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Error while logging in PM6

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Dear all,When i am logging into P6 i am receiving the following error and then suddenly the exe closes.. can anybody help me on this ...?? "exception exception in module pm.exe at 00231f7d tcvirtualtable.docalcfield:taskpred.driving_flag:list index o...

Oct 9, 2014

Woo-hoo! Top 20!

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#19 on the Amazon.com Best Sellers List in Industrial Production & Management! Can the New York Times Best Seller List be far behind? http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/13773/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_lastThis isn't a brag, guys -- the book just c...

Oct 9, 2014

assign a layout to a project ?

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Is it possibleto  assign a layout to a project ?  , that when I open  a project I must  not each time to open  the needed layout.I work with different projects with different layouts , when I open a project it is automatically with the last used layo...

Oct 9, 2014

FF Relationship with minus lag

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Dears, When you are using FF relationship, Do you use the minus Lag or not, like Activity B FF after Activity A Minus 10 days, if using minus log, will it working correct or not? Thanks for your reply Jason

Oct 10, 2014

Absence management in scheduling software

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Dear all,I have a question regarding practical approach to absence management. Under absence I mean things like vacations and public holidays.In 2 products, familiar to me (Microsoft Project and Spider) this is meant to be done via calendar exception...

Oct 13, 2014

Remaining Units / Time

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Hi,I am working on resource loading in my programme (P6 r7), I have completed almost 25% of the activities untill yesterday, but today when i started plugging in the budgeted units (matetrial), I am not getting the "Remaining Units / Time". I have al...

Oct 14, 2014

Baseline submission to Client

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Hi all,I have a question.In the Contractor's submitted baseline schedule to a Client, the Client planning enginner found that the design review by the Client (Engineer) is in the critical path of the project. How should he respond to it?For eg: the s...

Oct 14, 2014

Using Two Schedules

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I am working for a contractor I am considering a fundamental flaw in their approach to scheduling. I wanted to get other peoples opinion about this. They want to use two schedules. One is the approved baseline schedule and the second is an unapproved...

Oct 14, 2014

negative change order reducing pv below ev

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What happens when a negative change order decreases planned value and there is already an ev before so that the new pv isbis below the perforned ev. Please tell me how is the proper way to show each amount and under which accounts. Especially how is ...

Oct 15, 2014

Hide Activity Rows

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Dear All, I am posting a question on whether p6 8.2 have a simple function to hide activity rows such that the information rolled up to the WBS level does not change.Currently, I am tracking my progress using performance % complete. Whenever I filter...

Oct 15, 2014

reschedule and Problem with Previouse base line

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Hii want to describe my situation and have your idea if you where as me!! recently i have rescheduled (replanning) project schedule and project duration is extended 8 months.the baseline duration was 16 months and now is 24 month. my problem is the o...

Oct 15, 2014

reschedule and Problem with Previouse base line

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Hii want to describe my situation and have your idea if you where as me!! recently i have rescheduled (re planning) project schedule and project duration is extended 8 months.the baseline duration was 16 months and now is 24 month. my problem is the ...

Oct 15, 2014

Rules of credit - drawings

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Is there general agreement on the rules of credit for drawing development? I'm using: Start 10%, Check 70%, Approve 90%, Issue 100%. Any thoughts appreciated.Please note what industry the rules apply. The above rules came from an Oil and Gas client. ...

Oct 15, 2014

History of Project Management website

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A few weeks ago, Shahul Badhusha posted a topic presenting a Brief History of PM here. I thought it was pretty cool. Then a couple of days ago, while doing a Google search for sites that mention "critical path drag", I stumbled across this apparently...

Oct 15, 2014