Dear Asta users,I don’t know whether you noticed, but I started an initiative to compare automatics resource levelling of different tools.http://www.planningplanet.com/forums/planning-scheduling-programming-discussion/574396/comparison-resource-level...
There seems to be general agreement among the project/program community that projects are not focused as they should be on generating the desired business benefits. There are specific new techniques, extensively explored in my two books Managing Proj...
Hi If a contractor decided himself to pace non affected work with ongong affected works, whether he would be eligible for prolongation costs? Or his delay in non affected areas woul be treated as concurrent delays that will not entitle him any prolon...
Hi everybody,Maybe a good question to start with in this forum:What are the characteristics specific for Turnaroundprojects ? (what is fundamentally different compared to a "normal" construction project for example)Which things do you encounter which...
The weekend is here and several people have let me know that they liked the Weekend Puzzler feature on my blog . So here it is again: this time a multiple choice quiz, with answers and explanations below. This exercise is about computing the expected...
Dear all,I just noticd, that the way Spider calculates the duration of a phase is a bit strange for me, or at least this is not what I am used at MSP. 1) Is there a way to show phase duration as the [date of latest activity] - [date of earliest acti...
In the tender, if the client allows certain money amount as provisional sum such as $10,000,000. for soft landscaping. In this case, how should the main contractor make allowance of time in his programme for the soft landscaping work.I usually put a ...
Hi PlannersI am updating a project schedule with resources and after updating I found that the remaining units/time for completed activity is still fixed 8h/d. Is this right? even though the remaining units for that activity is zero.Best,Moutaz
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Here's a great way to use the highlighting features in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/LwVAD
Dear Planners,An activity has OD 4= days, U/P= 90$/h and Units/Time = 8 h/d.The activity completed in 3 days; the followings data were extracted from the software:Budgeted Cost = $2,880, Actual Cost = $2,880, Remaining Cost = $0 and At Completion Cos...
Dear All,I am facing problem, when I login in primavera it show invalid user name or password.username and password is admin[[wysiwyg_imageupload::]][[wysiwyg_imageupload:2446:]] I have connect PMDB successfully but I am not able to login in primaver...
Dear All,I need your expert advice on the following so plaese refine the below answers1) What are basic principles and logic behind to prepare Target Programme when the Contract Programme is already in place?Ans: Target Programme is the detailed prog...
Hi, when I want to show the week numbers on a construction programme in MSP 2013, the "Week 1" always go back to the start of the earliest activity, however I want to show pre-start activities i.e lead in activities before "Week 1" starts and don't s...
I just posted a new article: “What is the Most Important Metric of Critical Path Analysis?” The article starts by differentiating between CPM scheduling and critical path analysis, pointing out that the latter is relevant in optimizing the value of t...
I have a 4k screen and v8.2. Has Oracle fixed the bugs for high resolution screens in later versions? I can't find anyone mentioning there are problems... It's pretty serious - you can't just increase the font size as the icons all mash up as well.
Vladimir,I am still experimenting with prioritization and I noticed, that when I introduce my favorite NLT constraint into the j3013_8 RCSP then, when resource leveled, Spider actually produces a longer schedule, than without resource NLT constraint...
Hi AllI wish to see how much formwork decks are ín use' ie are keep in place while floors above are being constructed. What is the general rule here?
Here's a useful step-by-step guide on how to schedule weekly events in Microsoft Project http://ow.ly/LDpdj
Morning all, Just trying to do a very basic planned vs actual percent complete S-Curve. Any idea how it's done? I just want to show the variations between the two. Kind regards.