There is an excellent article in Gary Heerkens' Generating Value column in this month's PM Network. The opening paragraph reads: "Which is better: a project that runs on time and budget and meets its objective, or a project that runs late and overbud...
Morning All, Apologies if this isn't the correct place to post this - admin, please feel free to move the post to a more suitable place.Let me first introduce myself - My name is Nahum Evans and I am a Senior Recruiter with Randstad CPE, based in Lon...
If you need to know more about Primavera P6 and the SDEF format, then this article discuses what they are and shows you where to find the Primavera P6 utilities that convert XER files to SDEF format and vice versa http://ow.ly/G6zhJ
Hi All I am now consulting and require an intern I can train. Must be Johannesburg based, interested in planning and with a year or two on site experience. A technical background required. It is an incredible opportunity for a site agent or young si...
Dear All,My primavera is P6 Ver 8.3. Data Base MSQL Server 2012.My problem is as follows:i can't log in tho primavera and i get the following error message: "Exception EAccessViolation in module PM.exe at 0048C5DF. Access violation at address 0088C5D...
Hi allThis is the best Christmas Joke I ever got from a cracker.How did Darth vader know what Luke Skywalker was getting for Christmas?He Felt His Presents.Wow - Beat that if you can.Best regardsMike T.
No. I tag no legal SS lag "elongation"!(Works for FF lag, too.)Fraternally in project management,Steve the Bajan
Hi,I'm updating the actual progress of a project during which i put the % complete of a task as 75%. i need to reflect this 75% on the actual cost of the task, but when i enter the 75%, the actual cost is calculated to be more of a 90% of the total c...
Hi Everyone, I have problem in P6 Web.I have created a layout and want to share/export to other people on Citrix(Network).I know Its easy in P6 Professional client and dont know how to do it in web?Please help me out. Thanks,Irfan
Dear All,What are your views.What should be the planning engineer approach in real estate sector / building construction.For what he is supposed to answerable ?Is he accountable for the delay in projects ?Gaurav
hi how can i make a revise paln for project ? i need sequence to make it using p6 thanks
Hi Guys, Please provide me with your opinions for the problem stated below.I have a baseline schedule which is resource loaded, but not cost loaded.The "% complete type" adopted is "duration % complete" . My primavera schedule is detailed till activi...
Hi,When i change the presentation of the Duration to be with 2 decimal places, some activities turn out to be not a whole number. For example, i put 6 days for plastering, when i change it to 2 decimal places it gives me 5.75 days......Why ?!Thanks,W...
Dear Engineers,Can i find an answer for my problem :when i press F9 to attain the progress ,anticipated finish date goes to a logical date (in my project status)while total float is given me a misleading figure and not comply with anticipated finish ...
Grouping Tasks in Microsoft Project 2013 is a useful feature and here's how to use it http://ow.ly/GkVOE
Dear Planners, My first book is on live now. You can buy it from below links; Construction Planning - Manhours and Efficiency https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=evROAgAAQBAJ http://books.google.com.tr/books/about?id=evROAgAAQBAJ&redir_esc...
Hello Planners,Is it possible to edit the timescale in order to show Friday and Saturday as the weekly non-working days, instead of Saturday and Sunday?I am using Spider 11.03.48, and I cannot get a convenient timescale for a project in Algeria.Thank...
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to account for Non-Work intervals in Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/Gxo3H
Hi all,I am want to know how primavera calculates the inflation provided that I have reflected the inflation in the resources as in the screen shot below and the resource is made to account only for the money (the total cost of each activity is calcu...
Happy New Year! My new blog “Project Success and Failure: Who’s the Impostor?” is just up. Today’s blog explores a frequent topic on Internet discussion groups: What is the appropriate definition of “project success” and why is it important? The art...