This may be a simple question but why if a task has a 1 day duration (8 hous) is the finish day the next day, e.g. Start day - 4/13/2016 - duration 1 day == finish day is 4/14/2016. Logic tells me that the finish day is 4/13/2016. Is there a way t...
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Hi, I am currently involved in an expression of interest for a regional aerodrome upgrade. I don't have any airport project exprience but I have done a lot of road jobs.One of the scope of works is to strengthen the existing runway from PCN 18 to PCN...
Good day Dear Ladies/Gents,It is big pleasure for me to join this forum.I am beginner on MS Project and need your advise on how to set up password for MS Project file. So only I (or person knows password) can modify file and rest personnel who has ac...
Dear All,While I am trying to change FONT and BACKROUND colour on task or subtasks somehow prevous changed tasks return to origianl colour (black and white) on MS project file. Even when I select 10 task and sub tasks for colour changing some of them...
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Dear All,I need some clarification regarding the calculation of 'Estimate to Complete' in Primavera P6 (ver 7 to be specific). In one of my updated baseline I noticed that for some of the completed activities the ETC is shown to be zero but at the sa...
Dear All,I need some clarification regarding the calculation of 'Estimate to Complete' in Primavera P6 (ver 7 to be specific). In one of my updated baseline I noticed that for some of the completed activities the ETC is shown to be zero but at the sa...
Hi everyone , I have a question How can I make P6 to calculate the original duration by itself ( To give it a quantity and Productivity rate ) Duration = Quantity * Productivity rate any body can help me please Thanks
Hello PlannerI am fairly new to programming and oracle P6. I am currently working as a planning engg for a contracting company in ME. Our company usually does lump sum contracts and I usually create the cost loading for the schedule using expense cos...
Any method to put on sequence all those out of sequence after you update the programme. Normally I did 1 by 1 from log register and chenge the relationship of thos activity that out of sequence. Pleased advised. Thanks
Here is the situation. I am trying to take an in progress schedule and use it for a new project. The unstatused baseline is not available, only an in-progress version. Normally this is no problem, I simply run a global change for activity status n...
Dear All,I started working as a Planning Engineer from Aug-2015. Till today I'm facing problems in tracking the work progress from site. Whenever I request for site progress updates I'm not getting any proper updates. The site people says that its th...
Hi,Not been able to find an answer to this on the forum, so here goes.I have a detail schedule that is using groups to set up a Level 0 schedule. There are 7 phases, with each phase containing tasks for four elements (Design, Approvals, Construction,...
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Hi Planners,who creates the project charter and who approves it?Best,Muataz
Hello,I have just made my way into a precast production company as a project planner. My role is to plan the erection process at site. That is I have to plan which elements are to be erected on which dates and so on and my company wants me to do it i...
Hello,I have just made my way into a precast production company as a project planner. My role is to plan the erection process at site. That is I have to plan which elements are to be erected on which dates and so on and my company wants me to do it i...
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