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Project Delivery to Planning career change

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Hi All, I am currently moving from a Site Management role to Project Planning and was looking for some good advice on the training required to enable me to be attractive for future employers. I am proficient in MS Project but P6 seems to be the prefe...

Jul 31, 2011

ora-12952 Error

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Good day, Anybody has any sort of idea how to workaround this error   EXCEPTION ERROR     Type Exception   Event Code PPUSP-0547-2   Description   PasteProjectUsingSP returned error-1   Error inserting into TASKACTV   ORA-12952: The request exceeds t...

Aug 1, 2011

Unique ID of a summary task

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How do I find the Unique ID of the summary task header. For Example: Task 1 UID 1 Task 1_1 UID 2 Task 1_2 UID 3 Task2 UID 4 Task 2_1 UID 5 Task 2_2 UID 6 So if I am on Task 2_2 for example, the unique ID of its summary record would be 4. I can find p...

Aug 2, 2011

procurement in middle east ,dubai

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Dear all,I am working in an indian contracting firm.we are going to tender a project in Dubai.Projectwill be paid  in Dirham.Is there any procurement trick to maximise the profit by doing it in USD /Euro .Please Help RegardsSankar

Aug 2, 2011

Bespoke /Fidic in middle east

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Dear all,In Dubai, which type of standard Contracts are using?FIDIC ,NEC or Bespoke? RegardsSankar

Aug 2, 2011

Assigned Resources

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Any idea, I was assigned resources into my baseline programme in term of budgeted unit and cost but remaining quantity didnt changed figure as budgeted unit. e.g. Budgeted unit 10m2 and remaining quantity should be maintain 10m2 because i didnt do an...

Aug 2, 2011

Task with linked start and finish dates

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I need to put a task into a plan which starts on the date a predecessor finishes, and ends on the date a successor starts. For example, the tasks I have are: Handover to Client - Finish Milestone 1st December 2011 Rental Period Handback from Client -...

Aug 2, 2011

Changes & Modifications in the Construction Industry

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Hi Everyone, I'm currently busy with a Thesis on Changes & Modifications in the Construction Industry, and I have read numerous books on Changes and Change Management, different types of contracts and also books on how to manage change. But what I ne...

Aug 2, 2011

Risk S Curves

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Same as I can display and compare progress S curves for current and baseline schedules I would like to be able to display and compare Risk S Curves as Diagrams, for current and baseline schedule. Can I do that?Enclosed see two Risk S Curves for the s...

Aug 2, 2011

Show Remaining Units by Shift for all Resources

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I am having trouble getting the Planned or Remaining Units by Shift into an Excel file. I think I figured out a way using the Resource Usage Spreadsheet but I can't get all the resources to show up all at once. Is there a way to allow you to view pla...

Aug 2, 2011

Not changing end dates on schedule

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This is probably a very simple solution but it is driving me mad! When I schedule a project in P6, if there is a task which has either started or not started, but has a start date in the past and hasn't completed, it pushes out the finish date to som...

Aug 3, 2011

Late Finish and Slack Calculation in Microsoft Project

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Why does the Late Finish date for an in progress activity with negative slack no longer calculate using the backwards pass? On a task in this situation the Late Finish is displayed as being the same as the Early Finish and the Finish, but the slack i...

Aug 3, 2011

Using Crystal Ball for Simple Analysis

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Looking for 'Idiots Guide' type assistance with Crystal Ball (Oracle) as Excel Supplement. Have never used the Software, downloaded yesterday, and I have to come up with some P10, & 90 Durations for a Manufacturing/testing/shipping schedule due to be...

Aug 4, 2011

Weekend Quiz 2

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Hi All Its Friday come round again - so here is another one. I am at a particular spot on the surface of Planet Earth. I walk 1 mile due south and 1 mile due East and 1 mile due North and arrive at the same spot where I started. There are two places ...

Aug 5, 2011

Baseline dates

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HiIn p6 when a baseline is created from a schedule- start, finish date differ from BL start and BL finish for some activities in that schedule. Is there any reason for this. Please advise me. Thanks in advance.

Jun 11, 2011

PLanning Manual

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I have an assignment to write a planning manual for my company. Anyone has any advice or samples for me. Please send to Use Private Message Service

Jun 12, 2011

Delay Assessment

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I have just finishes a small set of papers dealing with the options for delay assessment at a very basic level (to explain the options to lawyers…)  the papers cover:-  Assessing Delay and Disruption - an overview of the accepted methods of forensic ...

Jun 13, 2011

Why Men are happier then Women...

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 Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. ...

Jun 13, 2011