So you think you are entitled to an Extension of Time?I have developed a short excel list of question which - when answered honestly - will test the strength of your case. Ping me at [email protected] for a free trial.Best regardsMike Testro
Dear members; I have a question regarding estimation of activity duration by using productivty rates; as i understand the formula for Duration = work quantity/(production rate X resource usage)Now; i have a activity say Plaster works with quantity 20...
Dear All,May be it seems stupid to ask this question but still i will prefer to ask.In construction schedules, most of the activities go parallel. What logic do you people prefer while doing your schedule.It is very difficult to make whole schedule o...
Hi, In the Resource Usage Profile I am trying to display the histogram by Month with the number of men shown down the left hand side rather than the hours for the month.I display the columns by Month by setting the Timescale to Quarter/Month.I then ...
Dear Friends, I got a program for review .I forgot to filter the activities dont have FS relations . Please help.
Global calendars appear to be the way to go when creating a new calendar definition. But there are sound reasons for defining a calendar limited or restricted to a specific project http://ow.ly/lhpo3031MsP
Dear Family MembersWhat is the maximum and minimum Lag allowed in a program??What is the maximum Activity duration can be allowed in a program??What is the maximum and total float allowed in a program ?? RegardsArun.V
Hi,We are looking at cost loading our schedules, but we have hit a snag in that our operatives are paid an overtime factor of x1.5 on Saturday mornings, and a factor of 2.0 on Saturday Afternoon->Sunday .Is there a way of specifying different rates f...
On a scale of (perfectly ok) 1 - 10 (Never) - How bad is it to change activity ID's on large projects...I am reviewing a large project and the contractor has changed 500 of the 2200 activity IDs. I is a job that they are strugling with creating a sc...
Hello, I'm assigning resources to activities on my plan and as the project has not started yet I would expect the remaining units to be the same as the budgeted units. So basically if I have a 5 day duration activity and the resource will work 20 hou...
Greetings to All.I am making a schedule on P6 in which my project original duration appears to be very less. But whenever i check "hide if empty" in group and sort tab, It shows the project's correct original duration. Is there something wrong with m...
Dear Frndswhile updating the programm (At completion units) will be change. how can i fix it?can you explain me details?i am waiting your valuable reply.Thanks.....
Best % type & Duration Type or mix for large construction projects? What works best while keeping it simple. Using too many types means that you have to open up the type & multiple columns to understand the numbers and to explain to PM’s. It can be...
Best % type & Duration Type or mix for large construction projects? What works best while keeping it simple. Using too many types means that you have to open up the type & multiple columns to understand the numbers and to explain to PM’s. It can be...
Hi All,I am a very experienced Asta Powerproject user, curently working as a planner for a civil engineering company in Hampshire.If anyone is looking for any freelance planning done please feel free to contact me at any time.Kind regards,Charlotte
Hi All,I am a very experienced Asta Powerproject user, curently working as a planner for a civil engineering company in Hampshire.If anyone is looking for any freelance planning done please feel free to contact me at any time.Kind regards,Charlotte
Hey All,I am so intrested to know your experience in having multiple planners for a single project. I am thinking about all of the risks which are associated with having about 8-10 planners from different locations for a single schedule in a share da...
We use claim digger report for delay analysis. However, recently when noticed, the lag values shown in Claim digger is not showing correct value. For example in the programme for comparision if it shows a lag value of FS 3, claim digger shows a value...
Window analysis technique;As a common practice in Window analysis, delay events are inserted in the impacted schedule and then determined the impact of delay events on project completion for that particular window period. Then progress is being updat...
Microsoft Project’s timescale feature has the functionality to display ordinal dates on the Gantt chart. Although a little involved, it’s possible to display ordinal day columns in the task table. Here we show you how it's done http://ow.ly/ePjQ303b1...