is the best way to apply programme risk to the construction programme in P6. Thanks,
While the NAVFAC checklist is specific to Primavera P6, much of its guidance forms the foundation of sound standard scheduling principles, and is worth studying regardless of the tool you use http://ow.ly/Mi5s30cbDTm
Something completely wrong.What should you do if you employed by EPC contractor as PMO manager and confront with this problem :Sceratary and DCC activities are doing by same people within different projectsAccording to organization chart the DCC acti...
Dear All,In the P6 8.3 version, the data base has exceeds the 4GB space, and unable to import, export or delete projects.1. I could delete several small projects without resources and when I tried to delete bid projects "Event Code PRMDB-3293-E" and ...
Hello, What is the easiest and quickest way of exporting from P6 to MSP without dates and hours looking mental? I've tried doing a straightforward export but a lot of my dates have changed, even for completed activites, and the work is also incorrect...
HelloI use Powerproject 12 and when I enter the duration for a task and hit enter it defaults to seconds. Is there a way to make the duration column default to days unless another unit is entered?I've tried formating cells, catogory duration and the ...
I'm trying to set up a flag or filter in Project to capture upcoming tasks that are not yet done. This is the IIf statement I'm using for a custom field. Project accepts the syntax, but returns all fields as a 0. What am I doing wrong? The statement ...
Hi all,I have a Project with resources(100 nos) and price/units. I export it and send to the Contractor. Contractor added few resources (now 105 nos) and also he changed the price/unit of certain existing resources.Then while importing it to my syste...
One of our customers recently encountered the perplexing situation whereby total float was greater than zero on some of their critical activities in Primavera P6. Here's how http://ow.ly/S1Pr30cfV3l
I have been looking around for a good explanation on the percent complete type and duration type settings. I have a pretty good idea about how they work and when to assign what, but would love to have a direct explanation from someone who actually wo...
In previous P6 version I was able to create a User deined filed and select Formula as a filed type option. I am now using P6 R16.2 and I don't have this option any more. Does any one now how to set up a formula for a user defined filed in the latest ...
Guys,I am new to project management and frequently need to create IT proposal documents for client RFPs with project plan. But recently i was asked to give work plan and then project plan in two different sections of the same RFP, my understanding wa...
There are many approaches for mitigating weather stoppages in a schedule. Here's a look at them http://ow.ly/MvyD30cjTdO
Dear Planners, I have tried to delete a project and this is unfortunately going to show a command as of "Other users currently have the project......open.You may not delete this project" Bestosfattt
Hi,Quick context - My PM is making me use a 'Current Control Plan' term instead of 'baseline' as the baseline that links to my live schedule. So, original baseline remains untouched, then overlay that with Current Control Plan (can be edited with agr...