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Advanced CPM Training

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Hi Folks,I am in the process of making a mid-career transition into Planning & Scheduling.  My educational path is going well... with the exception of advanced CPM knowledge.  Several courses that I have taken, focus almost entirely on traditional FS...

Feb 23, 2013

what are the fields required to generate cash flow?

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What are the fields required to generate cash flow Progress cashflow and forecast cashflow? How to deduct retention and advanced payments in cash flow? Is cashflow generated at the time client bill is submitted or after the cash being given to contra...

Feb 23, 2013

Tender

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Dear Planners, I am planning engineer working in this field for 7 years as a planner providing time schedule and review it but I have not worked in tender, today I am required to submit a tender to the owner illustrates the time schedule and the budg...

Feb 24, 2013

In Situ Underground Car Park

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 Dear Colleagues,I’m looking for an educated guess with regard to how long a 4 level underground car park STRUCTURE ONLY can take to construct. This is the information that I have:In situ concrete: columns, beams, slabs, shear walls, ramps, cores for...

Feb 25, 2013

Front Loaded Programme

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 Hi, I wish to know what's the meaning of a front loaded programme? if any body can attach some snapshot of front loaded curve and briefly explain, that will be helpful.Also want to know which is the better approach a front loaded or back loaded prog...

Feb 26, 2013

Excel Project Dashboard

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Hi All a new tutorial in plannertuts to create a project Dashbaord in Excel, it can be used with any planning software. http://www.plannertuts.com/primavera-p6-tutorials/p6-project-dashboard-in-excel-1678/ Regardsmimoune

Feb 26, 2013

Row height adjustment in MP 2010

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I give up. Everything I have tired will not allow us to increase the size of the row in MP 2010. Can someone out there make me look like a fool? Thanks, James B.

Feb 26, 2013

Updating resources dictionary by importing from Excel

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Dear Planners:When I tried to import an Excel file to update the rsources dictionary , the only  data that successfully updated was the Default Unit/time column ,the other Data like adding new resources, price/unit ,unit of measure and even the new r...

Feb 26, 2013

'Group By' Duration Summary

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Hi All, I've got a small programme in MS Project 2010, and am using 'Group By' function to summarise various phases. The summary value for 'duration' is not calculating correctly. Is showing the maximum duration within the group, rather than the late...

Feb 27, 2013

productivity rates

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Gentlemen, Good day. First of all,I would like to introduce to you myself briefly.My name is Leon Rosario currently working in Hydro-Projects.My previous exposure was purely electro-mechanical(external works).Moreso,in parralel to my working experien...

Feb 27, 2013

ForeCast VS SoM

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Hi, I m new to p6 and encounter a question.I m trying to do Foracast vs SoM.  However,  when I added the column, the list is empty.  I check that they are I have some activities which are Start Milestones and Finish Milestones.  However, for Mileston...

Feb 27, 2013

Planning Engineers Resumes and Planning Engineers Jobs

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Hi planning planet members,There is very nice directory for planning engineers resumes and job vacances all free.You can post your resume or post job related to planning engineers only.I think this is helful for most of us.check details from this lin...

Feb 27, 2013

Primavera P6 Consultant certification?

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Dear planners,I wanna ask about Primavera Consultant certification it's exisiting? if yes where can found the exam? Thanks all in advance. Regards.

Feb 27, 2013

Total Float Problem in P6

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Greetings,I have developed a project schedule using P6 v7, with a total float -15 days, when I do 2 weeks lookahead filter, I can see that some activities have positive float and some activities have negative float, the problem is that the total Floa...

Feb 27, 2013

Update Progress

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How to use "Update Progress" tool? In what circumstances?Is it mandatory to be used with Progress spotlight?What Primavera does when "Update progress" is carried out?I'm in need of clear answers clarifying the purpose, use & application of "Update Pr...

Feb 28, 2013