Renumbering Activity IDs Using Global Change | Use WBS path as Activity ID
Forum TopicRenumbering Activity IDs Using Global Change, WBS path will be used as Activity ID to watch more see the below video https://youtu.be/MU0ELQ88orI
Jun 7, 2020
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How do you get around the required (changing)WBS import export requirement/issue?
Forum TopicHow do you get around the required (changing)WBS import export requirement/issue? i must be missing something. It is crazy that you cannot import the cost accounts and costs. I am simply importing the costs from an original file to a later file of ...
Jun 8, 2020
Volume Metrics Microsoft Project Online
Forum TopicHello Everyone,This is my first post on Planning Planet, I was hoping some of you may have some experience of assigning Volume metrics to activity tracking in Microsoft Project Online.I know how it works in Primavera but we have transitioned to a new...
Jun 12, 2020
Volume Metrics Microsoft Project Online
Forum TopicAny advice on how to track Volume metrics in Microsoft Project Pro would be greatly appreciated or work arounds? Thanks James
Jun 12, 2020
I don't understand this Dilbert Cartoon - please explain
Forum TopicI don’t understand this Dilbert cartoon please explain.(And yes I could have put it in a different section than P6, but I am putting it here in protest of the hassles created by connecting two activities with different calendars. They need need a sp...
Jun 12, 2020
Job Responsibilities of a Refinery Maintenance Planning Engineer
Forum TopicHello Everyone,Please let me know the Duties and responsibilities of a Maintenance planning EngineerAlso,- required to know that types of schedules to be handled- Kinds of Tools to be handled- Interview Question and answers Thank you so much for you...
Jun 15, 2020
Baseline date governing successor activity date after removing the baseline
Forum TopicHello,I removed the assigned baseline from my schedule, and deleted the same in the maintaining baseline. Now my baseline is set as current project. But still shows some acitvities as per the old baseline in the gantt chart. This problem is occuring ...
Jun 18, 2020
Declining levels of knowledge about CPM
Forum TopicA sad and worrying trend appears to be the steadily declining levels of knowledge about CPM, and its origins ranging from a resent 'white paper' promoted by Planning Planet that confused PDM, ADM, CPM and PERT, through to blatent lies promoted by som...
Jul 28, 2022
Gant baseline and actual date icons for each task
Forum TopicHi, I have a very basic project with a list of milestones, all of which had baseline dates. For some milestones the baseline wasn't hit and we have later actual dates in another column. (Where there's no slip the baseline and actual columns have the ...
Jul 28, 2022
Pipe fabrication - from Engineering issuing ISO to production
Forum TopicHi all, Not sure if the subject fits in this particular Forum or not. I'm interested in understanding the steps from when the Piping Isometrics are issued to the pipe fabricator and starting production. The process may take a couple of months, and I ...
Jul 28, 2022
Multiple Calendars and activity duration - The devil is in the details.
Forum TopicMULTIPLE CALENDARS AND ACTIVITY DURATION - THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS- To keep it simple I will use a single team per activity and activity count will be kept at 2. - Teams do not have special calendars. Team calendar is calculated as an overlap of ...
Aug 1, 2022
How to stop from P6 from changing Planned Cost and Remaining Cost when updating Actual Costs?
Forum TopicI have activities in P6 to hold the actual costs for Work Elements, and these match the financial charge codes that are held in our corporate financial management system. These "Actual Cost" activities have no planned units, no planned cost: they j...
Aug 1, 2022
Convert duration days in duration hours
Forum TopicHi Everyone,Somebody knows how write one formula to change the duration days to duration in hours? When changed from options >> schedule the change is only on the resume, I need to change the tasks too but using the tasks calendar information into th...
Aug 2, 2022
Integrating Document Registers from Sharepoint to Primavera
Forum TopicGoodday everybody, I'm investigating the options to have a reliably integration between the project documents as they are managed in sharepoint, and the document status in primavera.I see a lot of planners and project teams, delivering a lot of effor...
Aug 3, 2022
Accounting for duration between receiving deliverable and holding review session
Forum TopicWhat is the best way to account for time between receiving a deliverable and holding a meeting to assign roles, responsibilities and deliverables?Our team is building out activities in a WBS for the scoping portion of a project. Our start milestone ...
Aug 4, 2022
Implementation of the Critical Path Methods in Different Scheduling Tools
Forum TopicWould the project dates calculated based on the critical path method be the same regardless of the applied scheduling tool? Not always!!!Some time when I worked in large Telco company in Australia somene decided to replace their existing PPM system w...
Aug 5, 2022
Do you have to "live with" non-sense logic or durations (in delays) just because it was approved in the baseline?
Forum TopicFor example, in the last 90 days of a project the contractor had 45 days brick pavers, the FS 45 days landscaping. What if both items will only take 20 days and can very easily be done at the same time? Do you have to leave that 90 days because app...
Aug 10, 2022
The Origins and History of Earned Value Management
Forum TopicThe publication of The Origins and History of Earned Value Management in the August edition of PM World Journal (Vol. XI, Issue VIII) marks the end (almost) of a long journey.This paper looks at the creation of earned value management (EVM) in the 19...
Aug 10, 2022
Scheduling Creditability
Forum TopicI am a senior Program - Project Manager (EPC) with 60+ years of experience on very large and complex projects. My experience shows that there is a misunderstanding in what a schedule is - and how to utilize one effectivelly. I want to quiz the schedu...
Aug 10, 2022
Reporting for P6 using Oracle BIP
Forum TopicHi All, When attempting to report from P6 via Oracle BIP for some reason I am unable to get all of the projects. I am wondering if there is a security setting or something that is holding these projects back from being reported. For Example:If I ha...
Aug 10, 2022